US House Republicans set aside jobs, focus on abortion

TPM Media reports that US House Democrats are "are condemning a House GOP attempt to prevent President Obama's health care law from paying for abortions as an assault on women and a waste of precious legislative time when Americans are demanding action on the economy and job creation."

"This bill shows the disconnect between GOP leaders and the American public," added Rep. Nydia Velasquez (D-NY). "We owe job creation to the 14 million people who are without a job - wages and income are going down and poverty is growing in America."

The White House has also criticized the priorities of the GOP:

"Instead of continuing to focus on creating jobs and getting the American people back to work, tomorrow the House of Republicans is scheduled to turn its attention to a divisive, politically motivated piece of legislation that unnecessarily restricts the private insurance choices that women and their families have today," White House spokesman Jay Carney said. 

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And let our Representative, Chip Cravaack, know that we want jobs and the economy to be the priority, not divisive political stunts.