THE DEMOCRATS' RECORD AFTER FIVE MONTHS IN CONTROL OF CONGRESS

(Sacramento, CA) - California Republican Party Chairman Ron Nehring today issued the following statement on the occasion of five months of Democrat control of Congress:

"After five months in control of Congress, now is a good time to take a look at what the Democrats have accomplished.  Or not.

"Democrats didn't win control of Congress because they had an agenda for America.  Republicans lost control because we didn't live up to the standards we set for ourselves in 1994.  The Democrats didn't have an agenda for this Congress, and it shows: not one of their 'Six for 06' campaign promises has made it into law.

"As of today, only 26 bills have been signed beyond the Iraq War Supplemental.  The bold, 'new direction' Democrats promised during the campaign has turned into renaming federal property, extending a few existing laws, extending the Thomas Alva Edison Commemorative Coin Act, and other such issues vital to the Republic."

13 BILLS TO NAME FEDERAL PROPERTY & BUILD A ROAD
*      H.R. 49 - To name the "Gerald R. Ford, Jr. Post Office Building"
*      H.R. 335 - To name the "Gale W. McGee Post Office"
*      H.R. 342 - To name the "Rush Hudson Limbaugh, Sr. United States Courthouse"
*      H.R. 433 - To name the "Scipio A. Jones Post Office Building"
*      H.R. 514 - To name the "Sergeant Lea Robert Mills Brooksville Aviation Branch Post Office"
*      H.R. 521 - To name the "Lane Evans Post Office Building"
*      H.R. 544 - To name the "Santiago E. Campos United States Courthouse"
*      H.R. 577 - To name the "Sergeant Henry Ybarra III Post Office Building"
*      H.R. 584 - To name the "Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building"
*      H.R. 753 - To name the "Clifford Davis & Odell Horton Federal Building"
*      H.R. 1129 - To build and maintain a road in St. Louis County, Missouri
*      S.159 - To name the "Robert T. Stafford White Rocks National Recreation Area"
*      S. 521 - To name the "Gerald W. Heaney Federal Building & United States Courthouse & Customhouse"

5 BILLS TO EXTEND PRE-EXISTING PUBLIC LAW OR PASSED LAST YEAR
*      H.R. 137 - Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act (passed last year)
*      H.R. 188 - To extend the Thomas Alva Edison Commemorative Coin Act
*      H.R. 434 - To extend the Small Business Act and the Small business Investment Act of 1958
*      H.R. 1003 - To extend the United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy
*      H.J. Res. 20 - Revised Continuing Appropriations Resolution

8 BILLS CO-SPONSORED BY REPUBLICANS OR PASSED WITHOUT OPPOSITION
*      H.R. 475 - House Page Board Revision Act
*      H.R. 727 - Trauma Care Systems Planning & Development Act
*      H.R. 742 - Antitrust Modernization Commission Extension Act
*      H.R. 1130 - Judicial Disclosure Responsibility Act
*      H.R. 1132 - National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program Reauthorization Act
*      H.R. 1681 - American National Red Cross Governance Modernization Act
*      S. 494 - NATO Freedom Consolidation Act
*      S. 1002 - Older Americans Reauthorization Technical Corrections Act

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