Congress's Hides Obamacare Exemption - Claims To Be A Small Business! Immigration Up, Wages Down?

Today in Washington, D.C. - April 24, 2015
Loretta Lynch will be sworn in Monday in a Justice Dept. Ceremony. Yesterday, the Senate voted 56-43 to confirm Lynch to be Attorney General.

Neither the Senate or House are in Session today. The House will return at 8 PM on Monday, April 27, 2015. The Senate will return on Monday at 3 PM and resume consideration of resume consideration of H.R.1191, Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act.

Yesterday, David H. Petraeus, former CIA Director and retired general, plead guilty  to a misdemeanor charge of mishandling classified materials. Petraeus admitted he provided the materials to his former mistress and biographer. He will face a two-year probationary period and must pay a $100,000 fine.

A new report from the non-partisan Congressional Research Service suggests that high levels of immigration could be having a negative impact on the wages earned by American workers.

Immigration Up, Wages Down?
According to the report, which was requested by the Senate Judiciary Committee, the foreign-born population in the United States increased by 325% from 1970 to 2013. During that same 43-year period, tax data indicate the income of the bottom 90% of Americans fell 8%, while at the same time the share of income held by the bottom 90% of Americans fell by 16 percentage points.

Currently, the U.S. admits one million legal immigrants each year, plus 700,000 guest workers, 500,000 foreign students and 70,000 refugees. Meanwhile, many families have yet to recover from the Great Recession and the economy remains relatively weak.

Adding insult to injury, we know current immigration policies are costing some American workers their jobs. Not surprisingly, a January Gallup survey found that 60% of Americans were dissatisfied with current levels of immigration. By a nearly 3-to-1 margin, frustrated Americans said we should decrease immigration levels.

Exposed:
Phil Kerpen, president of American Commitment, has exposed the Senate Small Business Committee votes to hide Congress's Obamacare exemption! "Senator David Vitter pleaded with the Senate Small Business Committee, which he chairs, to subpoena the secret documents in which the House and Senate each claimed to be a “small business” with less than 50 employees -- to avoid going into the regular Obamacare exchanges.

"The same Obamacare exchanges they had the nerve to force millions of others Americans into. Now 13,700 House and Senate members and their staff have signed up as a “small business” under this false declaration.

"Senator David Vitter’s effort to expose these fraudulent documents failed because his committee voted against the subpoena 5 to 14.

"Five Republican Senators who voted YES on the subpoena:

• Chairman David Vitter (LA)
• Marco Rubio (FL)
• Tim Scott (SC)
• Cory Gardner (CO)
• Joni Ernst (IA)

"Five Republicans and 9 Democrats who shamefully voted NO:

• Mike Enzi (R-WY)
• Jim Risch (R-ID)
• Rand Paul (R-KY)
• Deb Fischer (R-NE)
• Kelly Ayotte (R-NH)
• Ranking Member Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
• Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
• Ben Cardin (D-MD)
• Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND)
• Ed Markey (D-MA)
• Cory Booker (D-NJ)
• Chris Coons (D-DE)
• Mazie Hirono (D-HA)
• Gary Peters (D-MI)

"It’s sickening that Congress got away with this in the first place, but to double down and conceal these documents from the public is simply unacceptable. . . . too many members of Congress of both parties are happy enjoying a special exemption for themselves and their staff. Even if it is based on the obscene fraud that Congress is a 'small business.'"

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