GOP No Job Agenda: By the Numbers

The following press release was published by the U.S. Congress Committee on Ways and Means on March 2, 2011. It is reproduced in full below.

0: Job creation measures proposed by House Republicans

58: Days since Republicans assumed the House Majority.

700,000: Expected job loss if the Republicans’ budget proposal becomes law, according to economist Mark Zandi.

227,000: Number of trade-affected workers receiving assistance through the Trade Adjustment Assistance program in 2010. Republican opposition has stalled the program’s extension.

1.5 to 2%: Expected reduction in economic growth from GOP budget - according to Goldman Sachs analysis

$2 billion: Republicans’ proposed cut to vital job training programs

Source: U.S. Congress Committee on Ways and Means