The Economic Policy Institute tells us that the debt reduction deal will result in 1.8 million jobs lost in the next year.

Everyone sitting in Congress promised voters she or he would create jobs. Although later, Nan Hayworth has famously said that it is not the responsibility of the government to create jobs. Ms Hayworth has voted time and again for job-killing measures, but the debt deal takes the cake.

It's time to end one more job. Your's Ms Hayworth. Your pocketbook won't feel the loss of your Congressional salary, but millions of families will suffer needlessly because of your Tea Party hostage taking policies and this phony debt reduction law.

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