The Republican Congress Returns to Work This Week and with Health Care Costs Rising, Wars in Iraq and Afganistan, Gas Prices Soaring and an Immigration Crisis, the GOP Puts the Horse Before the Cart
- Average NAtional Price Per Gallon of Gas: $2.73 (Up $1.66 Per Gallon Since the GOP Took Control of Congress in January 1995)
- Employers Prosecuted for Unlawfully Hiring Illegal Immigrants: 4 in 2003 (Down From 182 in 1999)
- Decrease in Nationwide Median Income Under GOP Congress: 6% (Some States Saw a Decrease of up to 12%)
- Number of Children Without Health Insurance: 8.3 Million