GOP claims Democrats are waging ‘war’ on economy

House Republicans released a report Wednesday that claims the policies of congressional Democrats pose a “rising threat” to millions of jobs and families.

{mosads}“Congressional Democrats are waging an undeclared but aggressive policy war on American jobs and economic prosperity,” said House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio).

Democrats are trying to push through an agenda that is “necessitated by the Democratic Party’s ideological quest for increased spending and bigger government, and its reluctance to finance its ambitions by cutting spending and reducing existing waste, fraud and abuse,” according to the report.

“Almost one year into this new majority, we’ve seen time and again that Democrats are willing to impose that reckless agenda on the American taxpaying public at the risk of surrendering tens of millions of good-paying American jobs,” said House Minority Whip Roy Blunt (R-Mo.).

The report accuses Democrats of using “weapons of economic havoc,” such as tax increases, new regulations and a larger bureaucracy, recklessly and to the detriment of the U.S. economy.

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) strongly objected to the rhetoric Republicans used in their report.

“This kind of language when American troops are in harm’s way is outrageous, and demeans the sacrifice of our servicemen and women,” Hoyer said. “The fact is job creation during Republican rule in Washington over the past six years was somewhere between anemic and pathetic. The Bush economy has shed millions of jobs, the average household income is down, and costs for health care, college and gas are skyrocketing.”

According to the GOP document, House Democrats have voted to increase taxes by $200 billion over the next 10 years. In addition, Democrats have tried to open the door to “job-killing lawsuits and litigation.”

The House GOP predicts that “the threat facing American jobs” would increase when Congress returns to work in January.

Brendan Daly, a spokesman for Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), said that the report showed that “once again, Republicans are misrepresenting the facts.”

Daly pointed to the energy bill considered in the House this week that would create jobs and help small businesses over the next decade.

“By investing in renewable energy, we can create more than 3 million green American jobs over 10 years in our neighborhoods, inner cities and rural areas,” Daly said.