Why re-elect congresswoman?

In a recent article in Bloomberg, they reported since the time of President John Kennedy, with only 23 years of Democratic administrations, the S&P 500 had a 992 percent gain and an annualized return of 11 percent versus 28 years of Republican administrations with a 109 percent gain with an annualized return of only 2.7 percent.

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers is the fourth-highest-ranking Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives. Her boss, Republican Rep. John Boehner, along with the rest of the Republican Party, in their attempt to reduce spending and destroy the middle class safety net, threatened not to raise the debt limit, causing the credit rating agencies to lower the United States’ credit rating.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kan.) has said, “The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president.”

What have the Republicans and Cathy McMorris Rodgers really done, and why should we re-elect them?

Lawrence Schuchart

Spokane