Congressional Majority Performance Stats

The following table shows how the Democratic Congress performed on average during its four year tenure, vs. the average of the previous four years, 2003 through the end of 2006, when Republicans were at the helm:

Issue/Topic	Democrats	Republicans
Jobs by Year - Average	-1,583,000	+1,672,000
Jobs by Month - Average	-131,916	+139,333
Unemployment Rate - Average	7.48%	5.3%
Budget Deficits - Avrage	$1.143 Trillion	$285 Billion
Dow (DJIA)	0.13% (0.53 Total)	11.04%
S & P 500	1.29%	15.02%
FDIC Bank Closures - Average	79.2	1.75

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