(CNN) -- You got to give the people, now Give the people what they want -- The O'Jays Now that Republicans have control of both houses of Congress, they are going to have to do better -- and do right by all Americans, not just their fringe conservative base. In the first days of the newly minted 112th Congress, after the 2010 midterms gave Republicans control of the House of Representatives, the American people were clamoring for action on jobs and the economy. What did the new Republican House give them? One of the first laws introduced was the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act. Whereas existing federal law already limited the use of government funds to pay for abortion, there were exceptions for incest and rape. The No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act attempted to narrow the definition of rape to only involving force.
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Sally Kohn: Now that the GOP has control of Congress, it needs to do a better job
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Kohn: Republicans must go beyond their fringe conservative base and ideologies
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Crumbling infrastructure, immigration, good wages are issues that matter, she says
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Kohn: GOP should stop shutting down the government and show it's up to task at hand
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