DOES THE GOP REALLY WANT AMERICA TO FAIL?

The GOP tries to portray itself as the one party that's really pro-business but they haven't been acting like that since the Baggers acted out in 2010.

Conservatives make it rough for business
Associated PressBy DONNA CASSATA | Associated Press – 2 hrs 40 mins ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservative Republicans have roughed up the business community this year — and it's not over yet.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the National Association of Manufacturers and major companies like Boeing Co. and Caterpillar Inc. all wanted quick reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank, which helps finance American companies' overseas sales. Congress had reaffirmed the independent federal agency some two dozen times since its creation in 1934. But this year it took months of pleas, briefings and negotiations to overcome conservative opposition.

...industries ranging from asphalt to steel pressed for the popular transportation bill to rebuild the nation's infrastructure. Conservatives wanted to give authority to the states. Nine short-term extensions later — and almost three years after the last transportation bill expired — businesses finally prevailed last month.

...when it comes to many of industry's top legislative priorities, conservative Republican lawmakers and like-minded groups including the Club for Growth and Heritage Action have thrown up roadblocks to tasks that had been easy before the 2010 elections sent a large class of conservative tea party insurgents to Congress.