Harry Reid has explicitly stated that Republicans are sabotaging the economy for political gain:

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Tuesday accused House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) of deliberately trying to sabotage the U.S. economy.

Republicans immediately fired back, with Speaker John Boehner’s (R-Ohio) spokesman using an eight-letter word to rebuke the Senate leader.

“That’s bull—-,” said Boehner spokesman Michael Steel. “House Republicans are united in our desire to get a sensible, reform-minded transportation bill done, including job-creating energy initiatives like Keystone.”

Reid has grown frustrated by House Republicans’ reluctance to pass a multiyear transportation authorization bill, which Democrats say would create hundreds of thousands of jobs.

House Republicans have threatened to pull out of conference talks with Senate negotiators, according to one media report, which could scuttle any prospects for a deal. A senior House GOP aide, however, disputed the report.

They should have been saying this for at least two years.