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Why Doesn’t Shelley Berkley Agree With Her Colleague That More Spending & Tax Hikes Should Be Off The Table?

Again Stands With Reid, Obama And The Left Wing Of Democrat Party

With our national debt already topping a record $14.3 trillion, Las Vegas Congresswoman Shelley Berkley is standing with her liberal mentor Harry Reid as they continue to put crucial debt negotiations at risk with their insistence on more wasteful spending and job-killing tax hikes. Meanwhile, even some of Berkley’s fellow Democrats are beginning to join Republican calls to take these harmful proposals off the table, including U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV).

As Politico reports:

“Manchin, who is a top GOP target in next year’s elections, has said he will not vote to raise the debt ceiling without spending reforms, and sides with the Republicans on keeping tax raises off the table.  ‘I don’t believe in tax hikes,’ Manchin said. ‘We have to start living within our means in this country.’”

“At a time when our debt has skyrocketed past $14 trillion and too many Nevadans are still out of work, it’s remarkable that Shelley Berkley and Byron Georgiou are standing with President Obama in support of more spending and job-killing tax hikes,” said National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) spokesman Jahan Wilcox.

Background

SHELLEY BERKLEY TOES THE DEMOCRAT PARTY LINE IN WASHINGTON
In 2010, Berkley Supported President Obama 95% Of The Time. (Congressional Quarterly Website, http://www.cq.com, Accessed 3/30/11)

 

 

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