Republicans Point To Mile-Wide Gap Between Casey’s 2006 Rhetoric Versus 2012 Record

Despite campaigning on the promise of fiscal responsibility, President Obama and Senate Democrats including Pennsylvania’s Bob Casey, have added an additional $4.7 trillion to the national debt in just the last three years – bringing America’s total debt to over $15.3 trillion.  Yet, instead of reversing course on their failed economic policies, President Obama and Bob Casey are doubling-down on their call for higher taxes, more Washington spending and an even bigger federal debt.

The President today introduced his annual budget which includes $1.5 trillion in new taxes, much of which has previously been endorsed by Senator Casey, while ensuring a fourth straight year of trillion-dollar-plus deficits.  What’s worse – Senator Casey and his fellow Senate Democrats have said they do not even intend to pass a budget for the third straight year, clearly recognizing the political peril of their tax-and-spend policies.  

“The national debt now exceeds the U.S. GDP, and yet the answer from President Obama and Senate Democrats is to tax more, spend more, and charge more to the credit card of future generations,” National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) spokesman Lance Trover said today.  “And if Pennsylvanians want to see how five years in Washington has changed Bob Casey then they don’t need to look any further than to recall his campaign rhetoric in 2006 versus his record of voting in lockstep with President Obama on every big government initiative.” 

“The Obama-Casey budget and their call for higher taxes and even more spending is yet another defining difference in this year’s election, and one that they will be held accountable for this November,” Trover concluded.