National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) Communications Director Brian Walsh issued the following statement in response to U.S. Representative Martin Heinrich’s (D-NM) decision to run for New Mexico’s open U.S. Senate seat: “A big problem for Martin Heinrich is that there is a mile-wide gap between his moderate rhetoric versus his very liberal record. Heinrich has consistently voted with the liberal wing of his party, helping his Democrat bosses ram through their massive health care overhaul, their job-killing cap-and-trade energy tax, and their failed $787 billion stimulus debacle. The contrast for voters will be very clear in 2012, and we are confident New Mexico will elect a fiscally responsible Republican to the U.S. Senate.” Martin Heinrich’s Liberal Record Is Out-Of-Step With New Mexico Heinrich Claims To Support Fiscal Responsibility: Heinrich: “I’m In Favor Of Reducing Government Spending . . . .” (Congressman Martin Heinrich, “VIDEO: Heinrich on GOP Spending Bill,” Press…
Manchin Admits Liberal He Chose To Run U.S. Senate Is Bad For West Virginia On EPA Regs
What About On Gov’t Health Care, Reckless Spending, $14 Trillion Debt? In an interview earlier today with West Virginia radio host Hoppy Kercheval, liberal U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) admitted that, when it comes to opposing the Obama Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) efforts to circumvent Congress and impose job-killing regulations, West Virginians would be better off if the U.S. Senate were controlled by Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), rather than liberal Democrat Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV). Notably, Manchin’s first vote upon arriving in Washington was to elect Harry Reid as U.S. Senate Majority Leader. CLICK HERE To Hear Manchin Admit That A Republican-Led Senate Would Be Better For W.V. In Stopping The Obama EPA’s Power Grab But while Manchin insisted a Republican-led Senate would only be better for his state on just “this one issue,” he failed to explain to voters why he thinks liberal Harry Reid is better…
Stabenow Takes Credit For Efforts To Repeal Costly Government Mandate That She Voted For
Appears To Forget When Democrats Rammed Through Massive Health Care Bill As she prepares for a tough reelection bid, the U.S. Senate’s most liberal member Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) is attempting to distract Michigan voters from her very liberal record in Washington by making misleading claims regarding a job-killing IRS mandate that she voted for just last year. In an interview yesterday with News 8 in Grand Rapids, Stabenow was eager to take credit for efforts to repeal the IRS paperwork mandate, known as 1099, saying “[t]his is really good news. There was a provision passed a couple of years ago – the IRS rolled out how they were going to implement it and it looked like a 2,000 percent increase in paperwork for small businesses because every time you purchase something that cost $600 or more you’d have to fill out a form. Well that didn’t make any sense to…
More McCaskill Double-Talk
Fact Check: McCaskill Was For Cap-And-Trade, Before She Was Against It Despite fashioning herself as a straight-talking politician of the people, Missouri’s senior U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) is having a tough time keeping her facts straight these days. This afternoon, former State Auditor McCaskill called into “The Mark Reardon Show” (KMOX-St. Louis) where she once again expressed confusion that she would have had to pay property taxes on her $2 million aircraft, despite a recent declaration from one St. Louis tax official who made clear that “everyone knows you have to report personal property.” But then the interview turned to the current debate over cap-and-trade that is before the U.S. Senate, where Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has introduced a rider to strip the EPA of the carbon regulation authority that liberal bureaucrats in the Obama Administration have given themselves. After finally admitting that she plans to vote against the…
After Taking Millions From Corporations, Banks, Sherrod Brown Hypocritically Attacks Corporate Money In Politics
Despite having taken more than $3.5 million in campaign contributions from business-related political action committees (PAC), the U.S. Senate’s most liberal member Sherrod Brown (D-OH) is attacking corporate money in politics in advance of a tough reelection bid, tweeting yesterday that he is “ready to rumble” with Republicans “for using corp. money to influence elections.” Brown’s tweet links to an Examiner article that describes his election-cycle rhetoric as “geared to energizing his base and attacking the GOP, and any future candidate that runs against him, for going after middle-class workers and their families and using corporate money to influence elections.” Meanwhile, Brown’s campaign website refers to corporate money in politics “pay-to-play electioneering” and touts Brown as “a man of principle who has made a career of standing up to special interests in Washington.” But in addition to taking more than $3.5 million from business-related PACs, Brown has taken $2.3 million from lawyers and lobbyists, as well as $1.6…
Ben Nelson, Democrats Attempt To “Have It Both Ways” On Job-Killing ObamaCare IRS Mandate
In his continuing attempts to distance himself from President Barack Obama and his Washington party bosses in advance of a difficult reelection bid, liberal U.S. Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE) has repeatedly claimed he opposes ObamaCare’s IRS 1099 paperwork mandate – despite his partisan votes to ram ObamaCare into law, and just weeks ago to prevent its repeal. But as Politico reports, Senate Democrats are trying “to have it both ways” on the job-killing mandate, crafting a backroom amendment that will allow vulnerable Democrats like Nelson to vote for repeal as an act of political posturing, but with no chance of the repeal actually taking effect: Trying to thwart a Republican repeal of the health reform law’s 1099 tax reporting requirements, Senate Democrats are working on an amendment that could kill the proposal down the road…[the] amendment gives fellow Democrats cover to vote on the Johanns amendment while most likely not…
Bill Nelson, Democrats Attempt To “Have It Both Ways” On Job-Killing ObamaCare IRS Mandate
In his continuing attempts to distance himself from his liberal voting record in advance of a difficult reelection bid, U.S. Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) has repeatedly claimed he opposes ObamaCare’s IRS 1099 paperwork mandate – despite his partisan votes to ram ObamaCare into law, and just weeks ago to prevent its repeal. But as Politico reports, Senate Democrats are trying “to have it both ways” on the job-killing mandate, crafting a backroom amendment that will allow vulnerable Democrats like Nelson to vote for repeal as an act of political posturing, but with no chance of the repeal actually taking effect: Trying to thwart a Republican repeal of the health reform law’s 1099 tax reporting requirements, Senate Democrats are working on an amendment that could kill the proposal down the road…[the] amendment gives fellow Democrats cover to vote on the Johanns amendment while most likely not allowing it to go into…
Now We Know Where 2012 Senate Democrats Get Their “Marching Orders”
For those of you who’ve been wondering what Senate Democrat leaders have actually been doing these past few weeks, since unlike the House they’ve refused to put forward their own funding resolution, New York Senator Chuck Schumer accidentally lifted the curtain today – it turns out that instead of working to negotiate in good faith with Republicans to avoid a government shutdown, Senator Schumer has been busy handing out election-cycle talking points to his Democrat subordinates. It sounds like Senator Schumer and Howard Dean have been in the same party strategy meetings. · “Moments before a conference call with reporters was scheduled to get underway on Tuesday morning, apparently unaware that many of the reporters were already on the line, Charles Schumer of New York, the No. 3 Democrat in the Senate, began to instruct fellow senators on how to talk to reporters about the contentious budget process. “After thanking…
McCaskill, Democrats Attempt To “Have It Both Ways” On Job-Killing ObamaCare IRS Mandate
In her continuing attempts to distance herself from President Barack Obama and her Washington party bosses in advance of a difficult reelection bid, liberal U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) has repeatedly claimed she opposes ObamaCare’s IRS 1099 paperwork mandate – despite her partisan votes to ram ObamaCare into law, and just weeks ago to prevent its repeal. But as Politico reports, Senate Democrats are trying “to have it both ways” on the job-killing mandate, crafting a backroom amendment that will allow vulnerable Democrats like McCaskill to vote for repeal as an act of political posturing, but with no chance of the repeal actually taking effect: Trying to thwart a Republican repeal of the health reform law’s 1099 tax reporting requirements, Senate Democrats are working on an amendment that could kill the proposal down the road…[the] amendment gives fellow Democrats cover to vote on the Johanns amendment while most likely not…
Tester, Democrats Attempt To “Have It Both Ways” On Job-Killing ObamaCare IRS Mandate
In his continuing attempts to distance himself from President Barack Obama and his Washington party bosses in advance of a difficult reelection bid, liberal U.S. Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) has repeatedly claimed he opposes ObamaCare’s IRS 1099 paperwork mandate – despite his partisan votes to ram ObamaCare into law, and just weeks ago to prevent its repeal. But as Politico reports, Senate Democrats are trying “to have it both ways” on the job-killing mandate, crafting a backroom amendment that will allow vulnerable Democrats like Tester to vote for repeal as an act of political posturing, but with no chance of the repeal actually taking effect: Trying to thwart a Republican repeal of the health reform law’s 1099 tax reporting requirements, Senate Democrats are working on an amendment that could kill the proposal down the road…[the] amendment gives fellow Democrats cover to vote on the Johanns amendment while most likely not…
