Tag Archives: 2012

Sherrod Brown Fiddles While Ohioans Suffer From $4-A-Gallon Gas

Even Fellow Democrats Call Brown Proposal “Laughable” & “A Gimmick” As a new USA Today/Gallup survey shows nearly 70 percent of Americans suffering “financial hardship” thanks to a national average of nearly $4-per-gallon gas, Ohioans are reminded that not only is liberal U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) refusing to work with Republicans on bipartisan efforts to lower the price at the pump, he is actually attempting to drive the price of fuel up by raising energy taxes. As USA Today reports: As gas prices hover near $4 a gallon, nearly seven in 10 Americans say the high cost of fuel is causing financial hardship for their families, a new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds. More than half say they have made major changes to compensate for the higher prices, ranging from shorter trips to cutting back on vacation travel. For 21%, the impact is so dramatic they say their standard of…


Nelson Fiddles While Floridians Suffer From $4-A-Gallon Gas

Even Fellow Democrats Call Nelson Proposal “Laughable” & “A Gimmick” WASHINGTON – As a new USA Today/Gallup survey shows nearly 70 percent of Americans suffering “financial hardship” thanks to a national average of nearly $4-per-gallon gas, Floridians are reminded that not only is liberal U.S. Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) refusing to work with Republicans on bipartisan efforts to lower the price at the pump, he is actually attempting to drive the price of fuel up by raising energy taxes. As USA Today reports: As gas prices hover near $4 a gallon, nearly seven in 10 Americans say the high cost of fuel is causing financial hardship for their families, a new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds. More than half say they have made major changes to compensate for the higher prices, ranging from shorter trips to cutting back on vacation travel. For 21%, the impact is so dramatic they say their…


Menendez Fiddles While New Jersey Families Suffer From $4-A-Gallon Gas

Even Fellow Democrats Call Menendez Proposal “Laughable” & “A Gimmick” As a new USA Today/Gallup survey shows nearly 70 percent of Americans suffering “financial hardship” thanks to a national average of nearly $4-per-gallon gas, New Jersey voters are reminded that not only is liberal U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) refusing to work with Republicans on bipartisan efforts to lower the price at the pump, he is actually attempting to drive the price of fuel up by raising energy taxes. As USA Today reports: As gas prices hover near $4 a gallon, nearly seven in 10 Americans say the high cost of fuel is causing financial hardship for their families, a new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds. More than half say they have made major changes to compensate for the higher prices, ranging from shorter trips to cutting back on vacation travel. For 21%, the impact is so dramatic they say their standard…


McCaskill Fiddles While Missourians Suffer From $4-A-Gallon Gas

Even Fellow Democrats Call McCaskill Proposal “Laughable” & “A Gimmick”  As a new USA Today/Gallup survey shows nearly 70 percent of Americans suffering “financial hardship” thanks to a national average of nearly $4-per-gallon gas, Missourians are reminded that not only is liberal U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) refusing to work with Republicans on bipartisan efforts to lower the price at the pump, she is actually attempting to drive the price of fuel up by raising energy taxes. As USA Today reports: As gas prices hover near $4 a gallon, nearly seven in 10 Americans say the high cost of fuel is causing financial hardship for their families, a new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds. More than half say they have made major changes to compensate for the higher prices, ranging from shorter trips to cutting back on vacation travel. For 21%, the impact is so dramatic they say their standard of…


NRSC Statement On Joe Donnelly

“For Hoosiers Who Like Higher Taxes, A Record Debt & ObamaCare, They Will Love Joe Donnelly” National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) Communications Director Brian Walsh issued the following statement in response to reports that liberal U.S. Representative Joe Donnelly (D-IN) will announce for the U.S. Senate in Indiana tomorrow: “Just months after voters overwhelmingly rejected Brad Ellsworth’s liberal policies, Joe Donnelly wants to sell Hoosiers on that exact same big-spending, job-killing Washington agenda. We welcome him into the race and look forward to him campaigning side-by-side with President Obama. “Just like Ellsworth, Donnelly has been a partisan rubber stamp for liberal Democrat leaders in Washington, helping them ram through ObamaCare and the failed $787 billion stimulus debacle. Hoosiers have made it clear that they’re not interested in more reckless spending, tax hikes and out-of-control debt in Washington – but Democrats like Joe Donnelly have long ignored the voices of Indiana’s families and…