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Top Court To Examine Obama-Nelson ‘Individual Mandate’ As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to hear arguments on President Barack Obama and Senator Ben Nelson massive health care overhaul, Nebraska voters are reminded that Nelson cast the deciding 60th vote to ram the measure, known as ObamaCare, into law. The Associated Press reports: The Supreme Court said Monday it will hear arguments next March over President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul – a case that could shake the political landscape just as voters are about to decide if Obama deserves another term. The decision to hear arguments in the spring allows plenty of time for a decision in late June, just over four months before Election Day. This sets up an election-year showdown over the White House’s main domestic policy achievement. The justices announced they will hear more than five hours of arguments, an extraordinarily long session, from lawyers on the…

Since Nelson Made ObamaCare The Law Of The Land He Has Received Over $1 Million In Campaign Ads From Washington Democrats  Shortly after Barack Obama became President, Senator Ben Nelson revealed his true colors and became a pivotal player towards advancing his liberal, tax-and-spend agenda. Nelson’s support for Obama’s liberal agenda began when he provided a crucial vote in support of his $825 billion stimulus, which did not go unnoticed as President Obama told the Omaha World-Herald that Nelson was a crucial player in getting his stimulus through Congress and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid also praised the two-term Senator from Nebraska. A few months later during the healthcare debate, Nelson was back at the table where he eagerly cut a backroom deal with Harry Reid – often referred to as the Cornhusker Kickback – which paved the way for Nelson to cast the 60th and final vote in support…

More Bad News For Ben Nelson As ObamaCare Approval Hits An All-Time Low A few days after it was reported that American Enterprise Insurance will soon eliminate 70 jobs in Omaha, because of the job-killing regulations of ObamaCare, the Kaiser Family Foundation has now released a poll that found Nelson’s healthcare law is less popular than ever. The poll’s summary and toplines show a bleak picture for Nelson, Obama, and their fellow Washington Democrats: Overall favorability of the law stands at 34%, an all-time low; The percentage of very favorable support stands at 12%, an all-time low; The percentage of respondents who think they personally will be better off due to the law stands at a mere 18%, an all-time low; The percentage of respondents who think the country as a whole will be better off due to the law stands at 28%, an all-time low; Approval of the law…

Due To ObamaCare American Enterprise Insurance Will Eliminate 70 Jobs In Omaha In 2009, Senator Ben Nelson provided Democrats with the 60th and final vote in favor of President Obama’s $2.5 trillion government-run health care bill after cutting a backroom deal – which has often been referred to as the Cornhusker Kickback – with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV).  Nearly three years later, Nebraskans continue to witnessing the devastating effects of this job-killing bill as the Iowa-based insurer American Enterprise Group has recently announced that due to the burdensome regulations of this massive and costly bill it will be leaving the individual medical insurance market.  As a result, 110 employees will be losing their jobs, which includes 70 workers in Omaha. As the Des Moines Register reports: “Des Moines-based American Enterprise Group announced Thursday that it will exit the individual major medical insurance market, making it the 13th company…

In 2009, Senator Ben Nelson was instrumental in President Barack Obama’s $825 billion “stimulus” that failed to create the promised jobs.  In 2010, Nelson provided President Obama with the elusive 60th for his $2.5 trillion government health care bill that mandates every American to buy a health care plan.  Two weeks ago President Obama proposed yet another $400 billion in new “stimulus” spending. And today, President Obama proposed the largest tax hike in U.S. history –a $1.5 trillion tax increase on investors and small businesses that he says is needed to pay for their reckless spending agenda which has driven the federal debt past $14.6 trillion. As a reminder, Ben Nelson once said that raising taxes during a recession is the wrong direction, but as we are all aware when the President comes knocking for a 60th vote, Nelson always abandons his so-called convictions for Mr. Obama.  “According to President…

Will Loyal Obama Ally Again Support Tax-Spend-And-Borrow Agenda? As President Barack Obama prepares to call tonight, in a nationwide address, for a reported $400 billion in new “stimulus” spending – to be paid for later with new debt and job-killing tax hikes – where does his loyal ally, Senator Ben Nelson, stand? Notably, Nebraskans have heard this same jobs rhetoric from Obama and Nelson for the last several years.  Exactly a year ago, Obama promised a “plan that would start putting Americans to work right away.” As a reminder, Nelson delivered some of the final votes for Barack Obama’s $787 billion stimulus that was supposed to ‘create or save’ 3.5 million jobs. President Obama: “Without Ben, I’m Not Sure We Get Other Votes [For The Stimulus Package]. … I Think He’s Been A Very Constructive Partner In This Process.” (Joseph Morton, “President Praises Nelson’s Role In Bill,” Omaha World-Herald, 2/12/09)…

As President Obama plans to deliver yet another “major speech” on the economy in an effort to jumpstart the worst approval ratings of his Presidency, the White House is signaling that he will call for another round of borrowed “stimulus” funding.  And as ABC News reports this morning, “[m]any Democrats say they want to hear a forceful presidential push for new stimulus spending and middle-class tax cuts, with less emphasis on deficit reduction and government spending cuts they say could stunt job creation and hamper economic recovery. The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) today called on Democrat Senator Ben Nelson to step forward and make clear whether or not he agrees with President Obama and fellow liberal Democrats that more government spending is needed to jumpstart the economy. “Given Democrat Senator Ben Nelson’s strong support for government-run healthcare and the failed stimulus, Nebraskans deserve to know if he intends to…

Congressional Budget Office Predicts $1.3T Deficit in 2011, Third Largest in 65 Years As a candidate for the Senate in 1996, Ben Nelson regularly railed against deficit spending by the federal government and promised to lead the fight in Washington to balance the federal budget. In fact, Ben Nelson has recently made the following remarks about the deficit: “When I’m Home In Nebraska Every Weekend People Often Come Up To Me At The Grocery Store, Hardware Store And Tell Me They’re Concerned About Our National Deficit And Debt. They Want Washington To Cut Spending And Bring Down The Cloud Of Debt That Hangs Over Our Economic Future.” (Senator Ben Nelson, “Senate Votes 98-1 For Nelson Amendment To Cut U.S. Senate Budget By 5 Percent,” Press Release, 3/16/11)  “We Can’t Continue On A Path That Has Led To A $1.5 Trillion Deficit This Year And A $14 Trillion National Debt. That’s…

Nelson Says “He Wouldn’t Change His Vote” For ObamaCare On Christmas Eve in 2009, Senator Ben Nelson provided Democrats with the 60th vote in favor of President Obama’s $2.5 trillion government-run health care bill after cutting a backroom deal – which has often been referred to as the Cornhusker Kickback – with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV).  Nelson voted for this massive bill even though he knew it cut Medicare by $500 billion, raised taxes by $500 billion and was opposed by a strong majority of Nebraskans. And since that time, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals – which was comprised of two judges who were nominated by President Bill Clinton and one judge who was nominated by President George H.W. Bush – ruled that the health care reform law’s requirement that nearly all Americans buy insurance is unconstitutional. Nonetheless, earlier today Ben Nelson went on the airways and…

Dangerous Déjà Vu In 30th Consecutive Month Of 8%+ Unemployment As he helped President Barack Obama ram the $787 billion stimulus into law, U.S. Senator Ben Nelson claimed it would create jobs and help get our economy back on track, while his friends in the Obama Administration projected the spending binge would hold unemployment below 8 percent. But instead, our country has lost 2.4 million jobs since President Obama came into office, while unemployment stands at 9.1 percent and has been above 8 percent for 30 consecutive months.  And today, Bloomberg reports that jobless claims continue to rise: More Americans than forecast filed applications for unemployment benefits last week, signaling the labor market is struggling two years into the economic recovery. Jobless claims climbed by 9,000 to 408,000 in the week ended Aug. 13, the highest in a month, Labor Department figures showed today in Washington. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg…