As he attempts to distract voters from his decision to cut Medicare by $500 billion in order to fund ObamaCare, U.S. Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE) and his Washington Democrat allies have been busy trying to scare Nebraska seniors and demagogue the crucial issue of Medicare. But in a U.S. House of Representatives hearing on the 2011 Medicare Trustees Report yesterday, the two public trustees of Medicare, Dr. Charles P. Blahous and Dr. Robert Reischauer, admitted that Nelson and the Democrats’ plan would “end Medicare as we know it,” “bankrupt” the program and lead to benefit cuts for seniors. “Medicare’s own public trustees are warning Nebraskans that Senator Nelson’s policies will ‘end Medicare as we know it,’ by bankrupting the program and cutting benefits for seniors,” said National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) spokesman Jahan Wilcox. “Why does Ben Nelson continue to put his own narrow partisan interests in Washington ahead of…
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Even Libya Passed A Budget – Why Can’t Ben Nelson & Fellow Senate Democrats?
Even in the midst of a civil war and daily air strikes by NATO forces, the Libyan Government has succeeded in doing something that Senator Ben Nelson and his fellow Senate Democrats have refused to do for 778 days – pass a budget. Reuters news agency reports that Libya’s government this week approved a $31.4 billion budget for the rest of 2011. Yet, here in the United States, Senate Democrats like Nelson haven’t even offered a budget proposal, let alone passed one. Nelson’s liberal leaders, Senators Harry Reid (D-NV) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY), have said that to do so would be “foolish,” and that Democrats do not have the time to propose a budget. “It speaks volumes that even in the middle of a civil war, the Libyan government has succeeded in doing something that has eluded Senator Ben Nelson and his fellow liberal Democrats for almost two years –…
Ben Nelson Still Silent As More Democrats Call On Weiner To Quit
No Cause For Alarm In NY Rep. Posting, Lying About Lewd Pictures On Internet? As even more of his fellow Washington Democrats join Republican calls for disgraced U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner’s (D-NY) resignation, U.S. Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE) apparently disagrees, and is remaining silent on his Democrat colleague’s lewd online behavior. So far, according to Politico, a growing list of top Democrats – including former DNC Chairmen Tim Kaine and Ed Rendell, U.S. Senators Pat Leahy (D-VT) and Mark Pryor (D-AR), and U.S. Reps. Allyson Schwartz (D-PA), Mike Ross (D-AR), Larry Kissell (D-NC), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Niki Tsongas (D-MA), Michael Michaud (D-ME) and Joe Donnelly (D-IN) – are all calling for Weiner to resign. But not Joe Manchin… “Does Senator Ben Nelson agree with this growing list of his fellow Democrats that it’s time for Anthony Weiner to go, or does he continue to stand by his Democrat colleague despite…
Ben Nelson’s Inaction Leads To More Debt
770 Days & Counting Since Nelson & The Senate Democrats Passed A Budget It’s been 770 days since U.S. Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE) and the Democrats who run the Senate have failed to perform the most basic job function of Congress by passing a federal budget. In fact, Nelson and his fellow Democrats have refused to even propose a budget in the current Congress. To make matters worse, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) announced that last month we were assessed $5 billion more in interest payments on our debt than in May 2010 and the fiscal year budget deficit now stands at $929 billion. “Democrats like Ben Nelson said they did not have the time to propose, let alone pass a budget and now we have learned that Nelson’s inaction has resulted in $5 billion more in interest payments on our debt,” said National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) spokesman Jahan…
As Fellow Democrats & Republicans Call For Weiner’s Resignation, Ben Nelson Remains Silent
Continues To Stand By Lewd New York Rep? As he continues to posture himself on a wide variety of issues in advance of his uphill reelection bid, liberal U.S. Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE) has remained conspicuously silent on the explosive controversy regarding his Democrat colleague U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner’s (D-NY) lewd online behavior. In the face of Republican calls for Weiner’s resignation, House Democrat Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) asked for an ethics investigation into Weiner’s behavior, after which Nelson’s fellow Democrats Betty Sutton (D-OH) and Tim Walz (D-MN) dumped thousands of dollars in campaign cash they took from Weiner. And reports today show that even former DNC Chairman Tim Kaine is now calling for Weiner’s resignation. But Nelson has yet to tell Nebraskans where he stands. “As his fellow Washington Democrats call for Anthony Weiner’s resignation in the wake of these disturbing admissions, why does Ben Nelson still refuse to…
Ben Nelson And The Dilemma Of 53 Votes
769 Days & Counting Since Senate Democrats Passed A Budget It’s been 769 days since U.S. Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE) and the Democrats who run the Senate have performed the most basic job function of Congress by passing a federal budget. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin said that Democrats are in a tough situation, because they only have 53 votes. As Politico reported today: “I think people also understand the Leader [Reid] faces a tough situation with 53 votes and a Republican House,” said Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin. “It’s just not an easy year to engineer the outcomes you’d like to have.” Additionally, Democrats like Nelson haven’t even offered any budget proposal, because their other partisan leaders – Senators Harry Reid (D-NV) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY) – have said that to do so would be “foolish,” and that Democrats do not have the time to propose a budget. “It’s…
By The Numbers: As Senator Ben Nelson Ignores Budget, Debt Surges And Economy Suffers
768 Days & Counting Since Senate Democrats Passed A Budget It’s been 768 days since U.S. Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE) and the Democrats who run the Senate have performed the most basic job function of Congress by passing a federal budget. In this Congress alone, Democrats like Ben Nelson haven’t even offered any budget proposal, because their partisan leaders – Senators Harry Reid (D-NV) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY) – have said that to do so would be “foolish,” and that Democrats do not have the time to propose a budget. “It’s been 768 days since Senator Ben Nelson and his liberal friends in Washington have passed a budget,” said National Republican Senatorial Committee Spokesman Jahan Wilcox. “With a national debt of over $14.3 trillion, Nebraskans deserve to know what’s keeping Nelson from performing his most basic task of passing a budget that will rein in his reckless spending habits that…
Unemployment Rises To 9.1% In Wake Of Nelson & Obama’s Failed $787 Billion Stimulus
In yet another reminder that President Obama and liberal U.S. Senator Ben Nelson’s (D-NE) $787 billion stimulus failed to create jobs while driving our national debt past $14.3 trillion, the U.S. Department of Labor reports today that national unemployment has risen again to 9.1 percent. Today’s rise in unemployment is just the latest development to highlight the failure of Obama and Nelson’s tax-and-spend economic policies in Washington. While Nelson and the Obama Administration promised their $787 billion stimulus would create “millions of new jobs” and keep national unemployment below 8 percent, the United States has actually lost more than 1.8 million jobs since Nelson helped his Washington party bosses ram it into law – and national unemployment has remained above 8 percent now for 28 consecutive months. “As the unemployment rate rises to 9.1 percent, Nebraskans are reminded once again that the Obama-Nelson agenda of reckless spending has failed to…
Ben Nelson Heads Home Without Even Proposing, Let Alone Passing A Budget
758 Days & Counting Since Senate Democrats Passed A Budget It’s been 758 days since U.S. Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE) and the Democrats who run the Senate have performed the most basic job function of Congress by passing a federal budget. In this Congress alone, Democrats like Ben Nelson haven’t even offered any budget proposal, because their partisan leaders – Senators Harry Reid (D-NV) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY) – have said that to do so would be “foolish,” and that Democrats do not have the time to propose a budget. Yet somehow, Ben Nelson and the Democrats found the time to take a week-long recess from Washington. Meanwhile in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, not only did they find the time to propose and pass a budget, but they were able to accomplish this simple task by April 15, 2011. “It’s ironic that Democrats like Ben Nelson say they are…
Ben Nelson Is Only Candidate For Senate In Nebraska Who Voted For Law That Rations Health Care, Cuts Medicare
As liberal U.S. Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE) and his fellow Washington Democrats continue to demagogue the important issue of Medicare reform, the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) today reminded Nebraskans that Nelson is the only candidate for U.S. Senate in Nebraska who voted into law a bill that will ration health care, cut Medicare by $500 billion, and keep Medicare on its current track toward bankruptcy– which he did by giving President Barack Obama the deciding 60th vote to ram ObamaCare into law. “Despite Democratic political posturing, voters know Ben Nelson voted for Obamacare, which rations health care for seniors and cuts Medicare by $500 billion,” said NRSC spokesman Jahan Wilcox. “Senator Nelson’s decision to ignore Nebraska voters and cast the deciding 60th vote for ObamaCare’s tax hikes and Medicare cuts will be a key issue as he prepares to face voters at the polls next year.”
