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In 2009, United States Senator Bill Nelson told Floridians that he would be supporting Barack Obama’s $825 billion stimulus, because it was a “jobs” bill that would help repair America’s aging roads and bridges.  After the bill passed the House of Representatives it was revealed that only 5 percent of the so-called stimulus was spent on infrastructure.  It was then revealed that billions of dollars were given to tax cheats and millions of dollars were spent in fictitious congressional districts.        Now that it’s been widely accepted that the first $825 billion stimulus was a boondoggle, that never ‘saved or created’ 206,000 Florida jobs, Bill Nelson now wants a do-over as Democrats in the Senate will be voting on a $50 billion infrastructure stimulus later this week.  As The Hill reports: President Obama’s proposal to create a national infrastructure bank and spend $50 billion on transportation to stimulate job growth…

More Bad News For Bill Nelson As ObamaCare Approval Hits An All-Time Low As Democrat Senator Bill Nelson struggles to defend his decision to vote in favor of ObamaCare – which has forced two healthcare providers to leave Florida – a Kaiser Family Foundation healthcare tracking poll shows that both Nelson and President Obama have even greater reason to fear Florida voters at the polls next year: their 2,700 page, $2.5 trillion health care 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…

Senate Democrats Seek $1.3 Trillion New Tax Hikes & $300 Billion In New Stimulus Spending, Instead of Serious Spending Cut Proposals In August, Congress created the bipartisan Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, otherwise known as the “Super Committee,” with a mandate of trimming government borrowing by at least $1.2 trillion over the next 10 years. At the time, United States Senator Bill Nelson said he wanted the ’01 and ’03 tax cuts to expire, which would amount to a massive tax increase on families and businesses in Florida.  Over the last 24 hours, we have found out that Nelson – who has voted to raise taxes over 140 times – might get his wish. Yesterday, Senate Democrats leaked their current proposal to numerous media outlets, and its highlights include $1.3 trillion in new tax hikes, as well as upwards of $300 billion in new “stimulus” spending sought by President…

Nelson-Backed Senate Majority Leader Thinks ‘Private Sector Jobs Have Been Doing Just Fine,’ ‘Says Government Jobs Must Take Priority’ In a speech on the Senate floor this morning — which would appear to exemplify the disconnect between some in Washington versus small businesses in the real world — Senate Democrat Leader Harry Reid explained why Senate Democrats are seeking to pass yet another $425 billion stimulus.   According to Reid, “It’s very clear that private sector jobs have been doing just fine” and that’s why Democrats are focusing on growing more government jobs with this legislation. Remarkably, Reid’s out-of-touch statement comes on the same day a new Labor Department report was released showing that for the first time, Washington D.C. – with its plethora of government jobs – has surpassed Silicon Valley as the wealthiest metropolitan area in the entire country. Given that Senator Bill Nelson has come out in support…

Once Again, Ignores Concerns Of Florida Small Business Owners Just days after a bipartisan coalition representing over 1.8 million small businesses in Florida, and across the country, made clear in no uncertain terms that it would further harm their ability to create and grow jobs, Senator Bill Nelson ignored the concerns of job creators and voted in favor of President Obama’s latest stimulus proposal today, which included a massive tax hike on Florida business owners. As President Obama’s own Treasury Department acknowledges, four out of five people who would be hit by the Nelson-Obama surtax are business owners – the same people we need to create new jobs.  Fortunately, the latest Nelson-Obama stimulus proposal was defeated in a bipartisan vote this evening with two Democrats joining every Senate Republican in opposing it. “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results, but…

In what Capitol Hill newspaper The Hill called a “shocking development” last night, liberal U.S. Senator Bill Nelson and his Senate Democrat bosses rashly used what is known as the “nuclear option” to suddenly kill a key Senate rule that protects the democratic rights of the minority party. Politico reports that the power grab “threatens to further inflame partisan tensions and stymie legislative action,” while the Atlantic notes that it “may fundamentally diminish the powers of the minority party in the Senate,” and that “both liberals and conservatives are troubled by what may come of it.” Notably, in 2005, Bill Nelson said on MSNBC that the nuclear option eliminates the checks and balances within our government and is not the fair way to play. “Well, I think it needs to get out on the table, because most people don`t have any idea what the nuclear option is. And the more…

As Senate Democrat leaders prepare to introduce another job-killing tax hike in order to pay for President Obama’s latest “stimulus” proposal, the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) called on Senator Bill Nelson to step forward and tell voters where he stands. As the Associated Press reports: Senate Democrats are scrambling to rewrite portions of President Barack Obama’s jobs bill, even as Obama tries to blame Republicans for Congress’ failure to act. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell moved to call the president’s bluff Tuesday by pushing for a quick Senate vote on the bill, but Democratic leader Harry Reid derailed the effort… In the Senate, Democrats made plans to jettison provisions that Obama recommended to pay for the $447 billion jobs bill, substituting them with a tax increase on millionaires, officials said. “The question before Senator Bill Nelson is a simple one – does he support his liberal party leaders’ proposal…

Obama & DNC Took Thousands Of Dollars In Contributions From Execs At Scandal-Plagued Stimulus Recipient Firm As President Barack Obama calls for yet another round of costly so-called “stimulus” spending in Washington, reports continue to emerge that Obama and Bill Nelson’s original $787 billion stimulus debacle not only failed to create the 206,000 Florida jobs they promised, but stimulus money was sent to benefit well-connected Democrat donors. As ABC News reported earlier this year: Several of Barack Obama’s top campaign supporters went from soliciting political contributions to working from within the Energy Department as it showered billions in taxpayer-backed stimulus money on alternative energy firms, ABC News and iWatch News have learned. One of them was Steven J. Spinner, a high-tech consultant and energy investor who raised at least $500,000 for the candidate. He became one of Energy Secretary Steven Chu’s key loan program advisors while his wife’s law firm…

Blocks Bill To Replenish FEMA & Avert Government Shutdown, Then Skips Town With thousands of Americans across the country desperately needing disaster relief funds in the wake of devastating hurricanes, tornados, floods, wildfires and earthquakes, U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) stood behind his liberal party leadership in Washington today and blocked a bill that includes $3.7 billion in immediate disaster relief assistance, while averting a government shutdown next week. The bill was blocked despite acknowledgments from these very same Democrat leaders that FEMA “could run out of money as soon as Monday.”  Yet, what’s more, instead of staying in Washington and working through the weekend to address this very serious problem, Senate Democrat Leader Harry Reid announced there will be no more votes in the Senate until Monday. “Once again, Bill Nelson had a choice to make today – to stand behind Harry Reid and her fellow liberals in Washington,…