Tag Archives: Bill Nelson

When Senator Bill Nelson rubberstamped Barack Obama’s $787 billion stimulus into law, he promised the legislation would ‘create or save’ nearly 206,000 jobs.  Unfortunately that prediction was grossly inaccurate, because some of the largest stimulus projects in areas like Palm Beach County fell 80 percent short of the jobs it was suppose to ‘create or save.’ As the Palm Beach Post reports: “The largest stimulus-fueled road projects in Palm Beach County have created less than 20 percent of the jobs once promised, a Palm Beach Post analysis based on federal job-creation standards shows. …  Local officials forecast nearly 600 jobs at five of Palm Beach County’s largest projects in early 2009. At least that many people got paychecks. But the hours worked amount to slightly more than 100 “full-time equivalent” jobs, based on 40-hour work weeks.” “When Bill Nelson rubberstamped Barack Obama’s $787 billion stimulus into law, he promised the…

As a candidate for U.S. Senate, Democrat Bill Nelson (D-FL) routinely preached the importance of fiscal responsibility, declaring that he was an “early advocate of a balanced budget.”  But today, Nelson voted with his Washington party bosses against even considering a measure to balance the federal budget while cutting runaway spending now and capping Washington’s spending in the future – just the latest in a long pattern of Nelson putting his liberal Washington agenda ahead of keeping his promises to Floridians. “Sadly, it’s not surprising that Senator Nelson would flip-flop and vote against even considering a balanced federal budget today.  But Floridians are no doubt wondering how Nelson explains his vote today to kill a balanced budget in light of his previous claims to support a balanced budget in Washington.” said National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) spokesman Jahan Wilcox today. Since coming to Washington, Nelson has routinely abandoned his previous…

In yet other indication of how harmful liberal Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) and President Barack Obama’s massive health care overhaul is to middle-class Floridians, Washington newspaper The Hill reports today that one of the law’s major provisions is poised to slam families with higher insurance costs: A major provision of the healthcare reform law designed to prevent businesses from dropping coverage for their workers could inadvertently leave families without access to subsidized health insurance. The problem is a huge headache for the Obama administration and Democrats, because it could leave families unable to buy affordable health insurance when the healthcare law requires that everyone be insured starting in 2014. Some of the administration’s closest allies on healthcare reform warn this could dramatically undercut support for the law, which is already unpopular with many voters and contributed to Democrats losing the House in the 2010 midterm elections. “Bill Nelson ignored the…

Shameful Threats Underscore Broken Promises, Reckless Deficit Spending As a candidate for U.S. Senate in 2000, Democrat Bill Nelson told Floridians that he was an “early advocate of a balanced budget.”  But it’s been 806 days since Nelson and his fellow Senate Democrats passed any federal budget, much less a balanced budget – during which time our national debt has ballooned to a record-high $14.3 trillion.  Meanwhile, the U.S. Treasury now reports that our federal government’s deficit is on track to top $1 trillion this fiscal year. But rather than take responsibility for his broken promises and failure to perform this basic job function, Nelson and his Washington party bosses are now threatening to withhold payments from Social Security recipients and members of our armed forces, unless Republicans agree to their demands for job-killing tax hikes. As the Associated Press reports: Echoing President Barack Obama’s warning, Senate Majority Leader Harry…

Washington Post Writer Pulls Back Curtain On Senate Democrats Putting Politics Ahead Of Passing Bipartisan Reforms For those who have been following the ongoing debt ceiling negotiations and questioned the difficulty of both parties reaching a bipartisan agreement, a new report out by a left-leaning blogger for the Washington Post is instructive. The Post’s Greg Sargent reports that Senate Democrat campaign strategists who are overseeing U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson’s re-election bid have concluded that passing much-needed Medicare reforms will squander their efforts to score political points by scaring Florida seniors. This comes despite even President Obama making clear that everything should be on the table to start reining-in our out-of-control federal debt. Top Democrats in charge of keeping the Senate in Dem hands and maintaining the political health of the party — DSCC chair Patty Murray and messaging chief Chuck Schumer — have privately expressed frustration that deep Medicare cuts…

800 Days With No Budget & Now 9.2 Percent Unemployment It’s now been a full 800 days since U.S. Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) and his fellow Democrats who run the U.S. Senate have passed a federal budget.  In fact, in the current Congress, Senate Democrats haven’t even proposed a budget, with published reports on Capitol Hill today saying that they’re still “discussing” it. In the meantime, the Labor Department reports today that unemployment has now climbed to 9.2 percent – a post World War II record of 29 straight months of at least 8 percent unemployment – while the federal debt continues to climb past $14.3 trillion. “These sobering numbers serve as yet another reminder that Florida simply can’t afford another six years of Bill Nelson’s liberal tax-and-spend agenda,” said National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) spokesman Jahan Wilcox.  What They’re Saying About Today’s Jobs Report…. The Hill’s Sam Youngman: “Wow….

Insists On Job-Killing Tax Hikes, Raising Debt Ceiling Without Spending Reform In the wake of President Obama and U.S. Senator Bill Nelson’s deficit spending binge in Washington, our national debt now stands at a record-high $14.3 trillion.  But rather than taking America’s debt and spending crisis seriously and getting Washington’s spending under control, Nelson continues to stand with Obama in demanding job-killing tax hikes – even as more of his fellow Democrats join Republicans in demanding that tax hikes be taken off the table. As Roll Call’s David Drucker noted just minutes ago, liberal Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson came out today against tax hikes saying “Debt reduction should focus on spending cuts..Raising taxes at a time when our economy remains fragile takes us in the wrong direction. That won’t create jobs in Nebraska.” Meanwhile, as The Hill reported last week, “[West Virginia Democrat Senator Joe] Manchin, who is a top…

While Seeking To Increase The Country’s Credit Card Limit By Another $2 Trillion A full 798 days – and $3.2 trillion in new debt – since Senate Democrats last passed a budget, it appears Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) and his Democrat colleagues may finally be on the verge this week of at least introducing their own budget this Congress. But there’s a critical catch – according to published reports on Capitol Hill this morning, the Senate Democrats’ budget is expected to include at least $2 trillion in new tax increases – at a time when the national unemployment rate stands at 9.1%.  Notably, this matches the $2 trillion in unchecked spending that Nelson is calling for by increasing the debt limit without tying it to any serious spending reforms. “Floridians have waited almost 800 days for Senate Democrats to pass a budget, while the federal debt has climbed to $14.3…

Obama’s Top Economists Reveal Hefty Price Tag For Failed Stimulus Debacle Since liberal U.S. Senator Bill Nelson helped President Barack Obama ram his $787 billion stimulus into law, America has lost nearly 1.9 million jobs and our national debt has skyrocketed to a record-high $14.3 trillion.  Now, President Obama’s own top economists estimate that the Obama-Nelson stimulus debacle cost taxpayers an average $278,000 per job. As the Weekly Standard notes: “The report was written by the White House’s Council of Economic Advisors, a group of three economists who were all handpicked by Obama, and it chronicles the alleged success of the “stimulus” in adding or saving jobs. The council reports that, using “mainstream estimates of economic multipliers for the effects of fiscal stimulus” (which it describes as a “natural way to estimate the effects of” the legislation), the “stimulus” has added or saved just under 2.4 million jobs — whether…

Walks In Lockstep With Obama, D.C. Party Bosses, Against Floridians’ Interests It’s been more than 790 days since liberal U.S. Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) and his fellow Senate Democrats passed a federal budget – during which time our national debt has exploded to a record-high $14.3 trillion. But as Senate Republicans today propose – and unanimously support – a common-sense Balanced Budget Amendment to finally bring Washington’s spending and debt under control, Nelson is standing instead with President Barack Obama and the rest of his Washington party bosses, joining their calls for new job-killing tax hikes and yet another round of wasteful “stimulus” spending. Notably, as a candidate for U.S. Senate in 2000 Nelson promised voters he would support a balanced budget amendment. But since arriving in the Senate, Nelson has broken his promise to Floridians, joining his liberal Democrat colleagues as they continue to abdicate their basic responsibility to…