Tag Archives: Bob Casey

Casey-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 Bob Casey (D-PA) has come out in…

After His Office Falsely Denies He Is An Obama Campaign Cash Bundler, Casey Falsely Denies That Obama’s New Stimulus Is A Stimulus On two separate occasions yesterday, liberal U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) and his office issued statements that were false or misleading to Pennsylvania voters. First, Casey’s office flatly denied a recent report by the New York Times, circulated yesterday by the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), noting that Casey has been busy bundling campaign cash privately for the President’s reelection campaign – despite his well-documented attempts to distance himself from the President publicly. While the initial post has since been removed from the Allentown Morning Call’s website, here was the statement made by Senator Casey’s spokesman where he both denied the report and attacked the NRSC… “This is another reason why you can’t trust these Washington political operatives,” said Larry Smar, spokesman for Casey. “They don’t know Haverford…

Despite Public Posturing, Casey Rubber-Stamped Obama’s Agenda & Is Raising Obama Campaign Cash Behind Closed Doors As the Pottsville Republican & Herald reports today, despite being among then-candidate Barack Obama’s earliest and most ardent supporters and rubber-stamping his party’s agenda 98 percent of the time in Washington, liberal Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) is now desperately attempting to distance himself from the President in advance of his 2012 reelection campaign: Early and wholeheartedly, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey embraced the presidential candidacy of fellow Sen. Barack Obama in 2008. Casey’s endorsement gave Obama a badly needed boost at the outset of his six-day introductory tour before the Pennsylvania Democratic presidential primary. After Obama won the presidency, Casey signed on as one of the biggest supporters of the president’s agenda. But with both men facing a re-election campaigns next year, the embrace is loosening. In the last few months, Casey has started to…

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

In what Capitol Hill newspaper The Hill called a “shocking development” last night, liberal U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) 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 just the latest example of Casey’s campaign rhetoric not matching his Washington record – in 2005, the Casey campaign attacked then-Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) for wanting to change Senate rules.  As the Allentown Morning Call reported at the time: “Jay Reiff, campaign manager for state Treasurer Bob Casey Jr., who…

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 Senator Bob Casey’s (D-PA) original $787 billion stimulus debacle not only failed to create the jobs they promised middle-class Pennsylvanians – but also directed taxpayer funds to benefit well-connected Democrat donors. Notably, Casey strongly supports the original stimulus, claiming it was about “aiding those hardest hit” by the recession.  But 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…

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. Bob Casey (D-PA) 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, Bob Casey had a choice to make today – to stand behind Harry Reid and her fellow liberals in Washington,…

Will Loyal Obama Ally Again Rubber-Stamp Tax-Spend-And-Borrow Agenda? As President Barack Obama prepares to call, in a nationwide address tonight, 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 U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) stand? Notably, Pennsylvanians have heard this same jobs rhetoric from Obama and Casey for the last several years.  Exactly a year ago, Obama promised a “plan that would start putting Americans to work right away.” And as he helped Obama ram the original $787 billion stimulus debacle into law, Casey and Obama claimed it would create millions of new jobs, and Casey said it would “get our economy out of the ditch.”  Casey’s bosses in the Obama Administration even claimed their spending spree would hold unemployment below 8 percent. But instead, the United States has lost 2.4…

Still Thinks Failed $787 Billion Stimulus Got “The Economy Out Of The Ditch”WASHINGTON — As they rammed their $787 billion “stimulus” bill into law, Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) and President Barack Obama claimed it would create millions of new jobs, and the Obama Administration projected it would keep unemployment below 8 percent.But instead, the United States has lost 2.4 million jobs since Obama became President – and the country is now in its 31st consecutive month of above-8-perecent unemployment. As The Hill reports: The U.S. economy added a net total of zero jobs for the month of August, prompting new fears about a double dip recession. Meanwhile, Casey still refuses to say where he stands as President Obama prepares to call for yet another round of costly stimulus spending, borrowed on the backs of Pennsylvania families and businesses. “With the economy still stuck in a ditch and failing to create…