Tag Archives: Bob Casey

Does He Still Believe $787 Billion “Stimulus” Got “The Economy Out Of The Ditch”??? 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” spending.  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 Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) 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 Senator Casey’s strong support for the Obama…

Congressional Budget Office Predicts $1.3T Deficit in 2011, Third Largest in 65 Years As a candidate for the Senate in 2006, Bob Casey regularly railed against deficit spending by the federal government and promised to lead the fight in Washington on behalf of deficit reduction and a balanced federal budget. In fact, at one Senate debate in 2006, Casey said the following: “I’m for, I’m for fiscal responsibility. Hey, Rick, you’re–there’s only one guy sitting at this table running for the Senate who voted for those record deficits and voted to raise the debt number more in, in a couple of years than every president from George Washington to, to Bill Clinton. You’ve got a lot of explaining to do. I’m, I’m the one who’s been fiscally responsible in my work. You ought to try it.” (2006 Pennsylvania Senate Debate, “Meet The Press,” 9/3/06) Today the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office…

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 Bob Casey (D-PA) 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…

As he helped President Barack Obama ram ObamaCare into law, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) showed his strong support for ObamaCare’s onerous individual mandate.  In fact, Casey even voted specifically to kill an amendment that would have removed the individual mandate from ObamaCare. Today, a federal appeals court issued the latest in a series of rulings against Casey and Obama’s individual mandate.  As The Hill newspaper reports: A federal appeals court ruled Friday that the individual coverage mandate in healthcare reform is unconstitutional… The ruling from the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals comes in the highest-profile challenge to the new law’s requirement that most people buy insurance. The suit was filed by 26 states. “Despite his continued attempts to defend ObamaCare, yet another federal court confirmed today that Bob Casey’s individual mandate is unconstitutional,” said National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) spokesman Chris Bond.  “Once again, Casey and Obama’s liberal agenda…

Will Casey Back Second Stimulus After Rubber-Stamping First $787 Billion Debacle? As he helped ram President Barack Obama’s $787 billion stimulus into law, Democrat U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) promised it would “get our economy out of the ditch by creating jobs and aiding those hardest hit by the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression,” while his friends in the Obama Administration projected the deficit-spending spree would hold unemployment below 8 percent. But instead, our country has lost 2.4 million jobs since President Obama came into office and is now in its 30th consecutive month with higher-than-8-percent unemployment – while our national debt has skyrocketed to $14.5 trillion. So where does Bob Casey stand now, as Obama calls for Pennsylvanians to foot the bill for yet another round of costly “stimulus” spending in Washington? As Fox News reports: In his weekly address on Saturday, President Barack Obama called for…

Stands Against House Republican Proposal, While Ignoring Debt Limit History In yet another sign that he’s prepared to put the re-election efforts of himself and President Obama ahead of avoiding the federal government defaulting on its debt for the first time in U.S. history, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) joined with his liberal party leaders last night in signing a letter announcing his firm opposition to the two-step plan offered by House Speaker John Boehner which will be voted on by the House today. In his letter, Casey joined with Democrat leaders Harry Reid and Chuck Schumer in claiming that an initial six-month extension, as opposed to the two year extension sought by President Obama, would put America at risk.  Notably, the Boehner bill has the strong support and endorsement of the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry.  Ignoring that, Casey and his fellow Democrats write, “A short-term extension like…

As a candidate for U.S. Senate in 2006, Democrat Bob Casey (D-PA) routinely preached the importance of fiscal responsibility, and promised Pennsylvanians that he “believe[d] in a balanced budget” because “government should live within its means, like any small business.”  But today, Casey 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 Casey putting his liberal Washington agenda ahead of keeping his promises to Pennsylvanians. “Sadly, it’s not surprising that Senator Casey would break his promise and vote against even considering a balanced federal budget today.  But Pennsylvanians are no doubt wondering how Casey explains his vote today to kill a balanced budget in light of his repeated claims that he supported a balanced budget in Washington.” said National Republican Senatorial Committee…

In yet other indication of how harmful liberal Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) and President Barack Obama’s massive health care overhaul is to middle-class Pennsylvanians, 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. “Bob Casey ignored the…

Shameful Threats Underscore Broken Promises, Reckless Deficit Spending As a candidate for U.S. Senate in 2006, Democrat Bob Casey promised Pennsylvanians that he “believe[d] in a balanced budget” because “government should live within its means, like any small business.”  Instead, it’s been 806 days since Casey 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, Casey 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…

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 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. Bob Casey’s (D-PA) re-election bid have concluded that passing much-needed Medicare reforms will squander their efforts to score political points by scaring Pennsylvania 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…