800 Days With No Budget & Now 9.2 Percent Unemployment It’s now been a full 800 days since U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) 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 Pennsylvania simply can’t afford another six years of Bob Casey’s liberal tax-and-spend agenda,” said National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) spokesman Chris Bond What They’re Saying About Today’s Jobs Report…. The Hill’s Sam Youngman: “Wow….
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As Another Democrat Comes Out Against Job-Killing Tax Hikes, Casey Stands With Obama Instead
Insists On Job-Killing Tax Hikes, Raising Debt Ceiling Without Spending Reform In the wake of President Obama and U.S. Senator Bob Casey’s (D-PA) 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, Casey continues to stand with Obama in demanding job-killing tax hikes – even as more of his fellow Democrats join Republicans in demanding that job-killing 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 job-killing 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…
Almost 800 Days Later, Casey & Fellow Democrats To Propose $2 Trillion Tax Hike Budget
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 Bob Casey (D-PA) 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 Casey is calling for by increasing the debt limit without tying it to any serious spending reforms. “Pennsylvanians have waited almost 800 days for Senate Democrats to pass a budget, while the federal debt has climbed to $14.3…
White House Economists: Obama-Casey Stimulus Cost Taxpayers $278,000 Per Job
Obama’s Top Economists Reveal Hefty Price Tag For Failed Stimulus Debacle Since liberal U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) 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-Casey 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 —…
Obama & Casey Fill Campaign Coffers As Obama EPA Kills Pennsylvania Jobs
Job-Killing Regs Remind Voters Of Casey’s Rubberstamp Support For Obama WASHINGTON — As liberal U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) and President Barack Obama ditch urgent bipartisan budget talks and jet off to raise campaign cash together, the Obama Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) burdensome new regulations are killing jobs and raising energy costs for Pennsylvania families – reminding voters once again that Casey puts his loyalty to President Obama over the best interests of his state. According to National Economic Research Associates, the Obama EPA’s onerous new regulations will hurt Pennsylvania’s crucial coal industry, increase electricity costs by at least 12 percent in 2016 and kill more than 1.4 million jobs nationwide. “Instead of fighting back against the Obama Administration’s job-killing regulations, Bob Casey is busy jetting around raising campaign cash with President Obama,” said National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) spokesman Chris Bond. “It’s clear that the only job Senator Casey…
As Republicans Seek Bipartisan Budget Talks, Casey & Obama Skip Town To Raise Campaign Cash
Goes MIA After Failing To Pass Budget For 800 Days WASHINGTON — As U.S. Senate Republicans unite behind a common-sense Balanced Budget Amendment and call for urgent bipartisan negotiations to finally bring Washington’s spending and debt under control, liberal U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) chose instead to jet to a ritzy partisan fundraiser with President Barack Obama, joining in Obama’s refusal to engage in bipartisan budget talks as he echoes his Washington party bosses’ calls for new job-killing tax hikes and yet another round of wasteful “stimulus” spending. As the Post-Gazette’s Daniel Malloy noted last night on Twitter, “According to pool report, @SenBobCasey flew with Obama to Philly and hung with him at water ice shop before heading to fundraiser.” Meanwhile, President Obama made it clear at last night’s fundraiser that he can always count on his “great friend” Bob Casey to toe the line for his liberal partisan agenda:…
As Republicans Seek A Balanced Budget Amendment, Casey & Obama Demand New Tax Hikes, Wasteful Spending
Walks In Lockstep With Obama, D.C. Party Bosses, Against His State’s Interests It’s been more than 790 days since liberal U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) 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, Casey 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 2006 Casey told Pennsylvanians “I believe in a balanced budget. Government should live within its means, like any small business.” But since arriving in the Senate, Casey has broken his promise to Pennsylvanians, instead joining his liberal…
Why Doesn’t Casey Agree With Fellow Senate Dem That More Spending & Tax Hikes Should Be Off The Table?
Again Stands With Obama, Left Wing Of Democrat Party In Washington With our national debt already topping a record $14.3 trillion, liberal U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) is standing with the left wing of the Democrat party in Washington as they continue to put crucial debt negotiations at risk with their insistence on more wasteful spending and job-killing tax hikes. Meanwhile, even some of Casey’s fellow Democrats are beginning to join Republican calls to take these harmful proposals off the table, including U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV). As Politico reports: Manchin, who is a top GOP target in next year’s elections, has said he will not vote to raise the debt ceiling without spending reforms, and sides with the Republicans on keeping tax raises off the table. “I don’t believe in tax hikes,” Manchin said. “We have to start living within our means in this country.” “At a time when…
Casey & Democrats Stall Crucial Debt Hike Talks With Demands For “New Revenues,” More Wasteful Spending
Talks Frayed Over Democrats’ Insistence That Both Be Part Of The Final Deal With America’s debt now skyrocketing past $14.3 trillion, negotiations on Capitol Hill to increase the debt limit by another $2 trillion are currently stalled over Democrats’ insistence that tax increases and new “stimulus” spending be part of any final package, instead of the important reform measures that non-partisan experts say are needed to prevent Medicare from going bankrupt. Meanwhile, when asked during an appearance on MSNBC today if he supported new tax increases on Americans, Casey again sided with the liberal wing of the Democrat party in Washington, and said he supports raising “new revenues.” CLICK THE SCREENSHOT BELOW TO SEE SEN. BOB CASEY SAY HE’S FOR RAISING “NEW REVENUES” “America is on the brink of an economic crisis of historic proportions and yet Bob Casey and his fellow Democrats in Washington are insisting on job-killing tax…
Medicare Trustees: Casey’s Plan Will “Bankrupt” Medicare, Cut Benefits, “End Medicare As We Know It”
As he attempts to distract voters from his decision to cut Medicare by $500 billion in order to fund ObamaCare, liberal U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) and his Washington Democrat allies have been busy trying to scare Pennsylvania 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 Casey 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 Americans that Senator Casey’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 Chris Bond. “Why does Bob Casey continue to put his own narrow partisan interests in Washington ahead…
