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With our national debt at $14.3 trillion, Shelley Berkley (D-Las Vegas) and Byron Georgiou (D-Nevada) are calling for a $2 trillion debt ceiling increase without any substantive spending reforms, meanwhile the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office [CBO] today released a deeply troubling report on our country’s fiscal future. In its latest update of The Long-Term Budget Outlook, the CBO provides an overview of the looming debt crisis and projects that by the end of this year, the federal debt will reach roughly 70 percent of gross domestic product (GDP)—the highest percentage since shortly after World War II. “Years of borrowed spending and bigger government have brought our country to the most predictable economic crisis in American history and Shelley Berkley and Byron Georgiou’s solution is increase our credit card limit by another $2 trillion,” National Republican Senatorial Committee spokesman Jahan Wilcox said today.  “It’s a remarkable failure of leadership and it’s time…

With Americans facing record gas prices, the House of Representatives this week is scheduled to vote on another common-sense initiative aimed at addressing this growing problem.    The Jobs and Energy Permitting Act will not only create an estimated 54,000 jobs, but will also ensure that the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System remains operable, protecting energy supplies for millions of American families and small businesses struggling with high gas prices. Unfortunately, this year alone, Shelley Berkley (D-Las Vegas) has already voted three times against pro-domestic energy and pro-jobs legislation.  The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) asked today whether Berkley intends to continue her “do-nothing” energy platform and when Byron Georgiou will finally step forward to tell Nevadans where he stands on America’s energy crisis. “When it comes to addressing high gas prices, Shelley Berkley has consistently stood in the way of common-sense initiatives, while her opponent Bryon Georgiou has decided to stonewall Nevadans…

Maybe They Are Waiting For Reid’s Approval To Call For His Resignation? As even more Washington Democrats join Republican calls for disgraced U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner’s (D-NY) resignation, liberal U.S. Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-NV) and Byron Georgiou have remained silent regarding Weiner’s lewd online behavior. So far, according to Politico, a growing list of top Democrats – including former DNC Chairmen Tim Kaine and Ed Rendell, U.S. Senators Pat Leahy (D-VT) and Mark Pryor (D-AR), and U.S. Reps. Allyson Schwartz (D-PA), Mike Ross (D-AR), Larry Kissell (D-NC), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Niki Tsongas (D-MA), Michael Michaud (D-ME) and Joe Donnelly (D-IN) – are all calling for Weiner to resign. “Do Congresswoman Shelley Berkley and Byron Georgiou agree with their fellow Democrats that it’s time for Anthony Weiner to go, or do they continue to stand by embattled Congressman Weiner despite this lewd behavior?” asked National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) spokesman Jahan…