Senate Democrats Seek $1.3 Trillion New Tax Hikes & $300 Billion In New Stimulus Spending, Instead of Serious Spending Cut Proposals WASHINGTON — In August, Congress created the bipartisan Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, otherwise known as the “Supercommittee,” with a mandate of trimming government borrowing by at least $1.2 trillion over the next 10 years. At the time, Senator Claire McCaskill simply offered a vaguely worded statement expressing her hope that the new Supercommittee would have a “broad focus.” Over the last 24 hours, however, voters in Missouri have started to get a better idea of what, exactly, Senator McCaskill and her fellow liberal Democrats in Congress meant by that. Late yesterday, Senate Democrats leaked their current proposal to numerous media outlets, and its highlights include $1.3 trillion in new tax hikes, as well as upwards of $300 billion in new “stimulus” spending sought by President Obama. “We certainly…
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McCaskill Votes To Hike Taxes On Missouri Businesses, While Coddling Captured Terrorists
Once Again, Loyally Stands Behind Obama, Instead Of Standing Up For Missouri WASHINGTON — In a series of votes that once again defined her Senate career as a reliable rubber-stamp for President Obama, Senator Claire McCaskill last night voted to impose a permanent new tax on Missouri business owners to pay for another temporary stimulus bill, while also blocking a Republican effort to ensure captured terrorists are not offered the same rights as common criminals. And she did this all within a one-hour period of time. “Claire McCaskill preaches fiscal responsibility in Missouri, but she votes like a typical tax-and-spend, big government liberal when she’s back in Washington,” National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) spokesman Chris Bond said today. “This vote defined a clear difference in next year’s Senate race – Claire McCaskill believes it’s the federal government that creates jobs with higher taxes and more spending, while Republicans believe it’s…
Does Claire McCaskill Agree With Harry Reid?
McCaskill-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 Claire McCaskill (D-MO) has come out in…
Biden To Join Senate Democrats On Capitol Hill Today & Rally For Yet Another “Wildly Successful” Stimulus Bill
Just 24 hours after telling an audience in Pennsylvania that he wished those who oppose President Obama’s latest stimulus proposal knew “what it was like” to be raped and robbed, while acknowledging that this was all a campaign-driven effort by the Administration, Vice President Joe Biden will lead a rally with Senate Democrats on Capitol Hill today in support of their latest spending proposal. It remains to be seen whether the Vice President will repeat his view on the Tea Party that labor unions “are the only one keeping the barbarians at the gate,” or his economic theory that the only way for the federal government to prevent bankruptcy is to spend more money, but Biden’s presence serves as a reminder to voters in Missouri of what both he and Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) promised after ramming through their first $825 billion stimulus more than two years ago. “It’s fitting…
McCaskill Joins Obama In Backing Job-Killing Tax Hike On Job Creators
Again Ignores Concerns Of Missouri Small Business Owners Just days after a bipartisan coalition representing over 1.8 million small businesses in Missouri 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 Claire McCaskill (D-MO) ignored the concerns of Missouri’s job creators and voted tonight in favor of President Obama’s latest stimulus proposal, which includes a massive tax hike on Missouri business owners. As President Obama’s own Treasury Department acknowledges, four out of five people who would be hit by the McCaskill-Obama surtax are business owners – the same people we need to create new jobs. Fortunately, the latest McCaskill-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 McCaskill and President…
In “Shocking” Power Grab, McCaskill & Democrat Party Bosses Use “Nuclear Option” To Quash Minority Rights
In what Capitol Hill newspaper The Hill called a “shocking development” last night, liberal U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) and her 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, Politico also reports that “[t]he 51-48 vote was not decided until the final minutes as Sen. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) switched to back Reid and then Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) immediately followed suit after animated conversations with Reid.” In other words, just as with her deciding 60th vote for ObamaCare, it appears McCaskill…
As “Senate Dems Plan New Tax To Pay For Jobs Bill,” Where Does McCaskill Stand?
As Senate Democrat leaders prepare to introduce another job-killing tax hike in order to pay for President Obama’s latest “stimulus” proposal, the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) called on Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) to step forward and tell voters where she stands. As the Associated Press reports: Senate Democrats are scrambling to rewrite portions of President Barack Obama’s jobs bill, even as Obama tries to blame Republicans for Congress’ failure to act. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell moved to call the president’s bluff Tuesday by pushing for a quick Senate vote on the bill, but Democratic leader Harry Reid derailed the effort… In the Senate, Democrats made plans to jettison provisions that Obama recommended to pay for the $447 billion jobs bill, substituting them with a tax increase on millionaires, officials said. Meanwhile, McCaskill’s fellow Democrats remain deeply divided on the idea of raising taxes, with a number of Senate…
As McCaskill Avoids Obama In Missouri, NRSC Launches New Web Ad
Reminds Voters Of Rubber-Stamp Support For Failed Tax-&-Spend Agenda As liberal U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) avoids her close political ally and “BFF” (“Best Friend Forever”), President Barack Obama, in Missouri today, the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) launches a new web ad to remind voters of McCaskill’s support for Obama’s failed tax-and-spend agenda in Washington. As The Hill reports today: The National Republican Senatorial Committee put out a video blasting McCaskill for declining to appear with Obama on Tuesday at a campaign event in St. Louis, alleging that the first-term senator is avoiding facing the reality of how the economy has fared under the man whose campaign for president she supported early and vigorously. Notably, McCaskill will instead spend her Tuesday evening at a glitzy Washington, DC fundraiser with the likes of left-wing New York Senator Chuck Schumer. “Senator McCaskill can run from President Obama all she wants, but…
Once Again, McCaskill Stands With Liberal Party Leaders Ahead Of Disaster Relief For Missouri Families
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. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) stood behind her 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, Claire McCaskill had a choice to make today – to stand behind Harry Reid and her fellow liberals in Washington,…
After Failing To Pay Her Own Taxes, McCaskill Lectures Fellow Millionaires To Pay “Fair Share”
Lectures Others, But Failed To Pay $300K In Taxes On Private Plane With President Obama continuing his swing-state tour to try and sell Americans on his proposal for hundreds of billions of dollars in new “stimulus” spending and massive $1.5 trillion tax hikes – which would adversely affect small businesses owners and kill jobs in Missouri – a large and growing list of U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill’s fellow Washington Democrats are reluctant to get on board. For instance… Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA), called the Obama approach “terrible,” while Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) called Obama’s proposed tax-and-spend “not helpful at the moment,” and Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) said “[t]his plan isn’t the one I would have written, nor is it the one that will end up passing Congress,” before confirming through an aide that he opposes the scheme. But, ironically – even after failing to pay more than $300,000 in taxes…
