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In 2009, Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) joined President Obama in passing an $825 billion “stimulus” that failed to create the promised jobs.  In 2010, McCaskill joined President Obama in passing a $2.5 trillion government health care bill that mandates every American to buy a health care plan – a mandate which 71 percent of Missouri voters rejected at the polls last year.  Two weeks ago, President Obama proposed yet another $400 billion in new “stimulus” spending. And today, as McCaskill continues to double down on her support of the failed first stimulus and the rest of his tax-and-spend policies, President Obama proposed the largest tax hike in U.S. history – a $1.5 trillion tax increase on investors and small businesses that he says is needed to pay for their reckless spending agenda, which has already driven the federal debt past $14.6 trillion. As a reminder, when she campaigned for the…

As President Barack Obama prepares to call tonight, in a nationwide address, for a reported $300 billion in new “stimulus” spending, the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) today released a new web video, highlighting Obama and liberal U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill’s (D-MO) “broken record” rhetoric on jobs. As she helped Obama and her Washington party bosses ram their $787 billion spending binge into law, McCaskill claimed it would create millions of jobs, and her bosses in the Obama Administration claimed it would hold unemployment below 8 percent.  Just months ago McCaskill claimed that the failed stimulus had been “wildly successful.” But in reality, the United States has lost 2.4 million jobs since Obama took office, and the country is now in its 31st consecutive month of above-8-percent unemployment. CLICK THE SCREENSHOT TO SEE THE NRSC’S NEW WEB VIDEO FEATURING CLAIRE McCASKILL “When it comes to jobs, Missourians have been listening…

Still Thinks Failed $787 Billion Stimulus “Wildly Successful” WASHINGTON — As they rammed their $787 billion “stimulus” bill into law, Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) 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 with 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, McCaskill still refuses to say where she stands as President Obama prepares to call for yet another round of costly stimulus spending, borrowed on the backs of Missouri families and businesses. And in an article headlined “Senator McCaskill Announces Jobs Plan,” McCaskill herself admits her election-cycle…

Does She Still Believe $787 Billion “Stimulus” Was “Wildly Successful”??? 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” funding.  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 Claire McCaskill (D-MO) to step forward and make clear whether or not she agrees with President Obama and fellow liberal Democrats that more government spending is needed to jumpstart the economy. “Given Senator McCaskill’s strong support for the Obama agenda and his past…

It’s a matter of record that Senator Claire McCaskill has been “a staunch Obama ally” in Washington, rubber-stamping Obama’s liberal economic agenda at every turn.  But to hear McCaskill’s transparent political posturing in advance of her tough re-election battle, it’s as if she has absolutely nothing to do with the eruption of tax hikes, deficit spending, crushing debt and over-regulation Washington has foisted on Missouri families and job creators over the last several years. In fact, PoliticMO reports that McCaskill now claims that – after providing the 60th and deciding vote to pass the regulatory nightmare of ObamaCare – “she hopes to consider reducing” regulatory burdens on Missouri’s job-creators and families, telling the publication “I think we have to really look at the regulations, and make sure that they make sense, that they’re absolutely essential.” Perhaps McCaskill should have thought of these cost-raising, job-killing regulations before giving President Obama the…

Congressional Budget Office Predicts $1.3T Deficit in 2011, Third Largest in 65 Years As a candidate for the Senate in 2006, Claire McCaskill 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, McCaskill promised Missourians she would “force [Washington] to take deficit reduction seriously,” and “get a handle on wasteful spending.” Yet, as the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office confirmed in a report released this morning, in the last three years that Claire McCaskill has been in Washington – and supporting every single one of President Obama’s big-government spending programs – the federal government has recorded the three largest deficits in the last 65 years.   The CBO also noted that the national unemployment rate – now at 9.1 percent – isn’t expected to drop below 8 percent until 2014. “For those…

Dangerous Déjà Vu In 30th Consecutive Month Of 8%+ Unemployment As she helped President Barack Obama ram the $787 billion stimulus into law, U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) claimed it would create jobs and help get our economy back on track, while her 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 she gave President Obama the crucial 60th vote to ram ObamaCare into law, U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) not only supported ObamaCare’s onerous individual mandate, she even went so far as to call those who oppose the mandate “dumb.” Last year, McCaskill’s liberal voting record and mean-spirited rhetoric came back to haunt her when 71 percent of Missouri voters rejected her mandate at the polls.  And just months ago, Missouri’s Democrat Attorney General Chris Koster broke with McCaskill, and urged a federal judge to invalidate the ObamaCare mandate. As recently as yesterday, McCaskill attempted to defend her unpopular mandate, even arguing to KCMO’s Greg Knapp that it’s more acceptable for Congress to force Americans to buy a good or service than to allow Americans to purchase health insurance across state lines. But today, a federal appeals court issued the latest ruling against McCaskill and Obama’s individual mandate.  As the…

Will McCaskill Back Second Stimulus After Rubber-Stamping First $787 Billion Debacle? As she helped ram President Barack Obama’s $787 billion stimulus into law, Democrat U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) promised it would create millions of new jobs, while her 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 Claire McCaskill stand now, as Obama calls for Missourians 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 Congress to approve more money for a new—and vaguely defined—program to repair roads, bridges and airports as a means…

Transparent Posturing Has Zero Credibility After 825+ Days Without Any Budget Over the last several years in Washington, U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) has rubberstamped trillions of dollars of new federal spending – including President Barack Obama’s failed $787 billion stimulus, and ObamaCare, which increases our federal deficits by $260 billion through 2019 – as she helped drive our national debt past its $14.3 trillion limit. Notably, despite campaigning on support for a balanced federal budget, it’s been more than 825 days since McCaskill and her fellow Senate Democrats have passed any budget at all – much less a balanced budget. In fact, McCaskill voted just two weeks ago against even considering a balanced budget amendment in the U.S. Senate. But today McCaskill engaged in yet another desperate attempt to save her political career after rubber-stamping President Obama’s unpopular agenda and being exposed as a tax cheat, as she joined…