$787 Billion Debacle Failed To Create Jobs, Drove Nat’l Debt Past $14.3 Trillion When liberal U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) and her tax-and-spend friends in Washington rammed through the $787 billion stimulus, they promised it would “save or create 3.5 million jobs before 2011” and she said it was “about two things, cutting taxes… [and] creating jobs.” But the fact is, 28 months since McCaskill and the Democrats passed their stimulus, nearly 1.9 million fewer Americans are employed. As CNS News reports: Twenty-eight months after Congress passed President Obama’s signature economic stimulus law, and nearly one year after he declared the summer of 2010 to be “Recovery Summer,” 1.9 million fewer people are employed. In February 2009, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that 141.7 million people were employed. By the end of May 2011 – the last month for which data are available – that number had fallen…
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More Democrats Call For Weiner To Go, But McCaskill Insists It’s Strictly “Personal”
No Cause For Alarm In NY Rep. Posting, Lying About Lewd Pictures On Internet? As even more of her fellow Washington Democrats join Republican calls for disgraced U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner’s (D-NY) resignation, liberal U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) disagrees, instead insisting that Weiner’s decision to post a lewd photo of himself on a publicly accessible internet site is just “a personal problem.” 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. But McCaskill disagrees. Notably, McCaskill declared just a few months ago that “[t]here’s nothing that irritates Americans more than the fact that some members…
In Face Of Bipartisan Calls For Weiner’s Resignation, McCaskill Punts, Calls It “Personal Problem”
Continues To Stand By Lewd New York Rep? As she continues to posture herself on a wide variety of issues in advance of her uphill reelection bid, scandal-plagued U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) has been notably circumspect when it comes to the explosive controversy regarding her colleague U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner’s (D-NY) lewd online behavior. In the face of Republican calls for Weiner’s resignation, House Democrat Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) asked for an ethics investigation into Weiner’s behavior – after which McCaskill’s fellow Democrats Betty Sutton (D-OH) and Tim Walz (D-MN) dumped thousands of dollars in campaign cash they took from Weiner. And reports today show that even former DNC Chairman Tim Kaine is now calling for Weiner’s resignation. But McCaskill has simply characterized Weiner’s decision to post a lewd photo of himself on a publicly accessible internet site as “a personal problem.” “Maybe Senator McCaskill’s own recent ethics problems…
McCaskill And The Dilemma Of 53 Votes…
769 Days & Counting Since Senate Democrats Passed A Budget It’s been 769 days since U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) and the Democrats who run the Senate have performed the most basic job function of Congress by passing a federal budget. In the current 112th Congress, McCaskill and the Democrats have yet to propose, much less pass, any budget. As Americans continue to demand substantial action to address our country’s unsustainable debt-and-spending crisis, Democrats have attempted to defend their dereliction with a string of implausible excuses… First, Senate Democrat Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said it would be “foolish” to propose a budget. Then, the Senate Democrats’ designated communications guru Chuck Schumer (D-NY) complained that Democrats just don’t have the time to propose a budget. Not to be outdone, Senate Democrat Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) has offered yet a third excuse – asserting that Senate Democrats shouldn’t be expected to put…
By The Numbers: As McCaskill Ignores Budget, Debt Surges And Economy Suffers
768 Days & Counting Since Senate Democrats Passed A Budget It’s been 768 days since U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) and the Democrats who run the Senate have performed the most basic job function of Congress by passing a federal budget. In this Congress alone, Democrats like McCaskill haven’t even offered any budget proposal, because their partisan leaders – Senators Harry Reid (D-NV) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY) – have said that to do so would be “foolish,” and that Democrats do not have the time to propose a budget. “It’s been 768 days since Senator McCaskill and her liberal friends in Washington have passed a budget,” said National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) spokesman Chris Bond. “With a national debt of over $14.3 trillion, Missourians deserve to know what’s keeping McCaskill from performing her most basic task of passing a budget that will rein in her reckless spending habits that are…
NRSC Fact Check: McCaskill Cut $500 Billion From Medicare
Embattled Incumbent Plays Politics At Expense Of Missourians Who Count On Medicare In yet another act of transparent political posturing, the Associated Press reports today that U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) joined four other Democrat Senators – all of whom are coincidentally up for re-election next year – in sending a letter to Vice President Joe Biden that calls on Biden to reaffirm his commitment to leaving Medicare “unchanged” during budget and deficit negotiations. Ironically, McCaskill recently held a press conference on Capitol Hill where she said explicitly that “everything’s on the table” when it comes to addressing the U.S. Government’s record-high $14.3 trillion debt, including entitlement programs. Meanwhile, despite her election-cycle rhetoric, McCaskill is the only candidate for U.S. Senate in Missouri who voted to cut Medicare by $500 billion in order to fund ObamaCare. “Given her strident campaign rhetoric on the issue, it’s a shame that Senator McCaskill…
Unemployment Rises To 9.1% In Wake Of McCaskill & Obama’s Failed $787 Billion Stimulus
In yet another reminder that President Obama and liberal U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill’s (D-MO) $787 billion stimulus failed to create jobs while driving our national debt past $14.3 trillion, the U.S. Department of Labor reports today that national unemployment has risen again to 9.1 percent. Today’s rise in unemployment is just the latest development to highlight the failure of Obama and McCaskill’s tax-and-spend economic policies in Washington. While McCaskill and the Obama Administration promised their $787 billion stimulus would create millions of new jobs and keep national unemployment below 8 percent, the United States has actually lost more than 1.8 million jobs since McCaskill helped her Washington party bosses ram it into law – and national unemployment has remained above 8 percent now for 28 consecutive months. “As the unemployment rate rises to 9.1 percent, Missourians are reminded once again that the Obama-McCaskill agenda of reckless spending has failed to…
McCaskill Demands Tax Hikes As Price For Debt Ceiling Vote
Stakes Out Yet A Third Position On Increasing Government’s Credit Card Limit Just weeks after flip-flopping on her past position over raising the nation’s debt ceiling and accusing Republicans of “playing chicken,” U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) is now staking out yet a third position, and demanding that any vote to raise the debt ceiling be tied to tax hikes on America’s domestic energy producers. Earlier today, McCaskill joined with some of the Senate’s most liberal Democrats, including U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), in sending a letter, outlining her latest stance, to Vice President Joe Biden. Notably, McCaskill’s renewed support for higher energy taxes comes the same day that the Consumer Confidence Index fell to a six-month low amid growing concerns over the labor market and rising food and gasoline prices. “It’s astonishing that at a time when gas prices are hovering at $4 per gallon and the national debt…
McCaskill Is Only Candidate For Senate In Missouri Who Voted For Law That Rations Health Care, Cuts Medicare
In an email to her supporters today, liberal U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) once again attempted to score cheap political points by scaring seniors as she disingenuously claimed that she is “[p]rotecting Medicare from Republican attacks” by voting against reforms that would protect Medicare for current seniors and strengthen the program for future generations. But as McCaskill and her fellow Washington Democrats continue to demagogue the important issue of Medicare reform, the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) today reminded Missourians that at the ballot box next year, McCaskill will be the only candidate for U.S. Senate in Missouri who voted into law a bill that will ration health care, cut Medicare by $500 billion, and keep Medicare on its current track toward bankruptcy. “Despite her untimely political posturing, voters know Claire McCaskill voted for ObamaCare, which rations health care for seniors and cuts Medicare by $500 billion,” said NRSC spokesman…
750 Days And $3.1 Trillion More in Debt Later, McCaskill & Senate Democrats Still Haven’t Passed A Budget
In the 112th Congress, Senate Democrats Haven’t Even Proposed A Budget As a candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2006, Claire McCaskill (D-MO) repeatedly expressed her support for a balanced budget and routinely pilloried Republicans for their fiscal record in Washington. Yet today marks a full 750 days since McCaskill and the Democrat-controlled Senate have passed ANY budget, let alone a balanced budget, something which McCaskill has also never once helped to pass since coming to Washington. In fact, in the current 112th Congress, Senate Democrats have yet to even propose a budget, let alone debate and pass one. And in just the 750 days since McCaskill and her fellow Democrats who run the Senate have failed to pass a budget, the federal debt has risen by an additional $3.1 trillion. “Every month, every Missouri family has to put together a budget and live within their means, yet Claire McCaskill…
