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Vote Comes Despite High Unemployment & Warnings From Farmers & Small Business Owners That Higher Taxes Would “Devastate” Job Growth Just as she’s done over 150 times during her career in Washington, Michigan’s liberal Senator Debbie Stabenow stood with President Obama today and voted for a massive tax hike on Michigan small businesses, families, farmers and ranchers.  Stabenow even voted to reinstate the massive death tax, despite previously claiming to oppose it. “Liberal Debbie Stabenow has never met a tax hike that she didn’t like and once again, standing behind President Obama was more important for Senator Stabenow than standing up for Michigan farmers and small business owners,” National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) spokesman Lance Trover said today.  “Under Senator Stabenow and President Obama’s watch we’ve seen 41 straight months of unemployment above 8 percent, an almost $16 trillion debt and over 1,100 days without a budget.  If Michiganders want…

ANOTHER FAILED OBAMACARE PROMISE FROM DEBBIE STABENOW Two years after liberal Democrat Debbie Stabenow voted for ObamaCare, which she promised would reduce healthcare costs for millions of people, a new report today from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) reveals that the price of healthcare continues to increase. Since the healthcare bill has been signed into law, costs have risen by 9 percent and the average premium has risen by $1,300.  They could rise as much as $2,500 according to today’s CBO report.  As the CBO reports: The additional enrollees [i.e., those previously projected to enroll in Medicaid, but who will now receive Exchange subsidies in light of the Court’s ruling] are likely to spend more on health care, on average, than those previously expected to purchase insurance through the exchanges because people with lower income generally have somewhat poorer health.  As a result, CBO and JCT now estimate that…

The National Republican Senatorial Committee today issued the following statement regarding President Obama’s call for higher taxes on job creators, a position that has been echoed by Senator Debbie Stabenow: “President Obama and Debbie Stabenow have long supported higher taxes, bigger government and increased spending, so their support for yet another massive tax hike on Michigan small businesses comes as little surprise.  But in the wake of another weak jobs report, a massive health care bill that increases taxes on the middle class and a growing $15 trillion debt, why can’t Debbie Stabenow answer one very simple question – how does raising taxes on Michigan small businesses create jobs?”  — Lance Trover, NRSC Spokesman BACKGROUND …  FLASHBACK – President Obama: “The Last Thing You Want To Do Is Raise Taxes In The Middle Of A Recession.” (President Obama, Remarks During An Interview With NBC, Elkhart, IN, 8/5/09) OBAMA-STABENOW SOLUTION FOR…

41 Straight Months Of High Unemployment, Yet Stabenow Stands By Democrats’ Reckless Spending Agenda Over three years ago, liberal Democrat Debbie Stabenow was one of the most outspoken advocates in Washington in support of a massive “stimulus” spending bill – paid for by billions of dollars in borrowed money from China – that she flatly predicted would put thousands of Michiganders back to work. At the same time, Stabenow was rallying her liberal friends to support a massive health care law which the Supreme Court confirmed last week represents a significant tax hike on Michigan families and small businesses, even as Stabenow bizarrely claimed in the past that it was a “jobs bill.” Yet, since the Democrats have run Washington over the last four years, our country has actually lost over 400,000 jobs, and today marks the 41st straight month that the national unemployment rate has remained above 8 percent….

Decision Sets The Stakes For November’s Election Two years after U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) provided the deciding vote to ram ObamaCare through Congress, the Supreme Court today has affirmed Stabenow’s decision to put President Obama’s agenda ahead of Michigan seniors and small businesses.  In doing so, the Court has made clear what is at stake in November’s election. “The Supreme Court’s decision makes clear in this election – the only way to stop the massive tax increases, government spending, and cuts to Medicare contained in ObamaCare is to replace liberal Debbie Stabenow in Washington,” National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) spokesman Lance Trover said today.   BACKGROUND…. Stabenow Voted for ObamaCare, Calling It a Jobs Bill Stabenow Voted To Pass The Senate Version Of The $2.5 Trillion Obama-Reid Health Care Bill. (H.R. 3590, CQ Vote #396: Passed 60-39: R 0-39; D 58-0; I 2-0, 12/24/09, Stabenow Voted Yea) Stabenow Provided The…

Stabenow Shows Once Again She’s More Focused On Saving Her Own Job, Than Helping To Grow Michigan Jobs Just four days after the U.S. Department of Labor announced that the national unemployment rate climbed to 8.2 percent in April and on the same day the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) reported that “the long-term outlook for the national debt is increasingly dire,” Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow cast her lot with America’s trial lawyers today ahead of her state’s small business owners. Stabenow joined with her liberal Democrat party leaders today in support of the so-called “Paycheck Fairness Act,” a bill that is opposed by virtually every major small business organization in the country – see below – and even the liberal Washington Post editorial board warned that it represents “a flawed approach to job bias…[and] could make employers vulnerable to attack for responding to market forces.” And as the Wall…

As a candidate for the Senate in 2000 and again for re-election in 2006, Debbie Stabenow repeatedly invoked the mantra of fiscal responsibility and stressed the importance of a “pay-as-you-go” system. Yet, in the 12 years Stabenow has been in the Senate, the federal debt has skyrocketed by trillions and trillions of dollars.  In fact, in the less than four years since President Obama took office and Stabenow has unabashedly supported every one of his big government spending programs, the government’s credit card bill has increased an additional $5 trillion — from $10.6 trillion to $15.6 trillion. What’s worse – Senate Democrats, including Stabenow who sits on the Senate Budget Committee, have refused to pass a budget for over three years – 1,085 days to be exact. And earlier today, Stabenow and her fellow Democrats on the Senate Budget Committee cancelled a planned markup of a federal budget for 2013,…