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Senate Democrats Seek $1.3 Trillion New Tax Hikes & $300 Billion In New Stimulus Spending, Instead of Serious Spending Cut Proposals In August, Congress created the bipartisan Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, otherwise known as the “Super Committee,” with a mandate of trimming government borrowing by at least $1.2 trillion over the next 10 years. At the time, Senator Debbie Stabenow said the committee should “put jobs first,” and “make employment the top priority of our government.”  But over the last 24 hours, however, voters in Michigan have started to get a better idea of what, exactly, Senator Stabenow and her fellow 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. “It’s a remarkable commentary…

Stabenow-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 Debbie Stabenow has come out in support…

Once Again, Ignores Concerns Of Michigan Small Business Owners Just days after a bipartisan coalition representing over 1.8 million small businesses in Michigan, and across the country, made clear in no uncertain terms that it would further harm their ability to create and grow jobs, Senator Debbie Stabenow ignored the concerns of job creators and voted in favor of President Obama’s latest stimulus proposal today, which included a massive tax hike on Michigan business owners. As President Obama’s own Treasury Department acknowledges, four out of five people who would be hit by the Stabenow-Obama surtax are business owners – the same people we need to create new jobs.  Fortunately, the latest Stabenow-Obama stimulus proposal was defeated in a bipartisan vote this evening with two Democrats joining every Senate Republican in opposing it. “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results, but…

In what Capitol Hill newspaper The Hill called a “shocking development” last night, liberal U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow 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, in 2005, Stabenow criticized Republicans for “changing the rules of the game” with the nuclear option. “‘It’s a trend,’ Sen. Debbie Stabenow of Michigan, secretary of the Democratic conference, said Wednesday. ‘Republicans want to change the rules of the game. They want new ethics rules for House Majority Leader Tom DeLay. They want…

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 Debbie Stabenow 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. “The question before Senator Debbie Stabenow is a simple one – does she support her liberal party leaders’ proposal…

Obama & DNC Took Thousands Of Dollars In Contributions From Execs At Scandal-Plagued Stimulus Recipient Firm As President Barack Obama calls for yet another round of costly so-called “stimulus” spending in Washington, reports continue to emerge that Obama and Stabenow’s original $787 billion stimulus debacle not only failed to create the 100,000 Michigan jobs they promised, but stimulus money was sent to benefit well-connected Democrat donors. As ABC News reported earlier this year: Several of Barack Obama’s top campaign supporters went from soliciting political contributions to working from within the Energy Department as it showered billions in taxpayer-backed stimulus money on alternative energy firms, ABC News and iWatch News have learned. One of them was Steven J. Spinner, a high-tech consultant and energy investor who raised at least $500,000 for the candidate. He became one of Energy Secretary Steven Chu’s key loan program advisors while his wife’s law firm represented…

In 2009, Senator Debbie Stabenow joined President Obama in passing a $825 billion “stimulus” that failed to create the promised jobs.  In 2010, Stabenow joined President Obama in passing a $2.5 trillion government health care bill that mandates every American to buy a health care plan.  Two weeks ago President Obama proposed yet another $400 billion in new “stimulus” spending. And today, 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 driven the federal debt past $14.6 trillion. “Under the Obama-Stabenow economic record, America has lost 2.4 million jobs, the federal debt has skyrocketed past $14.6 trillion, government spending has grown to record levels, and the response from Obama and Stabenow is to pass a record tax increase on the backs of Michigan small businesses,”…

For The 4th Straight Month Michigan’s Unemployment Rate Has Gone Up And Is Now At 11.2% Earlier today, the Department of Labor reported that Michigan’s unemployment rate risen from 10.9 to 11.2 percent.  This is the fourth straight month Michigan’s unemployment rate has gone up and since March over 52,000 Michiganders have lost their jobs. As MLive reports: Michigan’s unemployment rate continues to rise with the seasonally adjusted rate increasing in August to 11.2 percent, compared to 10.9 percent in July, according to data released today by the Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget.  There are 52,000 fewer people employed in the state than there were in March.  Total employment in the state fell by 21,000 in August, while the number of unemployed people rose by 15,000. Overall, there were 7,000 fewer people working in August, sending the state’s unemployment rate up 2 percentage points above the nationwide rate…

Will Loyal Obama Ally Again Support Tax-Spend-And-Borrow Agenda? As President Barack Obama prepares to call tonight, in a nationwide address, for a reported $400 billion in new “stimulus” spending – to be paid for later with new debt and job-killing tax hikes – where does his loyal ally, Senator Debbie Stabenow, stand? Notably, Michiganders have heard this same jobs rhetoric from Obama and Stabenow for the last several years.  Exactly a year ago, Obama promised a “plan that would start putting Americans to work right away.” And as she helped Obama and her Washington party bosses ram their $787 billion spending binge into law, Stabenow claimed it would ‘create or save’ 100,000 Michigan jobs, and her bosses in the Obama Administration claimed it would hold unemployment below 8 percent. But in reality, the United States has lost 2.4 million jobs since Obama took office, and the country is now in…