Joins Who’s Who Of Washington Liberals To Demand Business As Usual In a letter to President Barack Obama, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) reaffirmed her standing with the liberal wing of the Democrat party in Washington by expressing her strong opposition to capping the federal government’s runaway spending, which has now driven our national debt to a record-high $14.3 trillion. Stabenow’s letter to President Obama, also signed by liberal Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY), among others, clearly states that Stabenow and her fellow Senate liberals “strongly oppose emerging proposals to arbitrarily cap total federal spending.” Since promising as a Senate candidate in 2000 to support a balanced budget in Washington, Stabenow’s big-spending record has consistently contradicted her election-cycle lip service to fiscal responsibility – with the latest example being that it has now been 772 days since Stabenow and the Senate Democrats performed their most basic duty…
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Debbie Stabenow’s Inaction Leads To More Debt
770 Days & Counting Since Stabenow & The Senate Democrats Passed A Budget It’s been 770 days since U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and the Democrats who run the Senate have failed to perform the most basic job function of Congress by passing a federal budget. In fact, Stabenow and her fellow Democrats have refused to even propose a budget in the current Congress. To make matters worse, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) announced that last month we were assessed $5 billion more in interest payments on our debt than in May 2010 and the fiscal year budget deficit now stands at $929 billion. “Democrats like Debbie Stabenow said they did not have the time to propose, let alone pass a budget and now we have learned that Stabenow’s inaction has resulted in $5 billion more in interest payments on our debt,” said National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) spokesman Jahan…
As Fellow Democrats & Republicans Call For Weiner’s Resignation, Stabenow Remains Silent
Continues To Stand By Lewd New York Rep? As she continues to posture herself on a wide variety of issues in advance of her reelection bid, liberal U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) has remained conspicuously silent on the explosive controversy regarding her Democrat 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 Stabenow’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 Stabenow has yet to tell Michiganders where she stands. “As her fellow Washington Democrats call for Anthony Weiner’s resignation in the wake of these disturbing admissions, why does Debbie Stabenow still refuse to tell…
Stabenow And The Dilemma Of 53 Votes
769 Days & Counting Since Senate Democrats Passed A Budget It’s been 769 days since U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and the Democrats who run the Senate have performed the most basic job function of Congress by passing a federal budget. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin said that Democrats are in a tough situation, because they only have 53 votes. As Politico reported today: “I think people also understand the Leader [Reid] faces a tough situation with 53 votes and a Republican House,” said Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin. “It’s just not an easy year to engineer the outcomes you’d like to have.” Additionally, Democrats like Stabenow haven’t even offered any budget proposal, because their other 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…
By The Numbers: As Senator Debbie Stabenow 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 Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) 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 Debbie Stabenow 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 Debbie Stabenow and her liberal friends in Washington have passed a budget,” said National Republican Senatorial Committee Spokesman Jahan Wilcox. “With a national debt of over $14.3 trillion, Michiganders deserve to know what’s keeping Stabenow from performing her most basic task of passing a budget that will rein in her reckless spending habits that…
Unemployment Rises To 9.1% In Wake Of Stabenow & Obama’s Failed $787 Billion Stimulus
In yet another reminder that President Obama and liberal U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow’s (D-MI) $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 Stabenow’s tax-and-spend economic policies in Washington. While Stabenow 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 Stabenow 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, Michiganders are reminded once again that the Obama-Stabenow agenda of reckless spending has failed to…
Stabenow Demands Tax Hikes As Price For Debt Ceiling Vote
Believes Raising Taxes Preferable To Commonsense Reductions In Gov’t Spending As she continues to prioritize higher taxes for Michigan families over commonsense reductions in government spending, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) is now demanding that any vote to raise the debt ceiling be tied to tax hikes on America’s domestic energy producers. Earlier today, Stabenow joined with the far-left wing of the Democrat party, including U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), in sending a letter to Vice President Biden demanding new energy taxes. Notably, Stabenow’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 has skyrocketed past $14 trillion, Debbie Stabenow wants to raise taxes in return for…
Debbie Stabenow Heads Home Without Even Proposing, Let Alone Passing A Budget
758 Days & Counting Since Senate Democrats Passed A Budget It’s been 758 days since U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) 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 Debbie Stabenow 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. Yet somehow, Debbie Stabenow and the Democrats found the time to take a week-long recess from Washington. Meanwhile in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, not only did they find the time to propose and pass a budget, but they were able to accomplish this simple task by April 15, 2011. “It’s ironic that Democrats like Debbie Stabenow say they are…
Stabenow Is Only Candidate For Senate In Michigan Who Voted For Law That Rations Health Care, Cuts Medicare
As liberal U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and her fellow Washington Democrats continue to demagogue the important issue of Medicare reform, the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) today reminded Michiganders that at the ballot box next year, Stabenow will be the only candidate for U.S. Senate in Michigan 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 the Democrats’ political posturing, voters know Debbie Stabenow voted for ObamaCare, which rations health care for seniors and cuts Medicare by $500 billion,” said NRSC spokesman Jahan Wilcox. “Senator Stabenow’s decision to ignore Michigan voters and vote for ObamaCare’s tax hikes and Medicare cuts will be a key issue as she prepares to face voters at the polls next year.”
Government Report: Stabenow & Obama’s Failed Stimulus Sent Billions Of Dollars To Tax Cheats
Taxpayer Cash Sent To Thousands Of Tax Cheats Thanks To Stabenow, Obama A new non-partisan government report revealed today that – in addition to its failure to create jobs while helping drive our national debt past $14.3 trillion – President Obama and U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) failed $787 billion stimulus handed billions of taxpayer dollars to tax cheats. As the non-partisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported today: At least 3,700 Recovery Act contract and grant recipients—including prime recipients, subrecipients, and vendors—are estimated to owe more than $750 million in known unpaid federal taxes as of September 30, 2009, and received over $24 billion in Recovery Act funds. Meanwhile, the Associated Press reports that the problem could actually be even worse, noting: “[t]he report said the tax delinquents accounted for nearly 6 percent of the 63,000 contractors and grantees examined and cautioned that the real number might be higher because…
