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Again Stands With Obama, Left Wing Of Democrat Party In Washington With our national debt already topping a record $14.3 trillion, liberal U.S. Congressman Martin Heinrich (D-NM) is standing with the left wing of the Democrat party in Washington as they continue to put crucial debt negotiations at risk with their insistence on more wasteful spending and job-killing tax hikes.  Meanwhile, even some of Heinrich’s fellow Democrats are beginning to join Republican calls to take these harmful proposals off the table, including U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV). As Politico reports: “Manchin, who is a top GOP target in next year’s elections, has said he will not vote to raise the debt ceiling without spending reforms, and sides with the Republicans on keeping tax raises off the table.  ‘I don’t believe in tax hikes,’ Manchin said. ‘We have to start living within our means in this country.’” “At a time when…

As he attempts to distract voters from his decision to cut Medicare by $500 billion in order to fund ObamaCare, liberal U.S. Congressman Martin Heinrich and his Washington Democrat allies have been busy trying to scare New Mexico seniors and demagogue the crucial issue of Medicare. But in a U.S. House of Representatives hearing on the 2011 Medicare Trustees Report yesterday, the two public trustees of Medicare, Dr. Charles P. Blahous and Dr. Robert Reischauer, admitted that Heinrich and the Democrats’ plan would “end Medicare as we know it,” “bankrupt” the program and lead to benefit cuts for seniors. “Medicare’s own public trustees are warning New Mexicans that Martin Heinrich’s policies will ‘end Medicare as we know it,’ by bankrupting the program and cutting benefits for seniors,” said National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) spokesman Jahan Wilcox.  “Why does Martin Heinrich and Hector Balderas continue to put their partisan interests ahead…

Last night, Martin Heinrich joined his liberal friends in Washington and voted against the Jobs and Energy Permitting Act that could create approximately 54,000 jobs and ensures that the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System remains operable, protecting energy supplies for millions of American families and small businesses struggling with high gas prices. Unfortunately, this isn’t the first time Martin Heinrich has voted against pro-domestic energy and pro-jobs legislation.  In fact, this is now the fourth common-sense energy bill that Heinrich has voted against in just this Congress.  Meanwhile his opponent Hector Balderas has continued to remain silent regarding his position on domestic energy production. “This year, Martin Heinrich has voted four times against strengthening domestic energy production, which would increase our supply of domestic oil and reduce the price of gasoline,” said National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) spokesman Jahan Wilcox.  “With the high price of gasoline, New Mexicans deserve to know why…

New Mexico Has Lost Over 12,000 Jobs Since The Bill Was Passed When Martin Heinrich (D-NM) and his tax-and-spend friends in Washington rammed through the $787 billion stimulus, he promised it would ‘create or save’ 3.5 million jobs and approximately 22,000 of these jobs would be in New Mexico.  The fact is after 28 months since the stimulus was passed, nearly 1.9 million fewer Americans are employed and New Mexico has lost over 12,000 jobs. As CNSNews 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 to 139.8 million, a…

Thinks We Need Detectives To Find Out If Weiner Disgraced Office As even more of his fellow Washington Democrats join Republican calls for disgraced U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner’s (D-NY) resignation, liberal U.S. Rep. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) disagrees, instead demanding that taxpayers fund a lengthy, costly investigation of Weiner’s lewd online behavior. 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 as the Albuquerque Journal reports, Heinrich disagrees, instead supporting “Pelosi’s call for an ethics investigation.”  Meanwhile voters in New Mexico’s divisive Democratic primary battle voters are still wondering where Hector Balderas stands on the issue….

Continues To Stand By Lewd New York Rep? As he continues to posture himself on a wide variety of issues during this divisive Democrat U.S. Senate primary, liberal U.S. Representative Martin Heinrich (D-NM) has remained conspicuously silent on the explosive controversy regarding his friend and colleague U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner’s (D-NY) lewd online behavior. In the face of Republican calls for Weiner’s resignation, Heinrich’s fellow House Democrats Betty Sutton (D-OH) and Tim Walz (D-MN) dumped thousands of dollars in campaign cash they took from Weiner, and former DNC Chairman Tim Kaine is now calling for Weiner’s resignation.  But neither Heinrich nor his primary opponent Hector Balderas (D-NM) have told New Mexicans where they stand. “As his fellow Washington Democrats call for Anthony Weiner’s resignation in the wake of these disturbing admissions, why does Martin Heinrich still refuse to tell New Mexicans where he stands?” asked National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC)…

As liberal U.S. Congressman Martin Heinrich (D-NM) and his fellow Washington Democrats continue to demagogue the important issue of Medicare reform, the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) today reminded New Mexicans that Heinrich is the only candidate for U.S. Senate in New Mexico 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 Democratic political posturing, voters know Martin Heinrich voted for Obamacare, which rations health care for seniors and cuts Medicare by $500 billion,”  said NRSC spokesman Jahan Wilcox.  “If he manages to survive his primary race against Hector Balderas, Congressman Heinrich’s decision to ignore his constituents and vote for ObamaCare’s tax hikes and Medicare cuts will be a key issue in next year’s Senate race.”