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When embattled Congresswoman Shelley Berkley voted for President Barack Obama’s $1.76 trillion healthcare law, it hit medical device companies in the country with a 2.3 percent tax and last week she voted in the House Ways and Means Committee to repeal this tax, but today she voted against repealing this tax. Medical device companies employ more than 400,000 Americans and this burdensome tax could eliminate 10 percent of the jobs in the industry, while encouraging these companies to move their plants overseas.    As The Associated Press reports: The tax, which takes effect next January, applies to everything from replacement joints to imaging equipment but exempts consumer products like eyeglasses and bandages. … U.S. medical device makers employ more than 400,000 people. The industry’s largest trade group, AdvaMed, cites a study it commissioned that concluded the new tax could cost 43,000 of those jobs — about 10 percent — while…

Nevada Has The Highest Unemployment & Foreclosure Rate In The Country As embattled Congresswoman Shelley Berkley continues to dodge Nevadans, today President Barack Obama will visit the University of Nevada Las Vegas, where he will remind Nevadans that his failed economic policies have made things worse for the Silver State. Thanks to his liberal allies in Congress, President Obama was able to sign Shelley Berkley, Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi’s $825 billion stimulus that failed to ‘create or save’ 34,000 jobs in Nevada. Additionally, their job-killing healthcare law – which has hurt companies in Las Vegas like the Palms – has created economic harm in the Silver State. “Embattled Congresswoman Shelley Berkley likes to hide from President Barack Obama in Nevada, but in Washington she’s always at his side supporting his failed policies like the stimulus and ObamaCare,” said National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) spokesman Jahan Wilcox.  “After 24 months of…

After telling the people of Northern Nevada that she had her hands full representing Clark County and only wants to represent urban Las Vegas, today embattled Congresswoman Shelley Berkley travels to Washoe County. Rather than explaining why she followed Nancy Pelosi’s orders and voted for the failed $825 billion stimulus or President Obama’s job-killing healthcare law, Berkley will take Harry Reid’s talking points and attempt to paint Senator Dean Heller as “anti-women.” Remarkably, Berkley doesn’t even believe her own rhetoric because she recently told the Associated Press that Senator Heller (R-Carson City) is not anti-women. “After ignoring Northern Nevada for over a decade because she claimed that she was too busy looking out for herself and her Las Vegas constituents embattled Congresswoman Berkley has decided to venture into Washoe County,” said National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) spokesman Jahan Wilcox.  “Rather than attacking Senator Heller, Berkley ought to tell these Nevadans…

Like Nancy Pelosi, Berkley Stands Up For Bigger Government & More Spending, Rather Than Standing Behind Nevada Business Owners Continuing a long pattern of saying one thing in Nevada, and then voting the opposite way in Washington, U.S. Rep. Shelley Berkley today voted against efforts to spur job creation by giving small businesses a 20 percent tax cut, despite the fact that families in Nevada continue to struggle with soaring gas prices and a lagging economy.  Remarkably, Berkley’s opposition to small business tax relief comes exactly one week to the day that she stood before the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce and claimed to be a champion for Nevada small businesses. “Just like Nancy Pelosi, Shelley Berkley says one thing when she’s in Nevada, and then turns around and votes the opposite way in Washington,” National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) spokesman Jahan Wilcox said today.  “Congresswoman Berkley’s vote today makes…

Congresswoman Says She Was Nervous To Meet Them  Last week, embattled U.S. Congresswoman Shelley Berkley – who refuses to discuss her ongoing ethics investigation – left her Las Vegas Congressional District to meet with voters in Elko and during this meeting she told them that she was “nervous” to meet with them, but quickly realized that there was nothing to be afraid of.   Berkley also thanked the Clark County Democrat Party – not the Elko County Democrat Party – for hosting her.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO SHELLEY BERKLEY This isn’t the first time Berkley has insulted rural Nevadans because in 2001, she told Roll Call she wouldn’t have time to address any of their needs.       ROLL CALL:  “I have my hands full down here…I don’t think I have to be traipsing up to Carlin to look at your mines when I have so many needs [in Clark County].” …

As millions of Nevadans finish their taxes, Senate Democrat Leader Harry Reid and his liberal protégé, embattled Congresswoman Shelley Berkley, are working to ensure that next year some of them can pay even more money to the federal government, while refusing to pass a budget for the third year in a row.   Reid voted this evening in support of the Buffett Tax increase which according to the Wall Street Journal does virtually nothing to the national deficit, and does nothing to create a single job or lower gas prices.  Additionally, newspapers, economists and political commentators around the country have derided this vote as “total gimmickry,” “a ruse,” “a publicity stunt,” “a hoax,” and “a sham.” What’s more – it comes just one day after Senate Democrats, for the third year in a row, ignored the legal deadline of April 15th, established under the Budget Control Act of 1974, to pass…

The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) today called on embattled Congresswoman Shelley Berkley to tell Nevada families whether she stands by the Democrat National Committee’s (DNC) political consultant Hilary Rosen’s attack on stay-at-home mothers by claiming they do not work. This top Democrat strategist specifically directed her politically motivated attack towards former Governor Mitt Romney’s family when she told Anderson Cooper that Governor Romney’s wife – who made the career choice to stay at home and raise their five children – has never worked a day in her life. CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE VIDEO Notably, this attack comes straight from Senate Democrat Leader Harry Reid’s “War Room” as they recently bragged to Politico that the Democrats were going to portray the Republicans as anti-women. “Embattled Congresswoman Shelley Berkley and her liberal mentor Harry Reid have spent weeks pushing a phony ‘war on women’ narrative,” said NRSC Spokesman Jahan Wilcox….

Congresswoman Berkley Has Voted Against Over 20 Bipartisan Jobs Bills In The House Earlier today, embattled U.S. Congresswoman Shelley Berkley addressed the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce, where she claimed she supports policies that will get Nevada working again. This is remarkable given that she consistently supports Barack Obama, Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi’s job-killing agenda in Washington. Most notably, Berkley supported the Democrats’ job-killing, government-run healthcare bill that has forced nearly 20 businesses with Las Vegas ties – including The Palms – to request a waiver from this burdensome healthcare law. As the Las Vegas Review Journal reports: Nearly 20 businesses with Las Vegas ties have obtained waivers exempting them from an insurance-coverage mandate in the 2010 Affordable Care Act. …  The Palms received a waiver on Jan. 12 affecting 569 employees, but the company declined to comment on the exemption. Mission Linen Supply, a California company that does…

NRSC Launches New Web Video Two years ago today – with the help of Senate Democrat Leader Harry Reid and liberal U.S. Congresswoman Shelley Berkley – President Barack Obama signed his $1.76 trillion job-killing healthcare bill into law.  The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) has released a web video reminding Nevadans of the broken promises from ObamaCare. Harry Reid and Shelley Berkley promised the healthcare bill would reduce healthcare costs for millions of people, but since this legislation has been signed into law, costs have risen by 9 percent and the average premium has risen by $1,300.  Meanwhile, Berkley and her fellow Democrats claimed the healthcare bill would cost $940 billion, but recently the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office released a report that found ObamaCare would actually cost $1.76 trillion.    Click The Screenshot Below To View The NRSC’s New Web Video Notably, the Las Vegas Sun reported that Berkley and…

National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) Communications Director Brian Walsh issued the following statement today regarding the joint decision by the Republican and Democrat leaders of the House Ethics Committee to extend its investigation into Nevada Congresswoman Shelley Berkley “The news that the House Ethics Committee is extending their investigation of embattled Congresswoman Shelley Berkley is not surprising given what appears to be a pattern of ethical questions that have surrounded her activities over the years.  The people of Nevada deserve someone in the United States Senate who they can trust to work on their behalf and not someone – like Shelley Berkley – who puts her own financial and political interests first.”  BACKGROUND: On September 5, 2011, a front-page story in the New York Times uncovered a pattern of instances in which Congresswoman Berkley used her official office for apparent personal financial gain. On September 21, 2011, the Nevada Republican Party…