769 Days & Counting Since Senate Democrats Passed A Budget It’s been 769 days since U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) 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 Brown 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…
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NRSC Fact Check: Brown Cut $500 Billion From Medicare
Incumbent Plays Politics At Expense Of Ohio Families Who Count On Medicare In an act of transparent political posturing, the Associated Press reports today that U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined four other Democrat Senators – all of whom are coincidentally up for re-election next year – in sending a letter to Vice President Joe Biden that calls on Biden to reaffirm his commitment to leaving Medicare “unchanged” during budget and deficit negotiations. Ironically, despite his election-cycle rhetoric – Brown is the only candidate for U.S. Senate in Ohio who voted to cut Medicare by $500 billion in order to fund the Democrats’ expansion of government into other areas of the health care market. “Given his strident campaign rhetoric on the issue, it’s a shame that Senator Sherrod Brown didn’t show this same enthusiasm for Medicare sixteen months ago, when he helped his Washington party bosses cut it by $500…
By The Numbers: As Senator Sherrod Brown 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 Sherrod Brown (D-OH) 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 Sherrod Brown 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 Sherrod Brown and his 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, Ohioans deserve to know what’s keeping Brown from performing his most basic task of passing a budget that will rein in his reckless spending habits that…
Unemployment Rises To 9.1% In Wake Of Brown & Obama’s Failed $787 Billion Stimulus
In yet another reminder that President Obama and liberal U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown’s (D-OH) $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 Brown’s tax-and-spend economic policies in Washington. While Brown 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 Brown helped his 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, Ohioans are reminded once again that the Obama-Brown agenda of reckless spending has failed to…
Brown Demands Tax Hikes As Price For Debt Ceiling Vote
During Brown’s Tenure In The Senate Our Debt Has Risen By Over $5 Trillion In 2006, when Sherrod Brown ran for the U.S. Senate, National Democrats routinely attacked his opponent for raising the national debt limit to $9 trillion. After serving in the Senate for more than four years, Brown’s policies have pushed our debt to over $14.3 trillion and instead of working towards a reduction in federal spending, Brown now believes that we should not only raise the debt ceiling, but that it should also be tied to tax hikes on American’s domestic energy producers. Earlier today, Brown joined with some of the Senate’s most liberal Democrats, including U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), in sending a letter outlining his latest stance to Vice President Biden. Notably, Brown’s renewed support for higher energy taxes comes the same day that the Consumer Confidence Index fell to a six-month low amid growing…
Sherrod Brown 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 Sherrod Brown (D-OH) 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 Sherrod Brown 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, Sherrod Brown 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 Sherrod Brown say they are…
Brown Is Only Candidate For Senate In Ohio Who Voted For Law That Rations Health Care, Cuts Medicare
As liberal U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and his fellow Washington Democrats continue to demagogue the important issue of Medicare reform, the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) today reminded Ohioans that Brown is the only candidate for U.S. Senate in Ohio 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– which he did by giving President Barack Obama the deciding 60th vote to ram ObamaCare into law. “Despite Democratic political posturing, voters know Sherrod Brown voted for ObamaCare, which rations health care for seniors and cuts Medicare by $500 billion,” said NRSC spokesman Jahan Wilcox. “Senator Brown’s decision to ignore Ohio voters and cast the deciding 60th vote for ObamaCare’s tax hikes and Medicare cuts will be a key issue as he prepares to face voters at the polls next year.”
Government Report: Brown & Obama’s Failed Stimulus Sent Billions Of Dollars To Tax Cheats
Taxpayer Cash Sent To Thousands Of Tax Cheats Thanks To Brown, 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 Sherrod Brown’s (D-OH) 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…
Does Sherrod Brown Believe That Senate Democrats Should Offer A Budget Proposal?
755 Days & Counting Since Senate Democrats Passed A Budget It’s been 755 days since U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and the Democrats who run the Senate have performed the most basic job function of Congress by passing a federal budget. Additionally in the 112th Congress, Democrats like Sherrod Brown haven’t even offered their budget proposal, because their leaders – Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) and Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) – have stated that not only do Democrats not have the time to propose a budget, but it would be “foolish” of them to do so. “Ohioans deserve to know if Senator Sherrod Brown agrees with his liberal party leaders that it’s foolish for Democrats to offer their budget proposal or if he believes it’s time for the Senate to do its job and pass a budget,” said National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) Spokesman Jahan Wilcox. “With a national debt of…
Sherrod Brown, Senate Democrats Say It Would Be “Foolish” To Do Their Jobs
754 Days & Counting Since Senate Democrats Passed A Budget It’s been more than 750 days since U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and the Democrats who run the Senate have performed the most basic job function of Congress by passing a federal budget – during which time the federal debt has risen by an additional $3.1 trillion. But despite our nation’s growing fiscal crisis, Senate Democrats have yet to even propose a budget in the current 112th Congress, let alone debate and pass one, and Senate Democrat Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) now claims that it would be “foolish” for Democrats to attempt to do their jobs by proposing a budget. As the Los Angeles Times reports: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said it would be “foolish” for Democrats to propose their own federal budget for 2012, despite continued attacks from Republicans that the party is ducking its responsibility to put…
