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Once Again Baldwin Stands Up For Bigger Government & More Spending, Rather Than Standing Behind Wisconsin Business Owners Continuing a long pattern of supporting bigger government, higher taxes and more spending, U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin today voted against efforts to spur job creation by giving small businesses a 20 percent tax cut, despite the fact that families in Wisconsin continue to struggle with soaring gas prices and a lagging economy. Remarkably, Baldwin’s opposition to small business tax relief comes just three short months after she went on a much trumpeted “January Jobs Tour” when she said, “the people of Wisconsin want a U.S. senator who will fight for the middle class, make job creation a priority and expand economic opportunities for working families.” “Rather than supporting the small businesses of Wisconsin, Tammy Baldwin stayed true to her liberal form by voting against legislation to spur economic growth in the Badger…

Baldwin supporter donated $10k to campaign The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) today called on Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin to tell Wisconsin families whether she stands by 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. Not only is Rosen a significant contributor to Cong. Baldwin – contributing $10,000 throughout the last several years – but Rosen’s firm, SKD Knickerbocker serves as Baldwin’s political consultant in her race for Senate. BALDWIN DONOR ATTACKS STAY-AT-HOME-MOMS Notably, this attack comes straight from the playbook of Senate Democrat “messaging guru” Chuck Schumer, who recently bragged to Politico that the Democrats…

Holds Conference Call With Obama Campaign But Can’t Explain How Buffett Tax Will Create Wisconsin Jobs Or Lower Gas Prices As Madison liberal Tammy Baldwin spends the day flacking for President Obama and his far-left tax policies on a campaign conference call, it’s worth noting what she won’t be saying to reporters on the other end of the line. A quick run-down of what Tammy Baldwin will not be saying today: How many jobs the Buffett Tax will create How the Buffett Tax will ease the pain at the pump How she’s never met a tax increase she didn’t like – she’s voted 135 times in favor of higher taxes How she’s voted for every Congressional Progressive Caucus Budget, except one, since being in Congress She stood to the left of President Obama and voted against the 2010 tax compromise How the Wall Street Journal called the Buffett Rule a…

NRSC Launches New Web Video Two years ago today – with the help of Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin who voted for Barack Obama’s job-killing healthcare bill – President Obama signed his $1.76 trillion healthcare bill into law.  The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) today released a web video reminding Wisconsinites of the broken promises from ObamaCare. Cong. Baldwin specifically 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, Baldwin 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, this bill is also hurting businesses throughout Wisconsin. “Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin…

WITH TWO-YEAR ANNIVERSARY APPROACHING, THE CONSEQUENCES OF TAMMY BALDWIN’S HEALTHCARE LAW Healthcare Law Gives 15 Unelected Bureaucrats The Power To Decide The Healthcare Decisions For Wisconsinites  Liberal U.S. Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin today voted against a bill to eliminate the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) created by ObamaCare.  President Barack Obama’s intrusive healthcare bill which is now the law of the land, forces every Wisconsinite to purchase health insurance, but also includes a provision that gives 15 unelected bureaucrats the power to decide which healthcare decisions are best for the people of Wisconsin – IPAB.    In fact, the American Hospital Association, along with over 70 medical groups warned Baldwin and her fellow Democrats that the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) could limit seniors’ access to Medicare and even the infrastructure for the entire healthcare system.  Additionally, it’s been reported that the IPAB’s true end game is to arbitrarily control the…

Tammy Baldwin’s Healthcare Law Is Killing Jobs In Wisconsin  When liberal U.S. Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin cast her vote for President Barack Obama’s healthcare law, it didn’t just cut $550 billion from Medicare but also included a slew of job-killing taxes that are crushing small businesses across the Badger State.  In Milwaukee, Assurant Health eliminated 130 jobs. Wisconsin was one of 34 states to lose a child only insurance policy after ObamaCare was signed into law.     Notably, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has stated the healthcare law will kill 800,000 jobs nationwide. QUESTION: “In your estimation, the health care law would reduce employment by 800,000…” DOUGLAS ELMENDORF, CBO Director: “Yes… there would be a reduction of 800,000 workers.” (U.S. House Of Representatives, Budget Committee, Hearing, 2/10/11) QUESTION: “The last question is, it’s been argued and was argued here yesterday with the chairman, that the new health care law will…

Premiums Have Increased Baldwin claimed ObamaCare Would Lower Costs When liberal U.S. Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin voted for President Barack Obama’s job-killing healthcare law she specifically promised the legislation would lower health care costs, but nearly two years later families are now paying more money for their health insurance.  FactCheck.org has found that ObamaCare has made healthcare slightly less affordable and it’s causing premiums to go up – not down, as Baldwin and her fellow Democrats claimed it would.  Additionally, the Kaiser Family Foundation found that in 2011 the average healthcare premium climbed from $13,770 to $15,073, which amounts to a 9 percent increase. As the New York Times reports:  “The cost of health insurance for many Americans this year climbed more sharply than in previous years, outstripping any growth in workers’ wages and adding more uncertainty about the pace of rising medical costs.   A new study by the Kaiser Family…

Healthcare Costs Will Increase Tammy Baldwin Claimed ObamaCare Would Lower The Cost Of Healthcare When liberal U.S. Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin cast one of the deciding votes for Barack Obama’s job-killing healthcare law, she promised the legislation would lower healthcare costs for families in Wisconsin, but instead these costs have skyrocketed.    Since this legislation has been signed into law, healthcare costs have risen by 9 percent and the average Wisconsinite is now paying $132 more for health insurance.   Additionally, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) recently found that the healthcare law will now cost $2.6 trillion, twice as much as what Baldwin and her fellow Democrats promised it would cost.  “Tammy Baldwin promised that ObamaCare would lower healthcare costs, but due to her burdensome law, Wisconsinites are now paying an additional $132 for health insurance,” said National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) spokesman Lance Trover.  “This is another reminder that Baldwin…

ObamaCare Gave The Federal Government The Power To Decide What’s Best For Wisconsinites Nearly two years ago, the most liberal member of the Wisconsin Congressional Delegation, Tammy Baldwin, supported Barack Obama’s job-killing healthcare bill which gave the federal government the power to decide what type of healthcare services that employers, including religious institutions in Wisconsin, had to pay for, even if it violated their own personal moral beliefs. This intrusive healthcare law is a clear violation of religious freedom as it forces religious institutions and individuals to choose between violating the law and violating their faith, which Baldwin continues to support.  Her position is completely out of step with Wisconsin, as the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel recently detailed that according to 2008 exit polling, 33% of Wisconsin voters are Catholic. It should also not be lost on anyone that Congresswoman Baldwin actually lamented to group of Wisconsinites that she wished ObamaCare had…

NRSC Launches New Video Highlighting The Failed Promises & Economic Agenda Of Washington Democrats Three years ago today, despite an already skyrocketing federal debt, President Barack Obama – with the help of liberal U.S. Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin – rammed their $825 billion stimulus spending bill into law promising Americans that it would create millions of news jobs In fact, Baldwin specifically promised the stimulus would create or save 67,000 jobs in Wisconsin but since the legislation was signed into law, Wisconsin has lost over 33,000 jobs because the Obama Administration was determined to spend their way out of this economic crisis instead of targeting the legislation to assist small business owners who are the true job creators of this country. CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE VIDEO Notably, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report just yesterday that found that the rate of unemployment in the United States has…