As Chairman of the Democratic National Committee last cycle, Tim Kaine routinely bragged that the DNC did not, and would not, take money from registered lobbyists. As the Washington Times reported just last month for example: Former Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine was asked during a television interview last fall how President Obama has changed Washington. “Let me start with the DNC,” said the former Virginia governor. “We don’t take PAC and lobbyist money.” Well, that turns out not to have been the case. The non-partisan Center for Responsive Politics reported late this afternoon that under Kaine’s watch a number of registered lobbyists donated money to the DNC last cycle, in violation of the DNC’s publicly-announced policies and in contradiction to Kaine’s repeated statements. Notably, today’s news comes just weeks after it was reported that Kaine is also reversing himself as a candidate for U.S. Senate and accepting the…
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Unemployment Rises To 9.1% In Wake Of Kaine & Obama’s Failed $787 Billion Stimulus
In yet another reminder that President Obama and liberal former DNC Chairman Tim Kaine’s $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 Kaine’s tax-and-spend economic policies in Washington. While Kaine 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 Kaine cheered as his fellow Washington Democrats rammed 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, Virginians are reminded once again that the Obama-Kaine agenda of reckless spending has failed…
After Praising Obama Budget As “Blueprint For Success,” Candidate Kaine Cuts & Runs
Reckless Obama-Kaine Budget Failed To Garner A Single Vote In Senate Test As the Washington Democrats’ #1 Cheerleader, liberal former DNC Chairman Tim Kaine expressed strong support for President Obama’s budget proposal, calling it a “blueprint for success,” and claiming it “does not shy away from the reality of America’s difficult fiscal situation.” But now – after the U.S. Senate issued a stunning 0-97 rebuke of the proposal yesterday – Democrat Senate candidate Tim Kaine is changing his tune and, in a transparent attempt to run away from his liberal Washington record, is refusing to say whether he would have voted for the proposal. As the Washington Post reports: On a day when President Obama’s budget blueprint for 2012 couldn’t garner a single vote of symbolic support in the Senate, former Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine (D) would not say how he would have voted if he were in the…
Even Fellow Democrats Reject Kaine & Obama’s Reckless Spending Agenda
In a strong 97-0 rebuke of liberal former DNC Chairman Tim Kaine’s agenda of reckless spending and tax hikes, every single voting Democrat U.S. Senator joined Republicans in refusing to even consider President Barack Obama’s irresponsible budget proposal, which includes billions of dollars in wasteful deficit spending and job-killing tax hikes. To be clear – not a single Democrat U.S. Senator was willing to vote to even proceed with considering the Obama-Kaine budget. Notably, as DNC Chairman earlier this year, Kaine was the #1 Cheerleader for the Obama budget proposal, calling it a “blueprint for success.” But, even months before the measure failed to garner a single vote in its first procedural hurdle, budget experts on both sides of the aisle blasted Kaine’s irresponsible scheme that includes $8.7 trillion in new spending, $1.6 trillion in tax hikes, and will add $13 trillion to the national debt, which already stands at…
Government Report: Kaine & Obama’s Failed Stimulus Sent Billions Of Dollars To Tax Cheats
Taxpayer Cash Sent To Thousands Of Tax Cheats Thanks To Kaine, 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 former DNC Chairman Tim Kaine’s 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…
As Webb Stands Against Lifetime Appointment For Controversial Obama Nominee, Where Does Kaine Stand?
Tomorrow afternoon, the U.S. Senate is scheduled to vote on the nomination of Goodwin Liu for a lifetime appointment to the U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco. Liu is arguably the most controversial of all of President Obama’s judicial nominees, and in a speech on the Senate floor today, Virginia U.S. Senator Jim Webb (D-VA) announced he will vote against Liu’s nomination. In his comments today, Webb outlined Liu’s “almost complete lack of practical legal experience” and “history of intemperate, politically-charged statements” – also noting that Liu’s “frequently strident political views have been called into question.” “Senator Webb has made it very clear that he will not support President Obama’s controversial ultra-liberal nominee for a lifetime appointment to one of the highest courts in the nation – so where does Tim Kaine stand?” asked National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) spokesman Chris Bond today. “These are the types of decisions…
Kaine Fiddles While Virginians Suffer From $4-A-Gallon Gas
Even Fellow Democrats Call Kaine-Backed Tax Hikes “Laughable” & “A Gimmick” As a new USA Today/Gallup survey shows nearly 70 percent of Americans suffering “financial hardship” thanks to a national average of nearly $4-per-gallon gas, Virginians are reminded that liberal former Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman Tim Kaine is actually attempting to drive the price of fuel up by carrying his fellow Washington Democrats’ water on behalf of their energy tax hikes. As USA Today reports: As gas prices hover near $4 a gallon, nearly seven in 10 Americans say the high cost of fuel is causing financial hardship for their families, a new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds. More than half say they have made major changes to compensate for the higher prices, ranging from shorter trips to cutting back on vacation travel. For 21%, the impact is so dramatic they say their standard of living is jeopardized. Nationally, the…
