Senate Dems Oppose Republican Bill To Extend Unemployment Insurance Without Adding To the Debt
57 DEMOCRATS VOTE AGAINST AN UNEMPLOYMENT EXTENSION THAT DOESN’T ADD TO THE DEBT: (S.3153 “Continuing Extension Act of 2010,” Roll Call Vote #106, Motion To Table Motion To Proceed To Consider Agreed To 59-40: R 0-39; D 57-0; I 2-0, 3/25/10)
DEMOCRATS PUBLICLY SAY THAT CONGRESS NEEDS TO “PAY FOR WHAT IT SPENDS”
PRESIDENT OBAMA: “Now, Congress Will Have To Pay For What It Spends, Just Like Everybody Else.” (President Obama, Weekly Address, 2/13/10)
SEN. HARRY REID (D-NV): “Let’s Not Kid Ourselves: We Are In This Financial Situation – And These Pay-As-You-Go Rules Are Necessary…” (Sen. Harry Reid, Press Release, 1/28/10)
- REID: “There Has To Be Some Ability In This Congress To Treat This Body Just As A Family Treats Its Own Budget.” (Sen. Reid, Congressional Record, S.14813-14, 12/06/07)
SEN. DICK DURBIN (D-IL): “Congress Will Be Able To Spend Money On Critical Needs If It Chooses To, But We Will Have To Pay For That Spending At The Same Time.” (Sen. Durbin, Congressional Record, S.3594, 03/22/07)
SEN. PATTY MURRAY (D-WA): “Americans Want Us To Make Investments In Our Future In A Responsible Way. Every Family Knows The Importance Of Fiscal Discipline And The Importance Of Keeping A Balanced Budget. They Expect The Federal Government To Share That Responsibility.” (Sen. Murray, Congressional Record, S.3491, 3/21/07)
SEN. KENT CONRAD (D-ND): “The Revenue Ought To Be Replaced, Either By Spending Cuts Or By Other Revenue. Because If We Do Not Pay For It, We Are Going To Borrow It. Where Are We Going To Borrow It? Well, We Are Going To Borrow About Half Of It From Abroad, Most Of It From The Chinese And The Japanese.” (Sen. Conrad, Congressional Record, S.14837, 12/06/07)
SEN. CHUCK SCHUMER (D-NY): “And You Want To Spend Them? You Should Pay For Them. And We Democrats Have Tried To Do That. For The First Year, We Have PAYGO.” (Sen. Schumer, Press Conference, 10/24/07)
SEN. BLANCHE LINCOLN (D-AR): “We Are Adding To The Debt Of Our Children And Our Grandchildren. I, For One, Would Argue This Is Not Fiscally Responsible.” (Sen. Lincoln, Congressional Record, S.5578, 6/12/08)
Article written by: Tom White
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Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog. Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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