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NRCC: “Colleen Hanabusa and her Washington friends have pushed the economy into a jobless recovery”
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If the Economy is the Dems’ “Baby,” Why Won’t Hanabusa Support a Responsible Budget?

Despite $13 Trillion National Debt, Dems Forge Ahead With New Spending, Anti-Jobs Agenda

Washington- With a $13 trillion national debt and a failed stimulus under their belt, most would think Colleen Hanabusa and her Washington friends would finally put an end to their reckless spending habits. Yet, with no budget to speak of, President Obama urged Washington Democrats over the weekend to forge ahead with $50 billion in new spending, making it clear that Hanabusa and her party will continue supporting an anti-jobs, anti-small-business agenda at the expense of a healthy economy.

“President Obama urged reluctant lawmakers Saturday to quickly approve nearly $50 billion in emergency aid to state and local governments, saying the money is needed to avoid "massive layoffs of teachers, police and firefighters" and to support the still-fragile economic recovery.” (Lori Montgomery, “Obama pleads for $50 billion in state, local aid,” Washington Post, 6/13/2010)

Yesterday, during CNN’s “State of the Union,” Rep. James Clyburn said:  “The economy is our baby.”  If that’s the case, why won’t the Democrat-controlled Congress propose a budget to get the economy back on track?

Candy Crowley: “I think one of the questions that's cropping up now is, when does the statute of limitations run out on blaming the Bush administration and when is it on you all as the governing, really, in the House and the Senate and in the White House; when does the economy become your baby, so to speak?”

Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.): “The economy is our baby. But let's stop talking about cutting taxes, cutting taxes, cutting taxes.” (State of the Union with Candy Crowley, CNN, June 13, 2010)

On the heels of the President’s new request for spending, former U.S. International Trade Commission Chief Economist warns of President Obama’s anti-small-business agenda:

“Peter Morici, a business professor at the University of Maryland and former chief economist at the U.S. International Trade Commission, said Mr. Obama's proposed small-business lending fund is "a drop in the bucket" compared with what is needed. With the estate tax scheduled to be reimposed at the end of this year, he said, small businesses will suffer even more.”

“’I can't imagine a president with a more anti-small-business agenda than Barack Obama,’ Mr. Morici said."What you saw in the Rose Garden was the cynical enterprise of a cynical man. He simply doesn't believe in the private sector, and it shows in his actions.” (Stephen Dinan and Kara Rowland, “'Stimulus' or not, Obama seeks new spending,’” Washington Times, 6/13/2010)

“Over the course of the past two years of a Democrat-led supermajority, Colleen Hanabusa and her Washington friends have pushed the economy into a jobless recovery by supporting an anti-jobs, anti-small-business agenda at the expense of a healthy economy,” said NRCC Communications Director Ken Spain. “If a 9.7 percent unemployment rate and a record-breaking $13 trillion national debt were not enough evidence of their inability to govern, House Democrats are refusing to propose a budget that outlines how they plan to spend taxpayer dollars. As Colleen Hanabusa continues to support runaway government spending instead of the fiscal discipline needed to create jobs, voters are realizing that Hanabusa is just another Washington Democrat who can’t be trusted to get our economy back on track.”

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