Job Numbers Remain High as House Dems Fight for Failed D.C. Democrat Policies
| FYI, a similar version of this release below went out to the following districts: Jason Altmire (PA-04), John Barrow (GA-12), Sanford Bishop (GA-02), Tim Bishop (NY-01), Dan Boren (OK-02), Leonard Boswell (IA-03), Bruce Braley (IA-01), Dennis Cardoza (CA-18), Russ Carnahan (MO-03), Ben Chandler (KY-06), Gerry Connolly (VA-11), Jim Cooper (TN-05), Jim Costa (CA-20), Mark Critz (PA-12), Henry Cuellar (TX-28), Peter DeFazio (OR-04), Joe Donnelly (IN-02), Raul Grijalva (AZ-07), Martin Heinrich (NM-01), Brian Higgins (NY-27), Jim Himes (CT-04), Maurice Hinchey (NY-22), Ruben Hinojosa (TX-15), Tim Holden (PA-17), Rush Holt (NJ-12), Jay Inslee (WA-01), Steve Israel (NY-02), Bill Keating (MA-10), Dale Kildee (MI-05), Ron Kind (WI-03), Larry Kissell (NC-08), Rick Larsen (WA-02), David Loebsack (IA-02), Jim Matheson (UT-02), Carolyn McCarthy (NY-04), Mike McIntyre (NC-07), Jerry McNerney (CA-11), Michael Michaud (ME-02), Brad Miller (NC-13), Bill Owens (NY-23), Frank Pallone (NJ-06), Ed Perlmutter (CO-07), Gary Peters (MI-09), Collin Peterson (MN-07), Chellie Pingree (ME-01), David Price (NC-04), Nick Rahall (WV-03), Mike Ross (AR-04), Loretta Sanchez (CA-47), Kurt Schrader (OR-05), Heath Shuler (NC-11), Adam Smith (WA-09), Betty Sutton (OH-13), John Tierney (MA-06), Niki Tsongas (MA-05), Pete Visclosky (IN-01), Tim Walz (MN-01), Anthony Weiner (NY-09), David Wu (OR-01), John Yarmuth (KY-03)
Job Numbers Remain High as Rahall Fights for Failed D.C. Democrat Policies
West Virginia Democrat Helps Preserve Big-Spending, Job-Destroying Ways Washington — Although new employment numbers demonstrate that the burden on families is still inexcusably high, Nick Rahall continues to stand by his Democrat leaders in D.C. who seem oblivious to the damage their free-spending ways have done to the economy. Upon embarking on their big-government spending spree, Rahall’s Democrat leaders assured us that it would keep employment under 8 percent. However, the results tell a much different story, and Rahall has his share of blame for enabling the failed policies that he and his fellow Democrats continue to defend to this day. “These high unemployment numbers are a reminder that the policies that Nick Rahall and his Democrat leaders have supported have failed to adequately create jobs and left us with record deficits that will continue to hamper economic recovery,” said NRCC Communications Director Paul Lindsay. “Unfortunately, instead of embracing the reforms needed to create more private sector jobs, Rahall continues to side with his Democrat leaders in D.C. who are desperately trying to defend their failed big-spending, job-destroying policies.” New reports show that families across America are still struggling under the effects of a lagging economy: “Last year, nearly one in eight families included an unemployed person, the highest proportion since the Labor Department began keeping track in 1994.” (Catherine Rampell, Unemployment’s Rising Toll on Families,” The New York Times‘ Economix Blog, 3/28/11)
The new numbers today demonstrate that job creation in America needs a boost while Nick Rahall and his Democrat leaders in D.C. are not doing enough. Rahall’s constituents in West Virginia need to question where his priorities are as he continues to defend his Democrat leaders’ record instead of embracing reform that will turn the economy around.
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