Dems Want Another Credit Card After Maxing Out Their First

May 25, 2011

FYI, a similar version of this release below went out to the following districts: Leonard Boswell (IA-03), Russ Carnahan (MO-03), Gerry Connolly (VA-11), Jim Cooper (TN-05), Mark Critz (PA-12), Raul Grijalva (AZ-07), Jim Himes (CT-04), Rush Holt (NJ-12), Jay Inslee (WA-01), Steve Israel (NY-02), Bill Keating (MA-10), Carolyn McCarthy (NY-04), Brad Miller (NC-13), Ed Perlmutter (CO-07), Collin Peterson (MN-07), Chellie Pingree (ME-01), David Price (NC-04), Loretta Sanchez (CA-47), Betty Sutton (OH-13), Niki Tsongas (MA-05), Anthony Weiner (NY-09), John Yarmuth (KY-03)

Critz Wants Another Credit Card After Maxing Out His First
Pennsylvania Democrat Set to Vote for Higher Debt Limit Free of Any Spending Cuts

Washington — Mark Critz will get another opportunity to defend his Democrat spending spree next week when the House holds a vote to increase the debt ceiling free of any spending cuts whatsoever. Critz and his Democrat colleagues will be among the stubborn few demanding the ability to borrow even more money despite overwhelming public opposition. As the government borrows billions a day from foreign countries like China, look for Critz to fight for another blank check without cutting a single dollar.

“It is astonishing that Mark Critz would demand another government spending credit card after maxing out his first one, especially with the condition that he and his fellow Democrats wouldn’t have to cut a single dollar,” said NRCC Communications Director Paul Lindsay. “Critz demonstrates that he has all the wrong priorities as the government continues to borrow billions every day from foreign countries like China and place that burden on current and future generations of Pennsylvania families.”

The House will vote on raising the debt limit without any spending cuts next week:

“House Republicans will hold a vote next week on a ‘clean’ bill to raise the debt limit, without corresponding spending cuts, GOP aides said. The vote is aimed at demonstrating that such a measure cannot pass the House, increasing pressure on President Obama and Senate Democrats to accept deep spending cuts in exchange for authorizing the Treasury to borrow more than the $14.3 trillion current limit.” (Russell Berman, “House GOP to hold ‘clean’ vote to raise $14.3T debt ceiling,” The Hill, 5/24/11)

Voters overwhelmingly oppose such a plan:

“President Obama’s policy of raising the federal debt limit without any preconditions relating to limiting spending, i.e. a ‘clean debt limit,’ is supported by only one-out-of-ten voters, the least popular option of three presented in a Resurgent Republic survey conducted jointly with the American Action Forum.” (“Voters Want Spending Cuts and Budget Reforms Tied to Debt Limit Increase,” Resurgent Republic, 4/26/11)

Critz signed a letter last month demanding that he be allowed to borrow more without corresponding spending cuts. (“As stock market drops over worries about US debt, Welch leads 114 Democrats in demanding a clean extension of debt ceiling,” Office of Rep. Peter Welch, 4/18/11)

When the House votes next week, Mark Critz will demonstrate his commitment to more of the same borrowing that created this problem in the first place. Critz is willing to do whatever it takes to continue his Democrat spending and borrowing spree, even if that means indebting Pennsylvania families and their children to foreign countries like China.

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