Target Dems Back Obama-Pelosi Agenda Over Ohio Jobs

April 20, 2010

FYI, a version of the release below went out to the following districts: John Boccieri (OH-16); Steve Driehaus (OH-01); Mary Jo Kilroy (OH-15); Zack Space (OH-18) and Betty Sutton (OH-13).

Sutton Backs Obama-Pelosi Agenda Over Ohio Jobs
Loyal Lapdog Eager to Please Party Bosses, Even at the Expense of Constituents

Washington- The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is under fire to produce new regulations by April 29 and representatives from industrial states are growing worried that the job-killing, stringent policies of the Obama administration will be put into effect. With the help of Democrat lapdog Betty Sutton, similar regulations known as the national energy tax have already passed the House. In a letter to the EPA, a group of nine Republican and Democrat Senators – including both Ohio Senators Democrat Sherrod Brown and Republican George Voinovich – warned of the job losses that would stem from the EPA’s overreaching mandates. With such strong bipartisan opposition to the Obama-Pelosi national energy tax, Ohio families want to know why Democrat loyal lapdog Betty Sutton continues to put partisan politics over Ohio jobs.

“Ohio Sens. Sherrod Brown and George V. Voinovich are pressing the Obama administration to adopt clean-air regulations that would be more favorable to industry.“In a previously undisclosed letter, Brown, a Democrat, and Voinovich, a Republican, warned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that Ohio and other industrial states ‘simply cannot afford job losses associated with rules more stringent than necessary to protect the public health and safety.'” (Jack Torry, “Ohio’s senators ask EPA to go slow on clean-air rules,”

Columbus Dispatch, 4/20/2010)

Sutton supported the national energy tax known as cap-and-trade, which would put up to 108,600 Ohio jobs in jeopardy:

“By 2030, as emission reduction targets tighten and other W/M provisions phase out, Ohio jobs decline by 79,700 under low cost case and by 108,600 under high cost case.” (“Ohio Economic Impact on the State from the Waxman-Markey Bill, H.R. 2454,” National Association of Manufacturers, 8/12/2009)

According to the Obama administration’s own admission, the national energy tax could cost families an additional $1,761 per year.

“A previously unreleased analysis prepared by the U.S. Department of Treasury says the total in new taxes would be between $100 billion to $200 billion a year. At the upper end of the administration’s estimate, the cost per American household would be an extra $1,761 a year.” (Declan McCullagh, “Obama Admin: Cap And Trade Could Cost Families $1,761 A Year,” CBS News, 9/15/2009)

“Ohio middle-class families are tired of Betty Sutton putting partisan politics before Ohio jobs,” said NRCC Communications Director Ken Spain. “Despite Ohio’s unemployment rate being at a dire 11 percent, Sutton continues to dig Ohio’s economy further into the ground by supporting her party leaders’ job-killing policies. Now, Ohio families are faced with the looming possibility of a national energy tax and radical EPA regulations that will not only place additional tax-hikes on Ohio families, but could put almost 108,600 jobs on the line. Ohioans want to know: Will Sutton once again choose partisan politics over her constituents?”

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