Pelosi Promises House Dems Will Protect Obama’s Failed Economic Agenda

July 19, 2012

FYI, a similar version of this release below went out to the following districts: Shelley Adler (NJ-03), Jeff Anderson (MN-08), George Badey (PA-07), Ron Barber (AZ-08), John Barrow (GA-12), Ami Bera (CA-07), Tim Bishop (NY-01), Kathy Boockvar (PA-08), Leonard Boswell (IA-03), Bruce Braley (IA-01), Cheri Bustos (IL-17), Lois Capps (CA-24), Ben Chandler (KY-06), Andrei Cherny (AZ-09), David Cicilline (RI-01), Tarryl Clark (MN-08), Gerry Connolly (VA-11), Jim Costa (CA-16), Mark Critz (PA-12), David Crooks (IN-08), John Delaney (MD-06), Val Demings (FL-10), Tammy Duckworth (IL-08), Scott Ellington (AR-01), Bill Foster (IL-11), Lois Frankel (FL-22), Pete Gallego (TX-23), John Garamendi (CA-03), David Gill (IL-13), Alan Grayson (FL-09), Raul Grijalva (AZ-07), Pam Gulleson (ND-AL), Jose Hernandez (CA-10), Brian Higgins (NY-26), Jim Himes (CT-04), Ruben Hinojosa (TX-15), Paul Hirschbiel (VA-02), Kathy Hochul (NY-27), Rush Holt (NJ-12), Steven Horsford (NV-04), Steve Israel (NY-03), Gene Jeffress (AR-04), Bill Keating (MA-09), Ann Kirkpatrick (AZ-01), Larry Kissell (NC-08), Pat Kreitlow (WI-07), Ann McLane Kuster (NH-02), Rick Larsen (WA-02), David Loebsack (IA-02), Alan Lowenthal (CA-47), Nita Lowey (NY-17), Dan Maffei (NY-24), Larry Maggi (PA-18), Jim Matheson (UT-04), Carolyn McCarthy (NY-04), Gary McDowell (MI-01), Mike McIntyre (NC-07), Jerry McNerney (CA-09), Mike Michaud (ME-02), Joe Miklosi (CO-06), Brendan Mullen (IN-02), Patrick Murphy (FL-18), John Oceguera (NV-03), Bill Owens (NY-21), Sal Pace (CO-03), Frank Pallone (NJ-06), Ed Perlmutter (CO-07), Scott Peters (CA-52), Collin Peterson (MN-07), Chellie Pingree (ME-01), Nick Rahall (WV-03), Ciro Rodriguez (TX-23), Hayden Rogers (NC-11), Raul Ruiz (CA-36), David Schapira (AZ-09), Brad Schneider (IL-10), Brandon Shaffer (CO-04), Bill Pascrell (NJ-09), Carol Shea-Porter (NH-01), Kyrsten Sinema (AZ-09), Louise Slaughter (NY-25), Gene Stilp (PA-11), Betty Sutton (OH-16), Mark Takano (CA-41), John Tierney (MA-06), Paul Tonko (NY-20), Manan Trivedi (PA-06), Niki Tsongas (MA-03), Christie Vilsack (IA-04), Jamie Wall (WI-08), Tim Walz (MN-01), Charlie Wilson (OH-06), John Yarmuth (KY-03)

Pelosi Promises Bishop Will Protect Obama’s Failed Economic Agenda
New Yorkers Aren’t Happy With Dems’ Plan to Tax Small Businesses & Slash Defense Funds

WASHINGTON — As Washington Democrats continue to destroy any hope Americans have for economic stability, Nancy Pelosi reinforces her party’s commitment to President Obama’s failed agenda. Does this mean that Tim Bishop – just like his President – is ready to push the economy off a fiscal cliff by enforcing small business tax hikes and promoting devastating defense budget cuts?

“Even Nancy Pelosi knows her hope of regaining the Speaker’s gavel is slipping through the cracks as she ties Tim Bishop to President Obama’s toxic agenda,” said NRCC Communications Director Paul Lindsay. “New York families have suffered enough under the Obama-Bishop economy and in November we will be sure to stop them from making a bad economy even worse.”

Democrat leader Nancy Pelosi made it clear that Congressional Democrats are going to do what it takes to makes sure President Obama’s reckless agenda of taxing, spending, and borrowing continues to crush the economy:

“’I wouldn’t assume anything,’ [Pelosi] said. ‘I would just assume that Democrats would win and we would stop the obstruction of the president’s agenda. I think it’s fair to say that most people don’t have the faintest idea about leadership races in the Congress.’” (“Pelosi: Dems Should Skip Convention to Campaign,” Newsmax, 7/18/2012)

Yet a new poll reveals Americans are extremely unhappy with the state of the economy under President Obama:

“But with job growth tailing off since spring and the Federal Reserve chairman, Ben S. Bernanke, wondering aloud whether the labor market is “stuck in the mud,” the poll showed a significant shift in opinion about Mr. Obama’s handling of the economy, with 39 percent now saying they approved…” (Jim Rutenberg & Marjorie Connelly, “Economic Fears Hurting Obama, Poll Indicates,” New York Times, 7/18/2012)

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