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#NVSen Factcheck: Berkley Votes for National Energy Tax
(Reno, NV) – Shelley Berkley voted for a national energy tax that would cost Nevada thousands of jobs.
Fact: Shelley Berkley voted for a national energy tax that would increase costs of gasoline, heating oil and other energy for families:
- Called the “Waxman-Markey” cap and trade bill, this legislation would impose a national energy sales tax that would harm families across Nevada. (House Vote 477, H.R. 2454, Greenhouse Gas Emissions – Passage; June 26, 2009)
Fact: Even though the legislation would drive up costs for Nevada’s middle class:
- Increase Gas Prices by 26% by 2030.
- Increase Electricity Prices 50% by 2030.
- Destroy 2.4 Million Jobs.
(“State-by-State Analysis of Waxman-Market Cap and Trade Legislation Paints Dour Picture for Nation’s Economy,” National Association of Manufacturers, 8/12/2009)
Fact: President Obama said the Cap and Trade plan is designed to force prices to skyrocket:
“ ‘Under my plan of a cap-and-trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket,’ Obama told the Chronicle. ‘Coal-powered plans, you know, natural gas, you name it, whatever the plans were, whatever the industry was, they would have to retrofit their operations. That will cost money. They will pass that money on to consumers.”
(Catherine Richert, “Pence Claims that Obama said Energy Costs Will Skyrocket with a Cap-and-Trade Plan,” PolitiFact.com, 6/11/2009)
#NVSen Factcheck: Dean Heller Stands Up for Unemployed
(Reno, NV) – Dean Heller has a lengthy record protecting the social safety net for those who need it most, and has even supported the same legislation as his opponent.
Fact: Dean Heller never called unemployed individuals hobos. Then-Congressman Heller was referring to a presentation made by Lawrence B. Lindsey, former Director of the National Economic Council at the White House, before the Republican Members of the House Ways and Means Committee.
Fact: Dean Heller has consistently supported efforts to extend unemployment insurance. (H.R. 2642 6/3/2008; H.R. 6867 11/21/2008; H.R. 3548 11/6/2009; H.R. 3326 12/16/2009; H.R. 4851 4/15/2010; H.R. 5618 6/29/2010; H.R. 5418 7/1/2010; H.R. 4213 7/22/2010; H.R. 3630 2/17/2012)
Fact: In May 2010, Dean Heller introduced legislation to extend unemployment benefits (H.R. 5453).
Fact: In July 2010, Dean Heller introduced legislation to extend unemployment benefits, and pay for the benefits with unused stimulus funds. (H.R. 5647).
Fact: In July 2010, Las Vegas Review Journal’s Steve Sebelius praised Dean Heller, saying he “crossed party lines on Thursday to vote for an extension of unemployment benefits for more than 1 million people in America, including thousands here in Nevada,” after Heller’s own legislation to extend benefits was unsuccessful.
- “Heller faced a choice: Stick unwaveringly to principle, and allow suffering people to be hurt even more, or compromise, and vote for the bill notwithstanding the fact that it will add to the deficit. He chose the latter….In other words, Heller did what was right for his constituents, and for the unemployed people in the rest of America, too. He didn’t abandon his principals — he fought for them right to the end…But when his fight was lost, Heller did the right thing anyway. For that, he deserves a great deal of credit. (Steve Sebelius, “In Praise of Dean Heller,” Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Fact: In November 2010, Heller was one of 21 Republicans who supported legislation to extend unemployment benefits for an additional three months (H.R. 6419): “Heller was one of 21 Republicans who joined with Democrats in favor of the measure, which fell short of the two-thirds needed for passage.” (“Heller Supports Extension of Unemployment Benefits, Nevada News Bureau, November 18, 2010)
Fact: On November 17, 2011, Dean Heller introduced the Responsible Unemployment Extension Act to extend unemployment benefits for an additional year without adding to the federal deficit (S. 1885).
Fact: In December 2011, when Washington D.C. was gridlocked over the federal budget, Dean Heller was one of few Senators to push Republican colleagues on a payroll tax cut extension and extending unemployment benefits:
- “Dean Heller to House GOP: Pass the payroll tax cut extension: Republican Sen. Dean Heller of Nevada today scolded his fellow Republicans in the House for refusing to support a bipartisan package to extend payroll tax cuts and unemployment insurance, saying while he agreed with them in principle, playing politics with such an important issue was unacceptable.” (Karoun Demirjian, “Dean Heller to House GOP: Pass the payroll tax cut extension,” Las Vegas Sun, December 19, 2011)
- “Obama, Boehner square off in payroll tax fight: Meanwhile, five mostly moderate Republican senators have called for the House to support the Senate’s two-month extension. The group consists of Sen. Scott Brown of Massachusetts, Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins of Maine, Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana and Sen. Dean Heller of Nevada. (Tom and Alan Silverleib, “Obama, Boehner square off in payroll tax fight,” December 21, 2011)
Fact: On January 9, 2012, Dean Heller sent a letter to the payroll tax conferees, urging them to make the difficult decision that will preserve the social safety net. In the letter, Dean Heller stated:
- “While job creation must be our continuing goal and focus, we must recognize that progress on this front is slow. Times are tough for Americans…. For this reason, I urge you to fully extend current federal unemployment programs for at least one year in states like Nevada that suffer from high unemployment.”
Fact: He also urged conferees to extend the payroll tax cut and ensure solvency of Medicare:
- “Furthermore, I would also encourage you to include a yearlong extension of the temporary payroll tax holiday in your compromise legislation. The payroll tax holiday has helped lower taxes for millions of Americans and has put more in the pockets of the average working family. I respectfully request that the Conference Committee strongly consider my legislation, S. 1931, which would extend the payroll tax holiday while also protecting Social Security.”
- As well as “include a long-term update to the Medicare reimbursement schedule in your bill. Unstable reimbursement in Medicare threatens seniors’ access to medical care throughout our nation.” (“Heller to Conference Committee: Bipartisan, Long-term Solutions Needed for Unemployment Insurance,” Payroll Tax Cut, “Doc Fix,” www.heller.senate.gov, January 9, 2012)
#NVSen Factcheck: Who Supports Small Business in Nevada?
(Reno, NV) – Shelley Berkley claims she is for small businesses, but her small business agenda is nothing more than more bank bailouts.
Fact: The so-called “Small Business Jobs Act” was just another bank bailout.
Fact: Former Nevada Democratic Congresswoman Dina Titus said “it’s very seldom that I would vote on the same side with Dean Heller but in this case I was worried about it being a bank bailout.” (Nevada Newsmakers, April 17, 2012)
Fact: Nevada continues to lead the nation in unemployment for nearly three years.
Fact: Billions of taxpayers’ dollars were mismanaged through the Small Business Lending Fund, which was created by this legislation.
According the Wall Street Journal:
“More than half of $4 billion in federal funds disbursed this year to spur small-business lending by community banks was used to repay bailout funds that the banks received under the government’s Troubled Asset Relief Program.
The Small Business Lending Fund was meant to raise capital at smaller banks, which tend to lend more heavily to small businesses, in the hopes of jump-starting growth and employment. But instead of directly lending to small businesses, many of the banks used the money to rid themselves of higher-cost TARP debt and tougher restrictions.
“It was basically a bailout for 100-plus banks,” said Giovanni Coratolo, vice president of small-business policy at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. “From a point of view of a small business owner, it was very ineffective in getting funds out to small business.” (“Tale of Two Loan Programs,” Wall Street Journal, October 20, 2011)
Berkley has repeatedly voted to raise taxes on job creators even within the last few months.
- On July 27, 2012, Shelley Berkley voted against H.R. 8, the Job Protection and Recession Prevention Act of 2012, which would extend tax relief for job creators earning over $250,000 and could cost Nevada 6,000 jobs and more than 900,000 nationwide. (H.R. 8, House Roll Call Vote #545)
- On April 17, 2012 Congresswoman Berkley voted against the Small Business Tax Cut Act. The bill would give a 20% tax cut that will help 22 million hard-working small businesses retain and create more jobs. The legislation would ultimately provide $46 billion in tax relief to small businesses and could affect as many as 45,000 small businesses in Nevada with between 1-500 employees.
Before an audience of business leaders in Nevada, candidate Berkley claimed she “wants to eliminate the estate tax, a popular Republican position.” (Cristina Silva, Rep. Berkley champions small businesses in Vegas, Associated Press, 4/11/12)
But in fact the seven-term Congresswoman voted against the estate multiple times, including once when then-Congressman Heller proposed the motion.
- In 1999, Berkley voted against a tax cut package that would reduce estate and gift taxes until they were completely eliminated in 2009.
- In 2001, 2002 and 2003, Berkley voted to replace a bill that would repeal the estate tax by 2010 with different legislation bill that would keep the estate tax, but raise the exemption threshold.
- In 2007, Berkley voted against a motion to permanently repeal the estate tax.
- In 2009, Berkley voted against repealing the estate tax two times, once when then-Congressman Dean Heller proposed the motion.
- In 2012, Berkley voted against a budget that would eliminate the estate tax.
Shelley Berkley supported ObamaCare, the massive government healthcare takeover known for destroying jobs and small businesses:
- ObamaCare costs 800,000 jobs at a time when Nevada leads the nation in unemployment. (Jeffrey H. Anderson, “CBO Director Says ObamaCare Would Reduce Employment by 800,000 Workers,” The Weekly Standard, 2/10/2011)
- ObamaCare is forcing one in eight small businesses to either terminate their plan or notify employees it is going to be eliminated. (“Some Small Businesses Say Health Insurers Are Dropping Their Coverage, Kaiser Health News, July 25, 2011)
- ObamaCare discourages job creation by raising the price of hiring: “If you increase the price of labor, companies will buy less of it. Requiring employers to buy health insurance for some workers makes them more expensive, at least in the short run. Particularly vulnerable are low-skilled workers…” (Robert Samuelson, “The folly of Obamacare,” Washington Post, August 4, 2012)
Shelley Berkley has repeatedly voted federal regulations that are stunting job growth in Nevada and across the country.
- On June 19, 2012, Berkley voted against the Grazing Improvement Act, which means she chose to protect federal regulations over Nevada’s family businesses. The Grazing Improvement Act would give grazers greater certainty about their permit renewal. Without this bill, permit holders are forced to rely on year-to-year appropriations bill.
- Berkley voted against the Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act (H.R. 4078), which would put a stop to the government’s ever-increasing burden on businesses and the economy.
- A recent Gallup poll showed that 46 percent of small business owners are not hiring because they are worried about new government regulations. As many as 48 percent say they are worried about the potential costs of health care. (“Health Costs, Gov’t Regulations Curb Small Business Hiring,” Gallup, February 15, 2012)
And Congresswoman Berkley has voted against 20 bipartisan jobs bills:
1) Berkley opposed the Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act (H.R 872).
Bill reduces overlapping and unnecessary regulation on pesticides and reduces costs to both farmers and small business owners.
2) Berkley opposed the Energy Tax Prevention Act (H.R. 910).
Legislation prohibits the federal government from regulating greenhouse gas emissions, and prevents a needless increase in energy prices for American households and businesses.
3) Berkley failed to vote on a Resolution of Disapproval Regarding FCC’s Regulation (H.J. Res. 37). Legislation prevents the federal government from regulating the Internet and broadband providers.
4) Berkley opposed the Restarting American Offshore Leasing Now Act (H.R 1230). Bill reduced energy prices and creates jobs by promoting offshore oil and natural gas exploration in the Gulf of Mexico and the Virginia coast.
5) Berkley voted against the Putting the Gulf of Mexico Back to Work Act (H.R. 1229). Bill promotes job creation and reduces energy prices by reinstating oil drilling permits in the Gulf Coast.
6) Berkley voted against the Reversing President Obama’s Offshore Moratorium Act (H.R 1231).
Legislation promotes lower energy costs and job creation by allowing drilling in at least 50 percent of the Outer Continental Shelf areas known to contain the most oil and gas.
7) Berkley opposed the Jobs and Energy Permitting Act (H.R 2021).
Bill promotes job growth and reduces energy costs by expediting the process of obtaining an offshore drilling permit.
8) Berkley voted against the Clean Water Cooperative Federalism Act (H.R 2018), which prevents federal government from interfering with a state’s water quality program once that state has already met existing federal standards.
9) Berkley opposed the Consumer Financial Protection Safety and Soundness Improvement Act of 2011 (H.R. 1315). Legislation promotes consumer protection and allows the Financial Stability Oversight Council to vote to set aside any harmful federal regulation.
10) Berkley voted against the North American-Made Energy Security Act (H.R. 1938)
Legislation creates jobs and ensures energy security by ending the needless delay of the construction and operation of the Keystone XL pipeline.
11) Berkley opposed the Protecting Jobs From Government Interference Act (H.R. 2587). Legislation would guarantee private companies the ability to develop their businesses in the state that offers the best opportunities for growth, job creation and stability.
12) Berkley voted “no” on the Transparency in Regulatory Analysis of Impacts (TRAIN) Act (H.R. 2401). Legislation mandates an evaluation of the economic impacts of EPA regulations and delay the final dates for both the maximum achievable control technology (Utility MACT) standards and the cross-state air pollution rule (CSAPR) until the full impact has been studied. Both regulations would cost consumers and businesses $184 billion from 2011-2030 and would skyrocket electrical prices.
13) Berkley voted against the EPA Regulatory Relief Act (H.R. 2250). Bill alleviates the excessive regulatory burden placed on employers by the EPA’s Boiler MACT rules, potentially costing companies $14 billion and 224,000 American jobs, and replacing them with sensible, achievable rules that do not destroy jobs.
14) Berkley voted against the Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act (H.R. 2273). Legislation provides consistent, safe management of coal combustion residuals in a way that protects jobs and encourages recycling and beneficial use.
15) Berkley opposed the Regulatory Accountability Act of 2011 (H.R. 3010). Legislation would require agencies to assess costs and benefits of new regulations on small businesses.
16) Berkley voted against the Regulatory Flexibility Improvement Act of 2011. Legislation closes loopholes used by federal agencies that allow them to impose costly, job-crushing regulations.
17) Berkley voted to kill the Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act (H.R. 3094). Bill would make sure President Obama’s National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) could not impose sweeping new regulations that threaten American jobs.
18) Berkley opposed the Regulatory Flexibility Act (H.R. 527). Legislation would require federal agencies to analyze fully the impact a new regulation would have on small businesses, before the agency adopts the regulation.
19) Berkley voted against the Regulatory Accountability Act (H.R. 3010). The bill would update and reform the rulemaking process by setting mandatory rulemaking principles.
20) Berkley voted against the Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2011 (H.R. 10), which would increase accountability for and transparency in the federal regulatory process. The REINS Act would result in more carefully drafted and detailed legislation, an improved regulatory process, and a legislative branch that is truly accountable to the American people for the laws imposed upon them.
21) Berkley voted against the Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act of 2011 (H.R. 1633). Legislation would keep the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) from proposing, finalizing, implementing, or enforcing any regulation revising the National Ambient Air Quality Standard applicable to coarse particulate matter under the Clean Air Act for at least one year from the date of enactment.
New WSJ/NBC Poll: Heller 49% Berkley 43% #NVSen
WSJ/NBC Poll: GOP’s Heller Leads Nevada Senate Race
From the Wall Street Journal:
Democrats’ hopes of wresting a Nevada Senate seat from the GOP is looking tougher, as a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News/Marist poll shows Republican Sen. Dean Heller leading Democratic Rep. Shelley Berkley 49%-43% among likely voters.
Democrats at the campaign’s outset targeted Nevada, along with Massachusetts, as states where they had a shot of capturing seats currently held by Republicans. Mr. Heller was not elected, but rather appointed after Republican Sen. John Ensign resigned under an ethics cloud.
Ms. Berkley has been locked in a tight race with Mr. Heller, and her challenge was made harder when the House Ethics Committee announced in July that it would investigate whether she used her position to benefit a Las Vegas medical practice connected with her husband, a physician and kidney expert. Ms. Berkley has said she was fighting for a nephrology practice that plays an important role in the state, as any good representative would do.
#NVSen: DSCC Ad Exemplifies Why Washington is Broken
DSCC’s Latest Ad Clear Violation of Any Good Faith, Bipartisan Work
(Las Vegas, NV) – A new ad out from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) and Shelley Berkley is the perfect example of everything that is wrong in Washington. The ad uses footage from a bipartisan meeting of the Nevada delegation to attack Dean Heller in the race against Shelley Berkley, further proof that Shelley Berkley and the Democrats are willing to turn every possible angle for a political advantage.
“Dean Heller attended a meeting with the entire Nevada delegation in a good faith effort to talk about an extremely important issue for Nevada. Little could he expect that a meeting focused on work done for his constituents would turn into a political weapon just three years later. How can anything ever get done in Washington if long-term politicians like Shelley Berkley are willing to manipulate even positive work for Nevada in order to further her political ambitions?” said Chandler Smith, Heller for Senate spokeswoman.
The footage, which can be viewed by clicking here, was posted on Senator Harry Reid’s official Youtube site on January 14, 2009. The topic of the press availability was the work that the entire Nevada delegation accomplished on Yucca Mountain.
Three years later, footage appeared in a DSCC ad attacking Dean Heller. The ad was a transparent attempt to distract from Shelley Berkley’s long record bailing out special interests and raising taxes on the middle class.
#NVSen: New DSCC Ad Typical Display of Hypocrisy from Shelley Berkley
Attack ad ignores Berkley’s Wall Street fundraising and vote for Bailout
(Las Vegas, NV) – A new ad from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is yet another misleading attack ad designed to distract from the fact that Shelley Berkley’s long record of bailouts, high taxes and over-regulations are squeezing American businesses and crushing the middle class. The ad is further proof of Shelley Berkley’s hypocrisy on economic issues.
“There is only one candidate in the race who voted for the most expensive handout to Wall Street that our country has ever seen, and that is Shelley Berkley. In fact, Dean Heller was the only member of the Nevada delegation to stand up to the big banks and oppose it. Not only has Shelley Berkley voted to raise taxes on small businesses, chosen to cut $1 trillion from Medicare and to force jobs overseas, Shelley Berkley has raised more money from Wall Street than she has from Reno,” said Chandler Smith, Heller for Senate spokeswoman.
Background:
- Interestingly, the footage being used at the beginning of the ad was cut from a meeting with the entire Nevada delegation – a meeting that took place in Majority Leader Harry Reid’s office.
Shelley Berkley’s long record protecting Wall Street special interests:
- Fact: Dean Heller voted against sending $700 billion in taxpayers’ dollars to bailout Wall Street. He was the only member of the Nevada delegation to vote against it. (Lisa Mascaro, “Heller only Nevada legislator to vote against $700 billion bailout; Says more oversight needed on bill,” Las Vegas Sun, October 8, 2008)
- Fact: Shelley Berkley voted for the Wall Street bailout. (Lisa Mascaro, “Heller only Nevada legislator to vote against $700 billion bailout; Says more oversight needed on bill,” Las Vegas Sun, October 8, 2008)
- Fact: the New York Times reported that the Berkley-backed bailout “is a windfall to banks:” The New York Times reported that there is a “growing gulf between public expectations for how the $700 billion should be used and the decisions being made by many of the institutions that have taken part. The program does not dictate what banks should do with the money. The loose requirements in the original plan have contributed to confusion over what the Treasury intended…” (Mike McIntire, “Bailout Is a Windfall to Banks, if Not to Borrowers,” New York Times, January 17, 2009)
- Fact: Shelley Berkley has received more funds from Wall Street in this cycle than Dean Heller. (www.opensecrets.org)
- Fact: Dean Heller voted against Dodd-Frank bill, legislation masked as “Wall Street reform.” This bill would institutionalize bailouts, harm job growth, and create new taxes by intrusive and unaccountable government agencies and offices. (Paul Sperry, “Dodd-Frank Rules Will Crush Employment,” Investor’s Business Daily, December 13, 2011)
- Fact: Dean Heller has zero dollars invested in stocks. Shelley Berkley’s 2010 Personal Financial Disclosure form shows Shelley Berkley and her husband have over $1,000,000 invested in the stock market. (www.opensecrets.org, accessed 5/29/2012)
Shelley Berkley’s long record of high-regulations has forced jobs overseas, for example:
- Fact: Shelley Berkley voted multiple times against the Keystone pipeline. Her opposition forced potential American jobs to China:
“Canadian government officials, meanwhile, have boosted support for westward-flowing pipelines in order to diversify toward Asian markets. That effort accelerated after the White House earlier this year rejected a big pipeline-expansion project, TransCanada Corp.’s Keystone XL, which would have sent more Alberta crude south of the border. … Mr. Harper and other Canadian officials have said they want to open up new markets for Canada’s resources in China and Asia, instead of relying on the U.S. as its biggest buyer.” (Edward Welsch, “With $5 Billion Pipeline Project, Canada Looks to Bypass U.S. For Asia,” The Wall Street Journal, 4/12/12)
(H.R. 1938, CQ Vote #650); (H.R. 3630, CQ Vote #923); (H.R. 3408, CQ Vote #71); (H.R. 4348, Roll Call Vote #170)
Shelley Berkley has targeted Nevada’s middle class and small business for tax hikes.
- As recently as July, Shelley Berkley voted to raise taxes on job creators and small businesses, which could cost Nevada 6,000 jobs. (H.R. 8, House Roll Call Vote #545)
- On April 17, 2012 Congresswoman Berkley voted against the Small Business Tax Cut Act. The bill would give a 20% tax cut that will help 22 million hard-working small businesses retain and create more jobs. The legislation would ultimately provide $46 billion in tax relief to small businesses and could affect as many as 45,000 small businesses in Nevada with between 1-500 employees.
Shelley Berkley has chosen to keep Medicare on a path towards bankruptcy, and even voted to cut $1 trillion from the program.
- Cut 1: $193 billion – H.R. 3162; Vote #787, Aug. 1, 2007; “Estimated Effect on Direct Spending and Revenues of H.R. 3162, the Children’s Health and Medicare Protection Act, for the Rules Committee,” Congressional Budget Office, Aug. 1, 2007
- Cut 2: $716 billion – ObamaCare; Vote #165, H.R. 3590; Vote #167, H.R. 4872, March 21, 2010; Letter to the Honorable John Boehner, Congressional Budget Office, July 24, 2012
- Cut 3: $123 billion – Budget Control Act; Vote #690, S 365, Aug. 1, 2011; “Estimated Impact of Automatic Budget Enforcement Procedures Specified in the Budget Control Act,” Congressional Budget Office, Sept. 12, 2011
#NVSen: New Heller Ad Shows Berkley’s Distorted Priorities
Leaves Nevadans Hanging While She Sends Billions in Taxpayers’ Dollars to Wall Street, Detroit
(Las Vegas, NV) – Today Dean Heller released an ad that clearly demonstrates how Shelley Berkley has repeatedly sided with Wall Street, Detroit and her party leaders rather than helping Nevadans struggling at home. After billions and billions of taxpayers’ dollars spent on her failed economic policies, Nevadans are asking, “Where are the jobs?”
“Seven-term Congresswoman Shelley Berkley’s bank bailout sent $700 billion of taxpayers’ dollars to Wall Street banks just as Nevada’s economy was crashing. She looked out for automakers in Detroit, while Nevadans struggled to hold onto jobs and keep their homes. And instead of protecting Nevadans’ tax dollars, Shelley Berkley followed Nancy Pelosi’s lead on a failed trillion dollar stimulus. When push comes to shove and Nevadans needed help the most, Shelley Berkley chose to side with special interests and Nancy Pelosi instead of Nevada,” said Chandler Smith, Heller for Senate spokeswoman.
1) Fact: Shelley Berkley voted to use your tax dollars to bail out Wall Street
Documentation: “After four days of political and economic turmoil, the House on Friday reversed itself and cleared a $700 billion financial bailout package…” (“House Clear Revised Bailout Package with Tax Extenders Attached,” Congressional Quarterly Today, November 11, 2008)
Citation: House Vote 681, H.R. 1424, 10/03/08
2) Fact: Shelley Berkley voted to bail out Detroit
Documentation: “Earlier in the week, the House passed the auto bailout, 237-170…critics said
the loans would have been no more than a Band-Aid, and that the legislation did not go far
enough to force companies to restructure their operations.” (Las Vegas Review-Journal,
“Automakers regroup after $14 billion bailout collapses,” December 14, 2008)
Citation: House Vote 690, H.R. 7321, 12/10/08
3) Fact: She spent your money on a failed trillion dollar stimulus
Documentation: “The White House is pledging to make sure all taxpayers know exactly how the money in that nearly $1 trillion stimulus plan — also known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act — is being doled out…” (Al Kamen, “The 50-Year Recovery Plan, Washington Post, March 10, 2009)
Citation: House Vote 70, H.R. 1, 2/13/09
4) Fact: Voted with Nancy Pelosi 90% of the time
Citation: CQ Vote Comparison Report, 2007 – 2011
5) Fact: All while Nevada leads the nation in unemployment and foreclosures
Documentation: “Unemployment is…the highest rate in the nation.” (Laura Myers, “Obama
supporters say goals attained,” Las Vegas Review-Journal, Sept. 7, 2012); “About one in 16
properties have been foreclosed on in Nevada, the highest rate in the nation,” (Laura Myers,
“Foreclosed properties scrutinized at Las Vegas hearing,” Las Vegas Review-Journal, March
15, 2012)
#NVSen: Once a Union Buster, Shelley Berkley Now Enlisting Culinary Union to Dispatch Troops
The depths of embattled Congresswoman Shelley Berkley’s hypocrisy, though not as low as her ethics and corruption, are on despicable display as she rallies Nevada’s Culinary Union to come to her rescue in her race against Dean Heller for the Nevada Senate, seat in spite of being the Venetian Hotel’s attack dog and Union Buster prior to her run.
Interesting that the article never mentions Shelley Berkley’s time as Sheldon Adelson’s vice-president of legal and governmental affairs instead casting her as a former cocktail waitress, keno runner and shoeshine girl:
After months on the sidelines, the most powerful organized labor group in Nevada launched its get-out-the-vote drive for candidates such as U.S. Rep. Shelley Berkley, who on Monday went to the Culinary union to tell the troops she can’t win her Senate race against U.S. Sen. Dean Heller without them.
“I think it’s my job to stand with working men and women,” said Berkley, a former cocktail waitress, keno runner and shoeshine girl who rose to Congress. “Our No. 1, 2 and 3 priorities should be jobs, jobs, jobs.”
For now, it’s the Culinary union’s full-time job to get Berkley and other Democrats elected, including President Barack Obama, who relied on those same labor forces to help him win Nevada four years ago.
Ben Shapiro at Breitbart had this to say about U.S. Rep. Shelley Berkley — NV Dem Senate Candidate Berkley Was Union Buster.
Rep. Shelley Berkley’s support in Nevada in her race with incumbent Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV) is unstable. It’s unstable mainly because it’s largely public sector union-based, and with the rise in discontent about public sector unions around the country – from Wisconsin to California, voters are seeking to cut pension benefits and collective bargaining power from certain public sector unions – Berkley’s reliance on public sector unions may be a net negative for her.
But there’s another question that remains unasked for Berkley’s union supporters: does Berkley’s pre-Congressional record merit union support?
Berkley, of course, was a former vice president of legal and governmental affairs for Nevada billionaire Sheldon Adelson, who famously clashed with unions at his Las Vegas properties. According to Berkley herself, Adelson “wanted to break the back of the union” – and yet she remained at the company, doing Adelson’s bidding for years on end, even pressing Adelson to give favors to judges and county officials (a request Adelson quite properly refused). Now, of course, she criticizes Adelson’s anti-union politics – but she was happy to cash his paychecks when he was pursuing those same policies in the 1990s. Before union voters in Las Vegas pull the lever for Berkley, they should ask themselves whether she’s ideologically pro-union, or whether she’s just another bought-and-paid for politician open to the highest bidder.
Not only is U.S. Rep. Shelley Berkley a corrupt liar who’s constantly wrought with ethics problems but she’s also a world class hypocrite… Nevada deserves better!
#NVSen: New Poll Shows Heller Ahead 44% – 39%
From the LVRJ:
Republican U.S. Sen. Dean Heller is leading Democrat challenger U.S. Rep. Shelley Berkley 44-39 percent in a poll released Tuesday that shows President Barack Obama and GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney tied 46-46 percent.
Only 2 percent of those surveyed in Nevada said they were undecided in the presidential race while 4 percent said they hadn’t made up their minds in the U.S. Senate race, according to the survey commissioned by the Nevada Retail Association and conducted by Public Opinion Strategies.
The poll of likely Nevada voters was taken Sept. 19-20.
Nevada Retail Association poll results
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Nevada Retail Association poll results (diagrams)
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#NVSen: New Crossroads GPS Ad “Big” NV
American Crossroads reminds folks that embattled Congresswoman Shelley Berkley has voted for higher taxes and more spending. Say this about Shelley Berkley, she goes big. On ethics, Berkley’s named among the most corrupt. Berkley voted for the largest tax increase in American history, a big job killer. Now she backs a plan to raise taxes on nearly a million small businesses next year. That would destroy hundreds of thousands of jobs. Shelley Berkley: big tax hikes, big job losses, a big mistake for Nevada.
