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Democratic Senator Evan Bayh to vote NO on Omnibus bill!
The Daily Change ^ | 03052009 | TDC

Posted on 03/05/2009 7:34:09 AM PST by TheDailyChange

In a recent Wall Street Journal Opinion Editorial titled, “Deficits and Fiscal Credibility,“, Senator Evan Bayh (D-IN) presented his reasons for advocating a “No” vote on the Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009. Senator Bayh asserted, “Our nation’s current fiscal imbalance is unprecedented, unsustainable and, if unaddressed, a major threat to our currency and our economic vitality. The national debt now exceeds $10 trillion. This is almost double what it was just eight years ago, and the debt is growing at a rate of about $1 million a minute.”

He went on to state, “The bloated omnibus requires sacrifice from no one, least of all the government. It only exacerbates the problem and hastens the day of reckoning. Voters rightly demanded change in November’s election, but this approach to spending represents business as usual in Washington, not the voters’ mandate.”

Senator Bayh is said to have taken a prominent role in campaigning for President Obama in his home state. Yet, on this issue of fiscal responsibility and the economic and political health of our nation, Obama and Senator Bayh obviously don’t see eye to eye. Senator Bayh’s concern for our nation’s sovereignty is conveyed in the following statement wherein he references foreign investors holding such a large portion of America’s debt, “This dependence raises the specter that other nations will be able to influence our policies in ways antithetical to American interests.”


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: omnibusbill; senatorbayh
In a recent Wall Street Journal Opinion Editorial titled, “Deficits and Fiscal Credibility,“, Senator Evan Bayh (D-IN) presented his reasons for advocating a “No” vote on the Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009. Senator Bayh asserted, “Our nation’s current fiscal imbalance is unprecedented, unsustainable and, if unaddressed, a major threat to our currency and our economic vitality. The national debt now exceeds $10 trillion. This is almost double what it was just eight years ago, and the debt is growing at a rate of about $1 million a minute.”

He went on to state, “The bloated omnibus requires sacrifice from no one, least of all the government. It only exacerbates the problem and hastens the day of reckoning. Voters rightly demanded change in November’s election, but this approach to spending represents business as usual in Washington, not the voters’ mandate.”

Senator Bayh is said to have taken a prominent role in campaigning for President Obama in his home state. Yet, on this issue of fiscal responsibility and the economic and political health of our nation, Obama and Senator Bayh obviously don’t see eye to eye. Senator Bayh’s concern for our nation’s sovereignty is conveyed in the following statement wherein he references foreign investors holding such a large portion of America’s debt, “This dependence raises the specter that other nations will be able to influence our policies in ways antithetical to American interests.”

1 posted on 03/05/2009 7:34:09 AM PST by TheDailyChange
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To: TheDailyChange

I hope and pray that we have more Dims see the light and turn on Obama. Our future is in their hands until the next election.


2 posted on 03/05/2009 7:35:43 AM PST by devane617 (Republicans first strategy should be taking over the MSM. Without it we are doomed.)
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To: TheDailyChange

Sounds more Republican than Juan McCain, Snowe, Specter, Collins, Graham-nesty, Mel Martinez or Charlie Crist.


3 posted on 03/05/2009 7:35:45 AM PST by Frantzie (Boycott GE - they own NBC, MSNBC, CNBC & Universal. Boycott Disney - they own ABC)
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To: TheDailyChange

Good for you Evan!!


4 posted on 03/05/2009 7:36:00 AM PST by DarthVader (Liberal Democrats are the party of EVIL whose time of judgment has come.)
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To: TheDailyChange

He’s running for president.


5 posted on 03/05/2009 7:37:18 AM PST by Crawdad (If you're in a fair fight, your tactics suck.)
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To: TheDailyChange

Even broken clocks are right twice a day...and he is right on this. We cannot keep spending the way we have for the past couple of decades.


6 posted on 03/05/2009 7:37:27 AM PST by Lets Be Frank
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To: DarthVader

Is this actually a true article?

I live in Indiana and this doesn’t sound like the liberal Bayh family that has been here for generations.

The first thing Evan Bayh did as governor was unionize all the state employees.......


7 posted on 03/05/2009 7:39:07 AM PST by nascarnation
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To: nascarnation

I live in Indiana too, he probably received a ton of angry emails.


8 posted on 03/05/2009 7:47:09 AM PST by gattaca (Great things can be accomplished if you don't care who gets the credit. Ronald Reagan)
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To: nascarnation

Yes, it is a Bayh article that was in the WSJ.


9 posted on 03/05/2009 7:47:21 AM PST by KansasGirl
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To: nascarnation

Yes it is. It is based upon Senator Bayh’s WSJ Article:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123612545277023901.html


10 posted on 03/05/2009 7:48:35 AM PST by DarthVader (Liberal Democrats are the party of EVIL whose time of judgment has come.)
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To: nascarnation

I’m hearing Bayh is wavering on his support of the Employees Free Choice Act. I haven’t found any statments from his office to support this claim though.


11 posted on 03/05/2009 7:49:10 AM PST by jaydubya2
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To: Crawdad
He’s running for president.

Bingo! Bayh sees an opening and he's running for daylight.

12 posted on 03/05/2009 7:49:53 AM PST by Paine in the Neck (Nepolean fries the idea powder)
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To: nascarnation

http://www.thedailychange.com/democratic-senator-evan-bayh-to-vote-no-on-omnibus-bill/


13 posted on 03/05/2009 7:50:36 AM PST by TheDailyChange (Politics,Conservatism,Liberalism)
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To: nascarnation
When does he run for reelection? Sounds like he's just trying to lower the criticism. Probably got Harry Reid's blessing first by getting a Republican to vote YES and cancel out his NO. These people are below pond scum.
14 posted on 03/05/2009 7:53:13 AM PST by ncweaver
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To: TheDailyChange

That’s one for Bayh. Don’t go wobbly, Senator.


15 posted on 03/05/2009 7:57:47 AM PST by popdonnelly (I don't live my life to gain the approval of liberals and leftists.)
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To: jaydubya2

“Employees Free Choice Act”

Congress can’t even tell the truth in the title to a bill.


16 posted on 03/05/2009 7:59:10 AM PST by popdonnelly (I don't live my life to gain the approval of liberals and leftists.)
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To: popdonnelly

I don’t think Sen. Nelson D- FL can vote for it. The Cubans will vote him out.


17 posted on 03/05/2009 8:25:11 AM PST by scooby321
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To: ncweaver

2010—he was elected to the Senate in the same election cycle that Bunning got elected to the Senate here in Kentucky.. Evan Bayh has legitimate fiscal conservative credentials. As governor of Indiana for two terms, he never raised taxes and cut them about five times. He has genuine fiscal conservative bonafides, and this is a genuine no vote on the Omnibus bill, given his background..


18 posted on 03/05/2009 8:44:18 AM PST by Schwaeky (The Republic--Shall be reorganized into the first American EMPIRE, for a safe and secure Society!)
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To: TheDailyChange

As Rush pointed this out with irony yesterday, will the lamestream now jump all over Bayh and proclaim that he wants 0bama to fail? Will Step-on-all-of-us question other Dems with the “Are you going to follow your colleague Bayh and hope that 0bama fails?” charge this Sunday?


19 posted on 03/05/2009 8:53:01 AM PST by MozarkDawg
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To: Schwaeky
Up for reelection in 2010? Well... well...well....I'm not convinced. Did he vote for TARP and Porkulous?? If so, case closed! Like Rush says, I'm starting to know these people like every square inch...
20 posted on 03/05/2009 1:55:18 PM PST by ncweaver
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