Democrats More Interested in Fundraising than Nation’s Future

ATR ^ | 2011-08-12 | Paul Blair

[92nina]

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi announced her appointments to the "Super Committee," created by the debt deal, tasked with reining in $1.5 trillion in federal spending. Following the leadership of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, these political appointments mimic tax-and-spenders' efforts to prevent significant spending reform in Congress. With the appointment of former DCCC Chairman Van Hollen, Clyburn, and Becerra, House Democrats, like the Senate counterparts appear to be aiming to undermine any attempt at serious reform in the Joint Committee. Democrats have now chosen the former top fundraiser for Democrats in the House and current top fundraiser, DSCC Chair Patty Murray, in the Senate to lead Congress's efforts to deal with the country's fiscal mess. Democrats are clearly more interested in turning the next three months into campaign contributions than making the tough choices about our nation's fiscal future. As Political points out, Representative Becerra wasted no time in seeking to bring in some campaign cash merely two hours after Pelosi's announcement, asking $1500/plate for a fundraiser at the end of the month...

Read more: http://www.atr.org/democrats-more-interested-fundraising-nations-future-a6401#ixzz1UpvLug4a

[92nina]

With appointment of Van Hollen, Clyburn, and Becerra, House Dems follow the lead of the Senate in undermining seriousness of Congressional “Super Committee."

Take this article and others I found to the fight to the Libs on their own turf; put the Left on the defensive at at Digg and at Reddit and in Stumbleupon and Delicious

[oyez]

More solid money for The Party and more credit for the government. They get the cash and we get the trash.