NRSC - Cornhusker Kickback

Two years ago, Senator Ben Nelson cut a deal and caved to party pressure by giving the Democrats the 60th vote needed to ram through Barack Obama's $2.5 trillion government-run health care bill.

Senator Nelson cut that backroom deal with Harry Reid -- to get the infamous Cornhusker Kickback -- even though he knew it cut Medicare by $500 billion, raised taxes by $500 billion, and was opposed by a strong majority of Nebraskans.

Of course when the political pressure mounted, he started backtracking.

Yet recently he proclaimed that he "wouldn't change his vote" and that he was proud to be the man that made government-run health care the law of the land.

Please, won't you take a moment to watch our latest video? And then share this with as many people as possible in order to ensure Senate Nelson is defeated and there's a change in leadership next November.

With your help today, we'll make sure that come November 6, 2012, Ben Nelson and other Democrats who voted for this job-killing bill come to regret standing with President Obama and Harry Reid on ObamaCare, the stimulus, and other liberal agenda items that have run our country into the ground.

That's why I'm asking you and thousands of other Republican supporters to make a generous contribution of $60 or more to help the NRSC raise $50,000 by midnight tonight. Your support today will go a long way to help us reach our $250,000 end-of-year fundraising goal -- a critical benchmark we must reach in the next 11 days in order for us to remain competitive as we head into the early months of the election year.

Your secure contribution of $60 will send a powerful and symbolic message that the American people have not forgotten how Senator Nelson sold out the American people when he cast the 60th vote for Obamacare.

Show them we still remember what happened two years ago and that we plan to pay them back by defeating them at the polls on Election Day.

Sincerely,

Rob Jesmer

PS. Please spread our message by sharing the latest video to help defeat Ben Nelson and the Democrats for their backroom deals and disastorous health care bill. Thank you.

NRSC - Held hostage

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is once again playing politics at the expense of the American people.

This time, he's using taxpayers and government employees as pawns in the Democrats' latest scheme to force Republicans to accept tax increases on job creators.

Barack Obama, Harry Reid and the rest of the Democrats have decided to hold the government funding bill hostage without Republicans agreeing to job killing tax increases -- potentially causing a government shutdown!

Their latest plan hopes to force Republicans to support a proposal backed by President Obama and Harry Reid.

Ultimately, they have failed to produce a budget in almost 1,000 days, but somehow they'll try and twist the truth in another attempt to convince the American people that Republicans are at fault.

Make no mistake, Republicans are committed to our core principles -- limited government and economic freedom. So, we'll fight any Democrat proposals that will further hinder our economic recovery.

But right now, the American people are still struggling. And, it's outrageous that Harry Reid, Barack Obama and the Democrats would play political games.

So please, help me send a clear message that you're fed up with these Washington games. Take a moment right now to send in an end-of-year contribution of $20, $50, $100 or more to help us reach our goal.

Democrats are engaged in exactly the type of failed leadership the American people reject. We need your help now to elect four more Republican Senators in 2012 to remove Harry Reid from power and stop these counterproductive games that inflict even further damage to our economy.

Sincerely,

Rob Jesmer
Executive Director

PS. There are only 17 days left in 2011. Please help us reach our fundraising goal of $250,000 before the end of year. We're well on our way but we need every Republican committed to ending the failed presidency of Barack Obama and replacing Harry Reid to make a contribution now to build our early campaign warchest.

NRSC - Disaster down time?

I quickly wanted to inform you about the latest Harry Reid move that is sure to make your blood boil…

With thousands of Americans across the country desperately needing disaster relief funds in the wake of devastating hurricanes, tornados, floods, wildfires and earthquakes, Harry Reid and his gang of liberal elites blocked a bill to provide immediate disaster relief assistance, while averting a government shutdown next week. 

This despite these very same Democrat leaders claiming that FEMA “could run out of money as soon as Monday.”

Worse yet - instead of staying in Washington and working through the weekend to address this crisis, Harry Reid and his Senate Democrats are skipping town until Monday, because Harry needs a “cooling-off period.”

So while families all across this country suffer through the devastation, Harry Reid and Senate Democrats are going to “cool-off” and abandon their responsibilities.

We expect Harry Reid to put politics ahead of his duty to produce a budget and pass a jobs plan, but to do it at the expense of devastated families is shameful and an embarrassment to every member of the United States Senate.

Please join our petition calling on Harry Reid to immediately call the Senate back into session and pass a bill to provide desperately needed relief to devastated families.

Thank you,

Rob Jesmer
NRSC Executive Director

P.S. – We are hoping for 10,000 petition signatures by midnight tonight. Will you join us in calling on Harry Reid to forgo his “cooling-off period” to help devastated families?

NRSC - Obama's 6 words that should scare us all

Truthfully, I never thought I’d hear Barack Obama say anything more outrageous than his empty campaign promise of “hope and change.”  But that was before I heard the six words he uttered to a room full of fellow Democrats the day after closing the debt-ceiling deal:

“WE’RE NOT EVEN HALFWAY THERE YET.”

Read his lips: They’re not even halfway there.

Obama and the Democrats have presided over one of the most staggering spending binges in American history, ramming through an astonishing 21.4% in federal spending increase in two years...doubling the deficit...growing the national debt from 40% to 70% of the economy (a debt bigger than China’s entire economy)...ramming through ObamaCare...flushing away $821 billion in “stimulus” money...

And what do President Obama and the Democrats have to show after spending nearly 25% of GDP for two years running?  An anemic growth rate of 1.7%...an economy staggering toward a double-dip recession...and an unemployment rate of 9.1%. The only President in history with a worse job creation record is Herbert Hoover.

And they say they’re only halfway done.

I respectfully disagree. I think they’ve done plenty, thank you.  And as Chairman of the NRSC, it is my job to make sure they are done...and my duty to ask you to click this link right now help me complete that job.

There is no question that we need to ensure that Barack Obama is a one term President.  But equally important, we must remove the road block of Harry Reid and the Democratic-controlled Senate. Under their “leadership,” the road to rebuilding and restoring our nation will be blocked every inch of the way.  

In short, we need a clean sweep in 2012. So get out your broom and help me get the job done by sending in $50, $100, $250 or more right now to ensure a massive, sweeping Republican victory in the 2012 election.

To accomplish this task, we just need to win 4 of the 23 seats that will be up in 2012.  So while the odds are on our side, we absolutely cannot take anything for granted. 

The President and the entire Democrat Senate caucus know they have a tough fight ahead. In fact, they’re already in full campaign - and fundraising - mode. And that is the one thing they’re very good at.  So it’s not going to be an easy victory for us. Or a cheap one. They’re going to fight for their political lives.

But we cannot fail in this task. The President and his Senate Democrat friends are already promising to follow through on their threat to raise taxes. (Maybe that’s what they mean by being only halfway there!)

We must stop them. We cannot allow them to complete the “second half” of their campaign to bankrupt America. So please pitch in. Please click here to join the fight to end the Democrats stranglehold on the U.S. Senate with a generous contribution of $50, $100, $250 or more. Thank you.

Senator John Cornyn

Chairman, National Republican Senatorial Committee

NRSC - NEW AD: Actions Speak Louder

First and foremost, thank you for helping us beat our mid-year FEC fundraising goal. As of 12:01am this morning we surpassed our goal of raising $250,000 to fully fund our early political efforts. 

Watching the contributions pour in over the week was exciting, but almost immediately president Obama demonstrated why we cannot rest. At his press conference, he lectured, and scolded, Americans for not seeing the wisdom of the Democrats' plan to raise taxes and rack up even more debt.

But that wasn't all.  After blustering at Republicans to "get to work" on a debt solution he refused to even meet  with Senate Republicans to discuss a plan.  Why? Because he was attending yet another fundraiser for his own campaign.  

On President Obama's watch America has gone trillions into debt, and lost millions of jobs.  But he's making sure his own reelection campaign is fully funded.  

Does that make sense to you?

We thought we would let the President represent himself in our latest ad, Actions Speak Louder Than Words - Click Here To Watch

  

Please share this video with 10 friends, and remember: we cannot stop them unless we keep our momentum going. 

Sincerely,

 

Rob Jesmer
NRSC Executive Director