Tuesday, November 3, 2015

18 RINOs for Unlimited Spending

McConnell helps give Obama an unlimited credit card. 11/1/15, Senate Conservatives Fund

This past Friday at one o'clock in the morning, 18 Senate Republicans joined all of the Democrats in voting to bust the budget caps and to completely suspend the national debt limit until March of 2017.

These Republicans, led by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), surrendered to President Obama and gave him an unlimited credit card for the remaining 15 months of his term.

(I added their Conservative Review Scorecard scores and grades – Now you see where the problems are.)

1. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) 22% F
2. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) 40% F  Replace in 2016
3. John Barrasso (R-WY) 59% F
4. Shelley Moore-Capito (R-WV) 50% F
5. Thad Cochran (R-MS) 31% F
6. Susan Collins (R-ME) 14% F
7. John Cornyn (R-TX) 57% F
8. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) 45% F
9. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) 48%
10. Mark Kirk (R-IL) 28% F
11. John McCain (R-AZ) 41% F  Replace in 2016
12. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) 53% F
13. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) 18% F
14. Pat Roberts (R-KS) 53% F
15. Mike Rounds (R-SD) 17%
16. John Thune (R-SD) 50% F  Replace in 2016
17. Thom Tillis (R-NC) 33% F
18. Roger Wicker (R-MS) 28% F

This debt vote is significant because it is the 20th time in the past 10 months that the new Republican majority allowed a bill to pass that was supported by a majority of Democrats and opposed by a majority of Republicans.

If you didn't know otherwise, you would think the Democrats still controlled the Senate. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) was right when he said McConnell is "the most effective Democratic leader in modern times."

It's no surprise that a new Gallup poll (http://www.gallup.com/poll/186395/republicans-views-mcconnell-tilt-negative.aspx) found that more Republican voters now view McConnell unfavorably (35%) than view him favorably (30%). Republicans are beginning to see that he doesn't share their values.

Senator McConnell has broken so many promises and betrayed the party's core principles so often that more Democrats now approve of the Republican-controlled Congress (13%) than Republicans (9%).

All of this is causing many Senate Republicans to question McConnell's leadership. Rather than looking out for their political interests, he continues to pressure them to support unpopular liberal legislation.

TAKE ACTION

If you have not cast your vote of no confidence against Senator McConnell, please click here to add your name. (https://ditchmitchnow.com/mr1cd/s?c=2b880f76b5a05a7636acebc83f28e897)

Also, please call the 18 Republicans who voted with all of the Democrats to give President Obama an unlimited credit card for the next 15 months.

Click here for a list of their phone numbers. (http://senate.s3.amazonaws.com/_/misc/18%20Debt%20Deal%20Republicans.pdf)

Tell them that you're disappointed in their vote and will be working to replace them with a true conservative.

It's very important that these senators see strong opposition to their debt limit vote so they will be less inclined to betray us next time. They also need to better understand the political liability McConnell is for them.

Thank you for standing strong for freedom.

Sincerely, Ken Cuccinelli II, President, Senate Conservatives Action

(http://us2.campaignarchive1.com/?u=75124207697efe9a19ed9a724&id=64ffd9275a&e=59e7db6439) .

Comments

We need primary challenges for these 18 RINOs. A few are running for reelection in 2016.  All 44 Senate Democrats and 2 Independents score from 0% F to 17% F.  See: Conservative Review Scorecard.com

So you see, the 18 RINOs actually give the Democrats the majority with 64 votes in the Senate.  The same problem exists in the House.


Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader 

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