MORAN AD CITES PELOSI PAYGO RULE
Congressional Desk
June 09, 2010
Tiahrt Votes to Protect Taxpayers; Moran Supports Pelosi Rule
OVERLAND PARK, Kan - Todd Tiahrt's U.S. Senate campaign released the following statement in reference to the Moran attack ad.
"It is obvious today that our efforts to expose Congressman Moran's shocking record of tax increases is resonating with Kansas voters," said Michelle Schroeder, spokesperson for the Tiahrt campaign. "It is quite telling that Congressman Moran cites yet another occasion when he voted with Nancy Pelosi and against conservatives. His attack on Todd's vote to protect taxpayers in the face of the Pelosi rule which would have made it easier to raise taxes while making it harder to lower them showcases Moran's own tendency to support increased government spending and unfettered tax increases."
Twenty-one minutes after the referenced vote, Republicans offered the same earmark disclosure provisions without Pelosi's tax-and-spend budget rules. Todd Tiahrt voted for this Republican provision that contained the earmark disclosure provisions, therefore refuting the baseless charge in the negative attack ad by Congressman Moran.
Further information on why Congressman Moran's latest attack doesn't stand up:
On January 5, 2007, Congressman Moran voted for Nancy Pelosi's rule package that contained earmark disclosure rules and tax-and-spend budget rules that according to Americans for Tax Reform were "designed to stop further tax cuts." Todd Tiahrt stood with taxpayers and opposed Pelosi's budget rule because it encouraged run-away spending.
The Wall Street Journal said Pelosi's budget rule was "designed not to control expenditures but to make it easier to raise taxes while blocking future tax cuts."
The only difference between Todd Tiahrt and Congressman Moran that afternoon was Moran's support for a budget rule that has allowed Nancy Pelosi and congressional Democrats to spend hundreds of billions of tax dollars on wasteful programs. In fact, under the Pelosi rule supported by Congressman Moran, Democrats have been able to pass even more spending bills, including President Obama's $787 billion so-called stimulus plan.
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Speaker Pelosi's rules package that Congressman Moran supported and that Todd Tiahrt opposed contained PAYGO rules that made it easy to raise taxes but difficult to reduce them. The new Pelosi rule allowed the use of expedited procedures (budget reconciliation) to raise taxes while at the same time prohibited using reconciliation for tax relief. That's why a vast majority of Republicans, including Todd Tiahrt, opposed Pelosi's rule package.
Considering Congressman Moran's long list of votes to raise taxes, it's not really surprising that he would join with Nancy Pelosi to support the Democrat's ability to increase spending as much as they would like - which is often through tax increases.
Speaker Pelosi's rule package protected spending programs, even the programs set to expire. But it stripped this special protection from tax relief set to expire, such as for the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts.
Congressman Moran helped Nancy Pelosi pay for a Washington-style budget gimmick that allows Democrats to pay for new spending in the short term by promising spending cuts in the future - cuts that everyone knows will never go into effect.
All previous PAYGO versions were enforced by across-the-board spending cuts - that's what created the incentive to control spending. But Nancy Pelosi's 2007 PAYGO rule that Congressman Moran supported is enforced only by a point of order - which the Majority easily waives for popular spending increases. This is how the Democrats passed President Obama's $787 billion so-called 'stimulus' bill.
In other words, Congressman Moran voted with Nancy Pelosi for a spend-and-tax rule that allowed the Democrats to borrow and spend more money on programs we don't need - including on Obama's $787 billion 'stimulus' plan.
Americans for Tax Reform said the following about Pelosi's rule package that Congressman Moran supported:
"A vote for the PAYGO rules is a vote against taxpayers.";
"Simply put, PAYGO is measure designed to stop further tax cuts."; and,
Speaker Pelosi's budget rule package "is a mechanism that will finance higher levels of spending with tax increases, while at the same time ending all tax cuts from here on in."
OVERLAND PARK, Kan - Todd Tiahrt's U.S. Senate campaign released the following statement in reference to the Moran attack ad.
"It is obvious today that our efforts to expose Congressman Moran's shocking record of tax increases is resonating with Kansas voters," said Michelle Schroeder, spokesperson for the Tiahrt campaign. "It is quite telling that Congressman Moran cites yet another occasion when he voted with Nancy Pelosi and against conservatives. His attack on Todd's vote to protect taxpayers in the face of the Pelosi rule which would have made it easier to raise taxes while making it harder to lower them showcases Moran's own tendency to support increased government spending and unfettered tax increases."
Twenty-one minutes after the referenced vote, Republicans offered the same earmark disclosure provisions without Pelosi's tax-and-spend budget rules. Todd Tiahrt voted for this Republican provision that contained the earmark disclosure provisions, therefore refuting the baseless charge in the negative attack ad by Congressman Moran.
Further information on why Congressman Moran's latest attack doesn't stand up:
On January 5, 2007, Congressman Moran voted for Nancy Pelosi's rule package that contained earmark disclosure rules and tax-and-spend budget rules that according to Americans for Tax Reform were "designed to stop further tax cuts." Todd Tiahrt stood with taxpayers and opposed Pelosi's budget rule because it encouraged run-away spending.
The Wall Street Journal said Pelosi's budget rule was "designed not to control expenditures but to make it easier to raise taxes while blocking future tax cuts."
The only difference between Todd Tiahrt and Congressman Moran that afternoon was Moran's support for a budget rule that has allowed Nancy Pelosi and congressional Democrats to spend hundreds of billions of tax dollars on wasteful programs. In fact, under the Pelosi rule supported by Congressman Moran, Democrats have been able to pass even more spending bills, including President Obama's $787 billion so-called stimulus plan.
MORE.
Speaker Pelosi's rules package that Congressman Moran supported and that Todd Tiahrt opposed contained PAYGO rules that made it easy to raise taxes but difficult to reduce them. The new Pelosi rule allowed the use of expedited procedures (budget reconciliation) to raise taxes while at the same time prohibited using reconciliation for tax relief. That's why a vast majority of Republicans, including Todd Tiahrt, opposed Pelosi's rule package.
Considering Congressman Moran's long list of votes to raise taxes, it's not really surprising that he would join with Nancy Pelosi to support the Democrat's ability to increase spending as much as they would like - which is often through tax increases.
Speaker Pelosi's rule package protected spending programs, even the programs set to expire. But it stripped this special protection from tax relief set to expire, such as for the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts.
Congressman Moran helped Nancy Pelosi pay for a Washington-style budget gimmick that allows Democrats to pay for new spending in the short term by promising spending cuts in the future - cuts that everyone knows will never go into effect.
All previous PAYGO versions were enforced by across-the-board spending cuts - that's what created the incentive to control spending. But Nancy Pelosi's 2007 PAYGO rule that Congressman Moran supported is enforced only by a point of order - which the Majority easily waives for popular spending increases. This is how the Democrats passed President Obama's $787 billion so-called 'stimulus' bill.
In other words, Congressman Moran voted with Nancy Pelosi for a spend-and-tax rule that allowed the Democrats to borrow and spend more money on programs we don't need - including on Obama's $787 billion 'stimulus' plan.
Americans for Tax Reform said the following about Pelosi's rule package that Congressman Moran supported:
"A vote for the PAYGO rules is a vote against taxpayers.";
"Simply put, PAYGO is measure designed to stop further tax cuts."; and,
Speaker Pelosi's budget rule package "is a mechanism that will finance higher levels of spending with tax increases, while at the same time ending all tax cuts from here on in."
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