Says "Kurt Schrader supports Obama’s sequester … but won’t cut $1.6 million to fund new video games."
Says "tax revenues are the lowest they have been since World War II."
In just a few decades, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, other mandatory spending programs, and paying interest due on the debt will eclipse our entire budget.
"As the Democrats finally maxed out their government spending credit card Monday, Kurt Schrader continued to stand with his party leaders in failing to offer any viable long-term solution."
Says Kurt Schrader "cast the deciding vote that failed to extend tax cuts for Oregon’s middle-class families and small businesses."
Says more Republicans than Democrats voted for the Wall Street bailouts.
Says Scott Bruun supports "cutting the Department of Commerce and eliminating NOAA."
Says Scott Bruun "still believes in the same old direction that George Bush had before, which is to privatize Social Security."
Says Kurt Schrader voted to cut $500 billion from Medicare, threatening "thousands of Oregon seniors and their access to their current coverage."
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