DCCC Slams House GOPers For Just Saying 'No'
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is launching press releases in the districts of more than 60 House Republicans, including leaders John Boehner (OH-08), Eric Cantor (VA-07) and Pete Sessions (TX-32), highlighting the fact that they voted against the economic stimulus package.
The press releases state that despite a high unemployment rate, "things are starting to turn around thanks to President Obama's economic recovery act, but no thanks to Representative Pete Sessions's 'just say no' opposition to it."
While today's unemployment numbers appeared to be dismal, Democrats are highlighting reports indicating that the losses were not as bad as expected.
Republican leaders had used today's report as a chance to bash Democratic economic policies, however a New York Times piece today quotes T. Rowe Price chief economist Alan D. Levenson saying the numbers actually show the country "could be at flat employment" by the end of the summer.
"When will Representative Pete Sessions finally decide to be part of the solution instead of just saying no to President Obama's economic recovery policies that are starting to turn around the unemployment mess that George Bush created," Ryan Rudominer, DCCC national press secretary, says in the release. "Families are still hurting badly in these tough times. People losing their jobs in the Bush recession need action in the form of economic recovery, not Representative Sessions's determination to just say no."



