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The Democrat Blueprint: Increase Taxes and Federal Spending, Ignore Entitlement Reform

March 23, 2007

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell made the following statement Friday regarding the Democrats’ tax and spend budget:



“The budget is an opportunity to show your priorities, and Democrats are making it clear with this blueprint what theirs are. They’re making it harder to pass tax relief for families, and making it easier for the government to spend the money of hardworking Americans.”



The Democrat budget would raise taxes by $736 billion and does nothing to address the pending entitlement crisis.



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Supplemental Should Fund Troops, Not Tell Them They’ve Failed

March 22, 2007



“We will oppose this poison pill; we will oppose this measure that ties the hands of our generals and publicly announces a withdrawal date to the enemy”



Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell made the following statement Thursday regarding arbitrary timetables for Iraq troop withdrawals attached to the emergency war supplemental:



“This bill should be about providing our troops in the field with the resources they require to prevail. Regrettably, the Democrat leadership chose instead to make it into a message to our troops and the Iraqis that their mission won’t succeed.



“Just last week this very same measure was firmly rejected by a bipartisan majority of the Senate. To include this language again is to effectively block funding for our troops. We will oppose this poison pill; we will oppose this measure that ties the hands of our generals and publicly announces a withdrawal date to the enemy. We will, however, continue to give General Petraeus the support and resources necessary to complete his important mission.”



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McConnell: “We Will Not Retreat From This Fight”

March 21, 2007

“We must not risk providing our troops the equipment and supplies they need to carry out their mission by including this risky Democratic leadership retreat plan, this poison pill”

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader made the following statement on Wednesday after Democrats revealed their intention to attach arbitrary timelines for troop withdrawal to the emergency supplemental:

“Just last week a bipartisan majority of Senators firmly rejected the same arbitrary timetables for Iraq troop withdrawal that Democratic leaders now want to put in the emergency bill that funds our troops in the field.

“Setting an arbitrary withdrawal date will discourage our allies and the millions of brave Iraqi men and women who have dared to stand with America in this fight and encourage our terrorist enemies. We must not risk providing our troops the equipment and supplies they need to carry out their mission by including this risky Democratic leadership retreat plan, this poison pill. We owe our troops better than that.

“We sent a clear message last week to our enemies in the War on Terror and to the Iraqi people that America will not retreat from this fight. We will continue to give General Petraeus the support and resources necessary to complete his important mission.”

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