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Americans for Tax Reform announced we are starting a series of ads aimed at encouraging Senator Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) to oppose the Senate healthcare bill on t...
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A cap-and-trade bill to address climate change cannot
pass the Congress this session, Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.)
claimed Friday. Nelson, a centrist Democrat whose vote is key to leaders wielding its 60-vote majority in the Senate, said he and his ...
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Ben Nelson: Cap-and-trade will not pass this Congress
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ATR Launches Massive TV Ad Campaign Urging Sen.
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Monday, October 26, 2009 9:50 AM Americans for Tax Reform today announced we are starting a series of ads aimed at encouraging Senator Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) to ...
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ATR leans on Nelson
Ben Smith's Blog —
Grover Norquist's Americans for Tax Reform says it's going up with a series of ads demanding Senator Ben Nelson oppose health legislation because he's signed the group's anti-tax pledge.
"If Senator Nelson joins his Democrat colleagues on these votes, he will be breaking the Pledge he made to all Nebraskans to not raise income taxes," the group says, in a likely preview of attacks to come .
ATR launches ad campaign targeted at Nelson
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Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) will launch an ad campaign designed to discourage centrist Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) from voting for cloture on the Senate's healthcare reform bill. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has courted Nelson for his vote at a time when Democratic leaders are leaning toward including an opt-out public option in the final reform bill. Nelson has long opposed most public plans, but said on Sunday that he could be open to a measure that allows states to opt-in to a government-run plan. {mosads}ATR, which is headed by conservative activist Grover Norquist, is launching ads both locally and nationally aimed at Nelson's decision to sign ...
Sen. Ben Nelson Getting Squeezed By Left And Right On Health Care
TPM Election Central —
Grover Norquist's Americans for Tax Reform is targeting Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) on health care with a national cable television ad that also will air in Nebraska.
Norquist, who has made a career of holding local, state and federal lawmakers accountable to signing a pledge with his group about not raising taxes, provides supporters a copy of the Nelson pledge in an ATR blog post today.
"He is bound by that Pledge for the duration of his career as a senator," ATR wrote, blasting the health care bill.
What's more, they are pressuring Nelson - already being hammered by the left on this issue - to filibuster the procedural motion to move forward on ...
Meredith Jessup: ATR Holding Sen. Ben Nelson to His Word
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog —
Recently, Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) became the only Democrat in the U.S. Senate to sign the "Taxpayer Protection Pledge"--a promise to oppose any tax hikes for his constituents and the American people. As the Senate health care bill currently being considered contains nearly $500 billion in new tax hikes, ATR is encouraging Sen. Nelson to remember his pledge. Television ads running during local and national news and commentary shows stress how important ...
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