NRSC Releases Web Video “A Lot In Common” Highlighting Heitkamp & Stabenow’s Common Bond

Video comes as far-left Senator campaigns for Heitkamp

Stabenow consistently votes against ending estate tax

Three short days after defying Michigan farmers and small business owners by voting for a massive tax increase, Senator Debbie Stabenow is descending onto North Dakota bringing her far-left agenda to the Heitkamp for Senate campaign.

In light of Sen. Stabenow’s visit, the NRSC today released a new web video titled “A Lot In Common” – taken from Heitkamp’s own words this week saying that she and Sen. Stabenow have a lot in common.

“There’s no question Debbie Stabenow and Heidi Heitkamp have a lot in common – both support President Obama and his plan to raise taxes on small business, both are ardent backers of ObamaCare and both have been feverishly fundraising across the country to ensure Harry Reid remains Senate Majority Leader – we can only hope that Heidi Heitkamp and Sen. Stabenow discuss their views on these issues with North Dakotans this weekend,” said NRSC Spokesman Lance Trover. “

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Heitkamp’s “good friend” is one of the most liberal members of the U.S. Senate – voting with President Obama’s agenda 98% of the time.  Stabenow is also an ardent backer of the estate tax – something farmers across the country have said would be devastating.

“It’s interesting that most of Heidi’s friends tend to be far-left icons like Elizabeth Warren, Dianne Feinstein and Debbie Stabenow,” added Trover. “If North Dakota voters want to see who Heidi Heitkamp will stand with in Washington, they need not look any further than to who she’s standing with today.”

BACKGROUND ON DEBBIE STABENOW 

Stabenow Voted For The “Stimulus” Bill. (H.R. 1, CQ Vote #64: Adopted 60-38; R 3-38; D 55-0; I 2-0, 2/13/09, Stabenow Voted Yea) 

STABENOW: “[T]his Bill Is All About Creating Jobs.” NOVOTNY: “But Senator, and there’s an op-ed in the Detroit Free Press, and it reads in part, ‘When Michigan sneezes, the whole nation gets a cold.’ There’s this new report, today, that General Motors will lay off another 5,000 employees. Can this bill help the auto industry?” STABENOW: “It absolutely can. You know, this bill is all about creating jobs. For us, with the auto industry, the fact that it focuses on manufacturing tax credits for making the new plug-in electric vehicles — manufacturing credit, focused on battery research and cell (ph) manufacturing.” (MSNBC, 2/9/09)

In 2010, Stabenow Supported Obama 98 Percent Of The Time. (Congressional Quarterly, www.cq.com, Accessed 8/26/11) 

In 2009, Stabenow Supported Obama 96 Percent Of The Time. (Congressional Quarterly, www.cq.com, Accessed 8/26/11) 

Stabenow Voted To Pass The Senate Version Of The $2.5 Trillion Obama-Reid Health Care Bill. (H.R. 3590, CQ Vote #396: Passed 60-39: R 0-39; D 58-0; I 2-0, 12/24/09, Stabenow Voted Yea)

• Stabenow Provided The 60^th Vote To Invoke Cloture On The Senate Health Care Bill. (H.R. 3590, CQ Vote #395: Motion agreed to 60-39: R 0-39; D 58-0; I 2-0, 12/23/09, Stabenow Voted Yea) 

Stabenow Said She Was Supporting Obama “One Thousand Percent.” “‘We are all supporting Obama 1,000 percent,’ said Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), who supported Clinton during the primaries. ‘We’re sending a very strong message that we are unified in supporting him.’” (Amie Parnes, “Obama Courts Clintonites On The Hill,” Politico, 6/18/08)

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