Yesterday afternoon, Congressman Kurt Schrader (OR-D) joined the Blue Dogs, a caucus of supposedly “fiscally conservative” Democrats – a group that has repeatedly stood by the side of liberal Democrat leaders like Nancy Pelosi as they force their reckless agenda through Congress and onto the American people.  Just a few hours later, however, he voted to increase the country’s debt limit by about $300 billion, allowing Democrats to pile a new round of wasteful spending onto the backs of American taxpayers!  Now, that’s hypocrisy.
 
“The Blue Dogs clearly appreciate irony as they welcome Kurt Schrader, a stimulus-backing, big-spending Pelosi puppet into their disingenuous club.  There’s nothing fiscally responsible about Schrader’s willingness to hand out taxpayer dollars with no apparent reason other than to bankrupt future generations of Americans.”
– Joanna Burgos, NRCC Spokesperson