Stabenow: No More Tax Cuts For Wealthy

Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and Ben Cardin (D- Md.) outline the Democrats’ call for an end to the tax cuts for the wealthy, and outline their priorities for this legislative session. (0:25)

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Stabenow Pleads With Congress To Put Aside Partisanship And Pass Jobs Bill

During a press conference with reporters on Wednesday, Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) says it is imperative that the Senate passes its jobs bill as soon as possible. (:47)
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Tax Provisions In Senate Jobs Bill Involve Fairness, Says Senate Democrat

During a press conference with reporters on Wednesday, Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) says it is imperative that the Senate passes its jobs bill as soon as possible. (:30)
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Job Numbers Moving In Right Direction, Says Stabenow

During a press conference with reporters on Wednesday, Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) says it is imperative that the Senate passes its jobs bill as soon as possible. (:23)
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Stabenow Emphasizes Importance Of Compensating Physicians Appropriately

Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) states the importance of compensating physicians appropriately and investing in Medicare, which her Medicare Physicians Fairness Act will do if passed through the Senate. Stabenow says the legislation must be passed "now." (0:19)
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McCain simply “out of touch” with Americans

The Democratic National Committee held a conference call and discussed Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) “disastrous” week on the campaign trail. McCain was supposed to strengthen his stance on his economic policy this week, but instead showed how “out of touch” he is with the challenges that America’s families are facing. Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) said that she was insulted on behalf of the people she represents by McCain’s words and actions. She explained that McCain doesn’t understand what Americans go through everyday just to make ends meet and how his support for more years of a Bush economy would be disastrous for American families.

Stabenow explained that McCain actually called social security a “disgrace’ when he has “a total lack of understanding” of what it really is. She also said that McCain’s approach on tax policy would make it impossible to balance the nation’s budget, something that needs to be done. McCain also failed to vote for the current medicare bill; he was the only senator to miss the vote which “is critical to the future of medicare.”

Stabenow said that people in Michigan are suffering and are not experiencing “a mental recession.” Since President Bush took office, three and a half million manufacturing jobs have been lost in Michigan alone, and the state is currently experiencing an unemployment rate of eight and a half percent. Stabenow explained that McCain fully supported Bush’s policies and that the people of Michigan “cannot take four more years of this.”

McCain’s economic advisor Phil Gramm said that Americans are “a nation of whiners,” yet Stabenow said that the people of Michigan are not hallucinating when they aren’t getting a paycheck, when they can’t pay their mortgage, and when they can’t put food on the table. Stabenow said that people are struggling as every single cost has gone up while wages have gone down. She claimed that McCain is simply not in touch with what is going on in the real world. Stabenow also declared her support for Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and said that she is absolutely confident that he will make the changes that will help the country grow, and gets what the American population is going through.
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