Bright Said A Bigger, More Controlling Government is an Example of Working Across the Aisle

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Incumbent Democrat Bobby Bright said this week that growing the size of the federal government was one of the accomplishments he was most proud of during his short tenure in U.S. Congress.

In Monday night's WSFA Channel 12 debate, Bright told Martha Roby, the Republican nominee in Alabama's 2nd Congressional District, that the federal government's takeover of the student loan program was one of the top three achievements of the Democrat majority.

The legislation Bright referenced during the debate and subsequent press releases was a power grab by the Democrat majority to remove a free-market market approach to the nation's student loan program and instead permanently put the federal government in control of managing billions in student loans and potentially eliminating 30,000 jobs.

A recent poll done by independent pollster Rasmussen Reports found that "Most voters (65%) say they prefer a government with fewer services and lower taxes rather than one with more services and higher taxes" and "that only 25% of Likely U.S. Voters favor a government with more services and higher taxes instead."

"With yearly budget deficits totaling $1.3 trillion, bailouts, buyouts, failed stimulus, cash for clunkers and after what Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac did to the home loans program, why would any one in their right mind think the federal government could do it better?" said Roby. "As President Ronald Reagan said, "Government is not a solution to our problem, government is the problem' and Bobby Bright's support for bigger government proves he is out of touch with the 2nd District and a true conservative is needed in Washington to take our country back."

The student loan bill also included reforms to America's health care system know as ObamaCare. "Bobby Bright now thinks ObamaCare is an exampling of working across party lines and passing good legislation for the American people," said Roby.

During the debate Bright also said that the Democrat House majority's government spending rules were also a success. Even though the federal government debt grew by $5 trillion since his party took control of Congress, Bright touted the Pay-As-You-Go spending rules that require equal cuts to spending increases as good thing that the Democrat majority has done.

"We have $1.3 trillion yearly budget deficits and a $13 trillion national debt, and Bobby Bright thinks he's done a good job controlling wasteful Washington spending," said Roby. "Fiscal restraint didn't prevail when it came time to opening the federal wallet. The only restraint occurred when it was time to stand firm and impose the Pay-As-You-Go rule. Bobby Bright failed to enforce the rule and guess who is getting stuck with the bill: our kids."

Roby has campaigned on common-sense budget reforms like a balanced-budget amendment, repealing the unused portions of the failed stimulus bill, reducing spending to the 2008 budget levels and repealing and replacing ObamaCare.

With just over a week to go before voters head to the polls, the momentum is clearly on Roby's side. She has raised more money than Bright in the last two reporting periods. And since the last report, 48-hour notices show Roby brought in more than $128,000 compared to only $24,000 for Bright.

Political experts also rank this race as one of the top ten to watch and one that is most likely to be won by the Republicans.

Recent polling shows Roby leading Bright by two points.

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