The National Republican Congressional Committee released an new ad Tuesday hitting freshman Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.) for voting against all of the budget resolutions on the House floor this year.
Schneider, who is in a tight race against former Rep. Bob Dold (R-Ill.), voted against the House GOP budget resolution and five other alternatives offered by the House Democratic Caucus, Republican Study Committee, Congressional Progressive Caucus, Congressional Black Caucus and a mock vote on President Obama’s budget proposal this year.
{mosads}”Washington and Illinois are suffering from partisanship and gridlock. And Brad Schneider is part of the problem,” an announcer says in the ad. “Schneider voted against all six budget resolutions this year. And since he came into office, Schneider has voted to increase the debt limit three times.”
“If we want to fix Washington and Illinois, we need to retire Brad Schneider,” the ad concludes.
However, Schneider did vote in 2013 for the two-year budget pact authored by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and his Senate counterpart Patty Murray (D-Wash.).
A total of 37 House members rejected every budget proposal during consideration of the Ryan budget this year.