Dean Heller Votes to Kill Jobs Bill—Again

Las Vegas, NV – Yes, he did it again.  The Senate voted today on the Economic Development Revitalization Act of 2011, historically bipartisan legislation that has already created or sustained more than 4,000 jobs in Nevada alone.  However, unelected junior Senator Dean Heller predictably stayed true to his job-destroying record and voted to kill this jobs initiative that Nevada desperately needs.

 

 “Once again Dean Heller threw unemployed Nevadans under the bus and voted to destroy thousands of new Nevada jobs,” said Zach Hudson, spokesperson for the Nevada State Democratic Party.  “Today’s vote highlights the fact that Dean Heller has the wrong priorities for Nevada and would rather maintain taxpayer giveaways to his Big Oil campaign donors than create jobs.”

 

The program has already created or sustained 4,326 jobs in Nevada.  Reauthorizing the legislation would continue to create new jobs at a time when Nevada is suffering from the highest unemployment rate in the Nation. Today's vote comes on top of Heller voting earlier this year to gut the Department of Energy loan guarantee program that will create thousands of Nevada jobs, including a recent announcement of a loan for a clean energy project in Tonopah that will create 600 jobs alone.