Sign up for Grabien Breaking News Alerts Rep. Steve Israel: It's
Tougher To Run as a Republican in 2014 than as a Democrat 'It is
a tough climate, but it's going to be much tougher to be a
Republican running on the budget they just produced'  JANSING:
"You spoke this week at the National Press Club. You did call
this a tough climate for Democrats. How tough is it right now?"
ISRAEL: "Well it is a tough climate, but it's going to be much
tougher to be a Republican running on the budget they just
produced, which stacks the deck for the special interests and
turns their backs on the middle class. So I'll give you an
example: if you are a middle class voter in any one of the
districts that we're competing in, you get a $2,000 tax increase
under this House Republican budget. if you're a millionaire
anywhere in America, you get a $200,000 tax cut. That's a
defining issue. Those priorities are all wrong, and we're going
to run on our priorities to invest in the middle class and
expand the economy, versus their prior