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Nov 29, 2012
Boehner, Cantor Continue to Tolerate Scandal-Scarred Grimm
Despite promising to enact a zero-tolerance policy for ethics problems, Speaker Boehner and Leader Cantor are continuing to stand by Congressman Michael Grimm even as it was confirmed yesterday that both the bipartisan House Committee on Ethics and the Department of Justice have been investigating Grimm for possibly breaking the law with his fundraising activities. House Ethics’ confirmation this week that they decided to investigate Grimm is just the …
Read More »Nov 20, 2012
Memo: House Democrats Reach 201 in Final Results
The final results of the 2012 elections are in with all vote counting completed and all races now decided. On election night, it looked like House Democrats would exceed expectations and reach 200 Members in our caucus once again. With today’s victory against Allen West in FL-18, that number is 201. As the New York Times’ Jonathan Weisman wrote this weekend, it has …
Read More »Nov 16, 2012
Scandal-Plagued Grimm Is Congressman-elect Collins’ New Mentor
After only a few days in Washington, Congressman-elect Chris Collins (NY-27) is already making friends with all the wrong people. According to today’s Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Congressman-elect Collins has picked up a new congressional mentor: scandal-plagued Congressman Michael Grimm (NY-11), who is currently the subject of multiple federal investigations. “It’s no surprise that Congressman-elect Chris Collins has chosen one of the most corrupt members of Congress as his …
Read More »Nov 16, 2012
Charlie Cook: DCCC’s 2012 Success “Remarkable”
Charlie Cook of the Cook Political Report wrote a “postmortem on how the two parties' campaign committees performed in this year’s House and Senate races” this morning. In case you missed it, here are the key elements on the DCCC’s 2012 success: “…deserve credit for ‘beating the point spread’ in the House, scoring a net pickup of seven or eight seats” “The fact that Democrats …
Read More »Nov 15, 2012
DCCC Chairman Steve Israel Names Kelly Ward as Executive Director, Names Deputies
DCCC Chairman Steve Israel announced today that House strategist, skilled political operative and DCCC veteran Kelly Ward has been named Executive Director of the DCCC for the 2014 cycle. In addition, strategist and communications veteran Jesse Ferguson was named Deputy Executive Director and Communications Director and veteran DCCC fundraiser Missy Kurek was named Deputy Executive Director for Finance. Chairman Israel also thanked current Executive Director Robby Mook for …
Read More »Nov 15, 2012
PHOTOS: Thank You
Hey -- if you’re reading this, you were probably pretty darn happy watching this: But it gets better. Because of your support, a bunch of awesome House Democrats won, too! Like this veteran in Illinois: She beat this guy: These New Hampshire Republicans voted for a bill defunding Planned Parenthood. We got rid of them: And replaced them with these two Democratic Congresswomen: (In fact, we defeated every single Republican in New England!) Remember the …
Read More »Nov 14, 2012
Statement on House Republicans Re-electing Same Failed Tea Party Leadership
DCCC Communications Director Jesse Ferguson released the following statement after House Republicans elected Speaker John Boehner and Republican Leader Eric Cantor. “House Republicans chose to ignore voters who ousted Tea Party Republican incumbents and forget they’ve driven Congress to record-low approval ratings when they re-elected the same failed Tea Party Republican Leadership. With record-low approval and after voter rejection at the polls, House Republicans just doubled down …
Read More »Nov 09, 2012
PHOTOS: New Democratic Members of the House
2013 will be the first year when minorities and women are the majority of either party's caucus in the House of Representatives. Check out all 49 new Democratic Members of the House: ARIZONA Ann Kirkpatrick AZ-01 Kyrsten Sinema AZ-09 CALIFORNIA Jared Huffman CA-02 Ami Bera CA-07 Eric Swalwell CA-15 Julia Brownley CA-26 Tony Cardenas CA-29 Gloria McLeod CA-35 Raul Ruiz CA-36 Mark Takano …
Read More »Nov 09, 2012
Executive Director Robby Mook to Hold Press Conference Call to Discuss the Democratic Sweep in NE
DCCC Executive Director Robby Mook will be holding a briefing on Friday at 11:00 a.m. to discuss Tuesday’s electoral sweep of Republicans out of New England - Democrats swept all 9 races, protecting all incumbents and sweeping every Republican out of the region. WHO: DCCC Executive Director, Robby Mook WHAT: Press Conference call to discuss Democratic sweep in New England WHEN: Friday, November 9, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. …
Read More »Nov 09, 2012
House Election 2012 Victory: By The Numbers
Here’s a look at how House Democrats did on election night 2012 – reversing the Tea Party wave. 200. The likely size of the new Democratic Caucus. 78. The percent of races considered Toss Up by the Rothenberg Report that Democrats won (14 of 18). 69. The percent of races considered Toss Up by the Cook Political Report that Democrats won (20 of 29). 54. The percent …
Read More »Nov 09, 2012
Speaker Boehner: What Tea Party?
After House Democrats rolled back the Tea Party wave in Tuesday’s election and defeated more incumbent Republicans than even in 2008, Speaker John Boehner tried to disavow the Tea Party in an interview with ABC tonight. Speaker Boehner said “We don't have a Tea Party caucus to speak of in the House.” “No matter how hard Speaker Boehner tries to cover it up, voters know that the House Republican Caucus …
Read More »Nov 08, 2012
NRCC #Fails
Throughout this election cycle, the National Republican Congressional Committee was full of bravado and bluster to brag, boast and crow about their Young Guns and top-tier challengers like Ricky Gill (CA-09), Richard Tisei (MA-06), Mia Love (UT-04) and others. Republicans spent over $10.2 million trying to elect these much-hyped challengers and convinced the pundits to tout them as rising conservative rock stars. When the votes were counted Tuesday night one thing became …
Read More »Nov 07, 2012
Reversing The Tea Party Wave
House Democrats succeeded last night in rolling back the Tea Party wave of 2010, winning at least 25 Republican held or newly created seats – taking the Democrats to 200 caucus members or more. Democratic incumbents defeated much hyped Republican challengers like Mia Love (UT-04), Richard Tisei (MA-06), Ricky Gill (CA-09) while Democratic challengers defeated Tea Party Republicans like Allen West (FL-18), Joe Walsh …
Read More »Nov 07, 2012
Statement from DCCC Chairman Steve Israel on the House Election Results
DCCC Chairman Steve Israel released the following statement on tonight’s elections results. “After 2010, Republicans thought they put Democrats on defense forever, but tonight the Tea Party wave was reversed. Despite Republicans’ predictions that they would significantly expand their majority after the wave that swept them in power, like Democrats did in 2008, we didn’t let it happen. We took the fight to Republicans all across the country and won …
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