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Apr 16, 2012
DCCC Chairman Steve Israel’s Statement on Ed Towns’ Decision Not to Run for Re-election
DCCC Chairman Steve Israel released the following statement on Congressman Ed Towns’ (NY-08) announcement that he will not run for re-election in 2012. “For three decades Congressman Ed Towns has served the people of New York and worked tirelessly for the Brooklyn community he has represented. It has been a privilege to work with him as part of the New York delegation. “As Chairman of the Oversight and …
Read More »Apr 16, 2012
Republicans Push Anti-Buffett Rule in House
As the Senate considers the “Buffett Rule” today to ensure millionaires and billionaires pay their fair share, House Republicans are set to vote this week on the anti-Buffett Rule, which gives even more tax breaks to the ultra wealthy. The House Republicans’ plan would give people making over $1 million a year roughly another $44,500 in tax cuts — even cutting taxes for Oprah Winfrey and Larry Flynt — …
Read More »Apr 16, 2012
Good News for Scott Tipton is Bad News for Colorado
While Coloradans struggle with high gas prices and unemployment, Congressman Scott Tipton and his campaign are thrilled about the tough economy. That’s what Tipton’s campaign manager Michael Fortney said when discussing Tipton’s reelection chances. To the rest of Colorado, high gas prices, high unemployment, and a gigantic national debt is bad news, but Fortney cited all three as reasons “we feel good.” “While high gas prices, high …
Read More »Apr 13, 2012
DCCC Holds Republicans Accountable for Voting for Millionaires over Medicare
Thanks to the support of our over 500,000 grassroots donors, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) is holding 41 vulnerable House Republicans accountable for the new Republican budget that chooses "Millionaires over Medicare." DCCC Launches Powerful Medicare Web Video With Martin Sheen In advance of the vote on the Republican budget, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) released a powerful new web video, "Stand Up for …
Read More »Apr 12, 2012
Big Oil Benishek Strikes Again
Congressman Dan Benishek (MI-01) told constituents this week that “there are no government subsidies for oil” despite consistently protecting Big Oil subsidies while voting to end Medicare in Washington. This is not the first time Congressman Dan Benishek defended his Big Oil benefactors who have bankrolled his campaign by the thousands. Congressman Benishek already claimed that Big Oil companies “pay their fair share” and opposed closing oil tax loopholes even as Big Oil stands …
Read More »Apr 12, 2012
Linda Parks Finally Stakes Out A Clear Position: Stands With “Rocky Road” Ice Cream
Congressional candidate Linda Parks (CA-26), who has switched her voter registration from Democrat to Republican to Independent, has refused to commit to clear positions on the majority of issues, including the House Republican budget that ends Medicare. Instead, Parks dodges questions with lofty rhetoric about her “independence.” But in her new television ad, Parks gives her most straightforward answer yet — her favorite ice cream flavor is …
Read More »Apr 12, 2012
Will House Republicans Vote For More Tax Breaks for Millionaires like Kim Kardashian & Larry Flynt?
With tax day approaching, will House Republicans vote for Republican Leader Eric Cantor’s proposal to give more tax cuts the richest people in the United States – people like Oprah Winfrey and Kim Kardashian – when it comes to the floor next week? The Tax Policy Center found that nearly half of the $46 billion tax cut would go to people making over $1 million a year …
Read More »Apr 12, 2012
DCCC Billboards Hold House Republicans Accountable for Choosing “Millionaires Over Medicare”
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) is now up with billboards in 14 vulnerable House Republican districts to hold them accountable for choosing “Millionaires over Medicare” in the recent Republican budget vote. The billboards are up for the entire month to highlight these House Republicans voting to end Medicare for seniors and raise health care costs, while protecting tax breaks for the ultra wealthy and Big Oil. The AARP has warned that the Republican budget …
Read More »Apr 11, 2012
Does Kim Vann Agree With Her Fellow Republican’s Plan to End Medicare?
Republican congressional candidate Rick Tubbs (CA-03) has made clear his support for the House Republican budget plan to end Medicare, and now people in California’s new third district deserve to know where fellow Republican candidate Kim Vann stands too. Tubbs has called Representative Paul Ryan’s plan that would end Medicare “a good start.” Now the question is: Does Kim Vann agree with her Republican primary opponent …
Read More »Apr 11, 2012
Washington Republicans’ Fool’s Errand: Propping Up Deadbeat Congressman Joe Walsh
Top Party leader, National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Pete Sessions is set to help fundraise for Congressman Joe Walsh in his district next month according to the Chicago Tribune. The two have more in common than meets the eye. Both Walsh and Sessions support ending Social Security and Medicare, while protecting tax breaks for billionaires and Big Oil. “Congressman Joe Walsh is a creature of Washington and the …
Read More »Apr 10, 2012
Doheny Lacks North Country Values
With the news that Republican congressional candidate Matt Doheny (NY-21) kissed and groped a former employee at a bar in DC while interviewing a candidate for a senior campaign position, it’s time for Doheny to stop blaming Democrats for his actions and start taking responsibility for his mistakes. Doheny is insulting North Country voters by asking them to trust him to represent their interests in Washington, yet …
Read More »Apr 09, 2012
Romney Campaign Enters NY, But Where is Grimm?
Congressman Michael Grimm (NY-11) has repeatedly chastised reporters for noting, accurately, that the Romney campaign has distanced itself from the embattled Congressman and is no longer allowing him to appear as a surrogate. Now that the campaign has entered Congressman Grimm’s backyard and is still not allowing him to represent Romney ahead of the April 24th primary, will Grimm finally admit that his party’s standard bearer wants nothing to …
Read More »Apr 06, 2012
Latest on House Republicans and Women…
SHOT: “On the day Mitt Romney said on the campaign trail that "of course" women should be admitted as members of the storied home of the Masters, and a White House spokesman said President Barack Obama believes the same, Boehner wasn't going there. Asked if Boehner thinks women should be permitted into Augusta, his spokesman Michael Steel said he has "never heard him discuss it." Pressed again, he demurred.” …
Read More »Apr 04, 2012
Cantor Advertising His Tax Break for the Ultra Wealthy
House Republican Leader Eric Cantor is launching TV ads in his hometown of Richmond to defend his new controversial tax cut for the ultra wealthy. Cantor’s pushing a new tax cut proposal where nearly half of the tax cuts would go to millionaires like Paris Hilton, Oprah Winfrey and even Larry Flynt. The NY Post reported this week that “House Republicans have quietly dropped a provision that would prevent ‘sin’ businesses from …
Read More »Apr 04, 2012
Allen West Once Again Defends Tax Cuts for Big Oil While Leaving Behind Seniors and Middle Class
As gas prices rise to record levels nationwide hurting middle class families’ pocketbooks, Congressman Allen West (FL-18) once again demonstrated his misplaced priorities which ask Florida families to sacrifice while giving billions in tax breaks to Big Oil. Earlier this year, West refused to support a $1,000 middle class tax cut that affected 9 million Floridians, yet he continues to defend the necessity of giving more tax …
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