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Does Tom Barrett Approve of Nearly 400,000 Michiganders Losing Health Care Coverage?
Bridge Michigan: “Provisions of the [Republican budget] bill would…result in 239,000 to 398,000 Michiganders losing Medicaid coverage” As Tom Barrett prepares to deliver a crucial vote for his party’s extreme plan that will cut Medicaid to pay for tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy, Michiganders deserve to know: Does Tom Barrett approve of nearly 400,000 Michiganders […]
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Q&A FROM WI-03: “Will Van Orden support the needy or the wealthy?”
ANSWER: The wealthy. Van Orden provides decisive vote to cut anti-hunger program despite months of claiming otherwise Derrick Van Orden has been lying to Wisconsinites’ faces. After claiming for months that he’d stand up for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Derrick Van Orden rubberstamped the extreme Republican bill to slash SNAP last night, and […]
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Energy & Commerce Republicans Vote to Rip Away Health Care from Millions of Americans
After hiding from voters for months and lying about their extreme plans, House Republicans did it. They cut Medicaid. Specifically, vulnerable House Republicans on the Energy and Commerce Committee fell in line behind their party leaders to enact the largest cut to Medicaid in history that would lead to millions of Americans losing health care, threaten the closure of hospitals across […]
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Meet the DCCC’s Newest Surrogate: The Republican Senator from Missouri
In a rare moment of brutal honesty on national television, a Republican Senator slammed House Republicans for their massive cuts to Medicaid. His comments echo what House Democrats have been saying for months: these cuts to Medicaid are real, they’re wrong, and House Republicans need to be stopped. See the Senator’s words below: DCCC Spokesperson Viet Shelton: […]
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NEW: “With Medicaid threatened, Kean’s committee seat may cost him” [NJ Spotlight News]
Kean Jr. voting to advance House Republicans’ proposed Medicaid cuts would be “politically toxic” NJ Spotlight News is highlighting how Tom Kean Jr. is poised to help Republicans gut Medicaid, a program that roughly 2 million people across New Jersey rely on for health care coverage – all to pay for trillions in tax breaks […]
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READ ALL ABOUT IT: Devastating Impacts of House Republicans’ Plans Laid Out in Black and White
As House Republicans begin their committee markups this week to shove through their unpopular plan to give permanent tax breaks to the ultra-wealthy by ripping away health care from millions and taking food off the table of American families – everyone across the country is, well, reading all about it. DCCC Spokesperson Viet Shelton: “Many […]
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Police Week Shines a Bright Light on Republicans Abandoning Local Law Enforcement and Crime Victims
House Republicans stand idly by as hundreds of millions of dollars dedicated to public safety programs are cut Over the last few weeks, the Department of Justice has cancelled hundreds of millions of dollars in public safety grants around the country, resulting in sudden and harmful cuts in services to programs dedicated to improving public safety, solving crimes and […]
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DCCC Statement on North District Court of Alabama Ruling to Uphold Congressional Map
DCCC Chair Suzan DelBene released the following statement after a three-judge panel in the Northern District of Alabama struck down Alabama’s 2023 Congressional map as a violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Today’s decision means that the current court-drawn map with two districts in […]
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DCCC Chair Suzan DelBene: Democrats “Stand for the American People”
On Tuesday, DCCC Chair Suzan DelBene joined NBC’s Meet the Press NOW to discuss the midterms and highlight the key issues shaping the race for the House Majority. DelBene blasted the Republican record of broken promises to lower prices and laid out how Democrats’ focus on pocketbook issues continues to be a critical part of […]
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Nonpartisan CBO Confirms: Tom Kean Jr.’s Plan Will Slash Medicaid And Kick People Off Their Insurance
Today, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office confirmed that proposed Republican cuts to Medicaid would rip millions of working Americans off their health insurance, all to fund trillions in tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy. According to the CBO, different policy proposals backed by House Republicans – including the so-called moderates – would kick people off Medicaid, resulting in […]