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Congressman Aaron Schock just announced his resignation amid a growing ethics scandal, making him the second resignation in just the first 100 days of the 114th Congress. In addition, several longtime Republican members in competitive districts have announced their plans to retire. “Speaker Boehner’s Republican Congress continues its epic implosion,” said DCCC Communications Director Matt […]

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Ben Ray Luján released the following statement regarding the House Republican Budget: “A budget is a reflection of priorities and this budget makes crystal clear what Republican’s priorities are: slash investments for the middle class, make it harder for students to go to college, and jeopardize seniors’ retirement. Over the […]

After a disastrous first two months of this Congress, in which Speaker Boehner proved time and again he had no control over his caucus, he is now launching a new round of politically charged “investigations” in order to appease his Tea Party base. News reports state that Speaker Boehner is going to authorize even more […]

The Republican Congress certainly has had a bumpy first two months on the job. And now that Congressman Aaron Schock (R-Downton Abbey) has revealed he’s uncertain as to whether his reported lavish spending of taxpayer dollars actually broke the law, it’s even more evident that Speaker John Boehner is unable to control the members of […]

As a newly minted member of Congress, Martha McSally is continuing her bad habit of avoiding the press. Throughout last campaign, McSally continually avoided the media, refused to take position on key issues, and generally left Arizonans in the dark. As a Congresswoman, she is continuing this shameful practice. “As long as Martha McSally is […]

Mike Bost, Carlos Curbelo, Rodney Davis, Bob Dold, Martha McSally, Lee Zeldin all accepted $10,000 Following the news yesterday that Congressman Aaron Schock (R- Downton Abbey) spent $10,053 taking at least 10 of his staffers for a weekend junket in New York City, the DCCC is inviting Republican recipients of $10,000 or more in campaign […]

Back home with voters, Congressman David Young might pretend to be a voice of reason, but once he’s in Washington, Young falls in lock step with Republicans. He told his constituents, “one thing that always gets done is you have to fund the government,” but yesterday Young sided with his extreme Republican colleagues in voting […]

A similar release went out to 28 other vulnerable Republicans. As the Republican led Congress has appeared to finally schedule a long overdue vote to fully fund the Department of Homeland Security, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee this morning launched a calling campaign so voters can tell Congresswoman Martha McSally how important this vote is. […]

With less than 48 hours before funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) expires, “One-Term Wonder” Congresswoman Martha McSally (AZ-02) is refusing to say whether she would vote to allow this critical agency to continue operating. Dysfunctional Republicans in Congress have once again brought Washington to the brink, and funding for DHS is set […]

With less than a week before the Department of Homeland Security shuts down, it is clear that the Republican Congress is not interested in averting this crisis.  According to PBS, when asked about the DHS shutdown, Republicans said that they had no plan: “A House leadership aide confirmed that Boehner is not planning any action […]