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Carl Domino is out with a questionable new ad in which he “plays action hero” – but there’s really a different genre that describes his sputtering campaign: a disaster. See for yourself: Sunshine State News: Republicans Backing Away From Challenging Patrick Murphy Palm Beach Post: Unimpressed by efforts to unseat Rep. Patrick Murphy, national GOP reserves TV […]

Republican Speaker John Boehner is set to preview his 2015 agenda in a speech today at the American Enterprise Institute.  Fortunately, Boehner gave a preview of his speech to Politico last month: When asked about his 2015 agenda, Boehner responded: “Nobody’s given it that much thought. We’ll have plenty of time to think about it after the election.” […]

DCCC Chairman Steve Israel released the following statement when it was announced that House Republicans cancelled votes until after the election: “House Republicans are now abandoning any pretense of doing actual work for the American people, skipping town one day after doing the bare minimum required to keep the government functioning but blocking any progress […]

Two years ago today, former Congressman Bobby Schilling walked out on Sensata workers who lost their jobs after they confronted him in a town hall for voting to protect tax breaks for corporations that ship jobs overseas. Infamous corporate raiders at Bain Capital had taken over the Sensata factory in Schilling’s district and were preparing […]

Meltdown Mike Bost must be allergic to the 12th Congressional district. The evidence is stacking up that he just doesn’t want to spend any time there – or that he doesn’t understand what’s where. On Wednesday, Bost talked to a radio station in Rockford, which is actually in the district of Congresswoman Bustos, not where he […]

One day after doing the bare minimum required to keep the U.S. government running, while continuing to stonewall any progress to support the middle class, Congressman Steve Southerland is now heading for vacation. Yesterday, Congressman Southerland patted himself on the back for narrowly avoiding another one of his disastrous government shutdowns, and now apparently he […]

House Republicans are patting themselves on the back for doing the bare minimum and avoiding yet another one of their government shutdowns, but the American people have a very different reaction to Republicans’ self-congratulation. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is helping the Republican party understand the American people’s reaction in a new video: ‘Slow Clap.’ […]

DCCC Chairman Steve Israel released the following statement after the House approved a Continuing Resolution: “What the American people are seeing today is House Republicans patting themselves on the back for doing the bare minimum required to keep our government open – a new low in Washington self-congratulation. Only in John Boehner’s Tea Party Congress […]

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is launching its third television ad in Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District, highlighting how Washington insider David Young would raise taxes on millions of Iowans and give more tax breaks to billionaires and the bankers and CEOs who are funding his campaign. The ad starts running today. Script of DCCC IE […]

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee today released a new television ad – “Uninvestigated” – in Arizona’s 1st Congressional District. The spot highlights how Andy Tobin voted to cut funding for Child Protective Services, eliminating 159 caseworkers and investigators. More than 900 reports of child abuse and neglect went uninvestigated. The ad begins running in the Phoenix […]