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Dear Republican Senators currently under scrutiny for ditching committee hearings: As you face embarrassing press for skipping out of your duties as elected officials, we advise you to avoid responding to reporters like your House colleague, no-show Long Island Congressman Lee Zeldin. Earlier this year, the New York Post reported that Zeldin “missed more than […]

“Just like Scott Garrett tried to re-write history over his initial opposition to relief efforts immediately following Hurricane Sandy, Garrett is once again relying on revisionist history to paper over his anti-LGBT, anti-equality views that have driven many of his supporters away.” said Bryan Lesswing at the DCCC. “This is no isolated incident; it’s a […]

Blum ripped for his hypocrisy and callous disregard for horrible impact of a recession on hardworking families Today on WAMU’s The Kojo Nnamdi Show, Kojo was joined by Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, BuzzFeed’s John Stanton, and Professor Stephen Fuller to dismantle Recession Rod’s ridiculous pro-recession message. LISTEN TO THE EPISODE HERE. Some highlights:     […]

  Weekly House Cleaning A DCCC News Roundup This Tuesday, right before House Republicans skipped town without completing their long-sought after budget, Speaker Paul Ryan took a powerful stand against….. taking questions from reporters about the presidential race. Instead, he gave a speech to the ever-scrappy flock of congressional interns from Greg Walden’s office. In […]

El Congresista republicano John Mica no a echo nada para pedirle al Congreso republicano que aga lo correcto y actúe por las familias puertorriqueñas en las Isla y en el centro de la Florida. Los Congresistas republicano ya salieron de vacaciones de primavera sin haber tomado acción sobre la crisis financiera de Puerto Rico que […]

Curbelo can try and run as fast as he can from dysfunctional House Republicans and Republican frontrunner Donald Trump, but as WBFS made clear: “Curbelo has tried to present himself as a moderate Republican … Curbelo, however, still votes with his fellow Republicans on most issues, including measures to repeal Obamacare, opposing gun control, building […]

Congressman John Mica has yet to lift a finger to urge Congress to step up for Puerto Rican families on the Island and here in Central Florida. The ‘Do-Nothing’ Republican Congress has left town for Spring Break without taking action on Puerto Rico’s current financial crisis that could potentially sink the Island further into default […]

Hint: it’s the top of the ticket.   ICYMI: Why Republicans Could Lose a House Seat in Minnesota National Journal 3/23/2016 Early last month, Re­pub­lic­an Rep. John Kline cri­ti­cized a few un­usu­al tar­gets: the GOP can­did­ates hop­ing to re­place him. Kline, who is re­tir­ing at the end of this term, told the St. Paul Pi­on­eer […]

In case you missed it, North Jersey Congressman Scott Garrett just had an absolutely brutal day in the news. Here is a brief rundown: After declining numerous times to clarify his anti-LGBT views first reported by POLITICO last summer, Scott Garrett tried to wipe the slate clean nine months later by calling the story a […]

Barbara Comstock Backs Anti-Immigrant Resolution to Tear Apart Families Last week, in a rare, historic vote to send an amicus brief on behalf of the House of Representatives to the Supreme Court against President Obama’s immigration actions, House Republicans voted in favor to tear apart hardworking immigrant families. Absent from the vote, Congresswoman Comstock (VA-10) […]