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House Democrats’ Initial Offensive Battlefield Includes 33 Targeted GOP-Held or Open Seats Washington, D.C. – Today, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairwoman Cheri Bustos announced that Democrats are charging ahead to expand their Majority by laying out the House Democrats’ initial 2020 offensive battlefield. In a detailed memo prepared by the DCCC, Bustos outlined the Committee’s plan […]

In its first digital ad campaign of the cycle, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee today announced digital ads hitting 25 vulnerable House Republicans who have consistently refused to put our national security before their own partisan agenda by voting against reopening the government. This ad campaign, backed by a significant digital ad buy, will begin […]

Video shows Davis flying first-class as unpaid TSA workers keep him safe  “Congressman Rodney Davis (R-First Class) has taken hypocrisy to new altitudes. Leave it to a Washington insider like Congressman Davis to kick back on a first-class flight after voting to force 800,000 hardworking Americans to go on furlough or work without a paycheck. […]

Republican Congressman Tom Marino throws in the towel just two weeks after taking the oath of office! In response to Pennsylvania Congressman Tom Marino’s abrupt resignation from Congress, DCCC spokesperson Jared Smith released the following statement: “It’s no surprise that on the same day that House Republicans voted against ending the Trump Shutdown for the ninth time, one of their […]

Vote once again signals no paychecks in sight for impacted workers   Representative Pete Olson voted, once again, to continue the longest government shutdown in US history. Olson’s vote to keep the government closed comes as TSA lines continue to get longer, critical national security concerns develop, and workers across the country face the reality that the paycheck […]

As Mark Harris continues his efforts to sue his way into Congress, yesterday was the deadline for legal briefs to the Wake County Superior Court in North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District. While Harris did submit in excess of 600 pages of filings (not to be confused with the well over 100,000 documents he is still […]

“Congressman Woodall’s reckless government shutdown is threatening our national security and causing serious harm to the economy,” said DCCC Spokesman Jared Smith. “The fact that Rob Woodall would selfishly trade good paying, local jobs for a pat on the head from his Washington party bosses tells Georgians all they need to know about his misplaced […]

Today marks day 21 of the government shutdown, as Republicans continue to dig in their heels. And while this may be just any other day for out-of-touch politicians like Representative Marchant who refuse to do their job and vote to re-open the government, it’s something much bigger for the 800,000 American workers who are preparing […]

Routine Food Inspections Stopped, While Representative McCaul Votes Today to Continue the Trump Shutdown Today, on the 20th day of President Trump’s shutdown, Democrats once again voted unanimously to re-open the government – this time by passing a bill to provide funding for the United States Department of Agriculture. But instead of putting aside partisan […]

Millions of tax refunds for hardworking Americans are at risk. The U.S. economy may lose billions of dollars in economic output. TSA agents are walking off the job, “posing a threat to passenger safety.” But rather than attempting to work across the aisle to find a solution, Representative Peter King is throwing fuel on the […]