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  In last night’s debate, Secretary Clinton and Donald Trump discussed the best way to protect Americans from terrorism, highlighting yet again the failure of Bob Dold and House Republicans to pass meaningful, commonsense legislation to help prevent individuals on the FBI terror watch list from purchasing firearms.   Bob Dold has walked in lockstep with […]

Even though Bob Dold recently headlined an anti-Hillary, pro-Trump fundraiser that “raised some eyebrows,” Dold is still sticking to his line that he won’t vote for Donald Trump. Unfortunately for Dold, his escape plan isn’t helping him in the polls: he is lagging far behind Democrat Brad Schneider, as Illinois 10th District voters recognize that […]

After pledging to vote for the “eventual nominee,” Erik Paulsen now says that Donald Trump can “earn his support” – but refuses to say how, or why, or even who he plans on voting for. Unfortunately for Paulsen, his escape plan isn’t helping him in the polls: he is down two against Terri Bonoff, as […]

Blum is a member of the House Freedom Caucus – the most fringe and obstructionist group in the House One can easily be forgiven for thinking that Congressman Blum’s latest whopper TV ad is about someone completely different than himself. Given Blum’s loose relationship with the truth (i.e. lying about his salary pledge, contents of […]

Yoder championed draconian education cuts in Topeka & has carried that legacy to Washington “The only honest thing about this outlandish ad is that Congressman Yoder clearly wants voters to hold him accountable for his education record,” said DCCC Spokesman Tyler Law. “We agree that Kevin Yoder should take ownership of his record of slashing […]

Congressman John Katko has a lot more in common with Donald Trump than he lets on. Maybe that’s why Katko said he’d “back” Trump as his party’s nominee earlier this year. So ahead of tonight’s debate, here are just five positions that Katko shares with Trump that he probably hopes his party’s nominee won’t bring […]

Erik Paulsen’s Recycled Attacks on Terri Bonoff Reveals Terrified Incumbent After poll showing him down 2 points, Paulsen airs another negative ad Down in the polls, Erik Paulsen is out with yet another negative attack ad on his challenger Terri Bonoff that not only reuses previously debunked partisan attacks, but also reveals an incumbent far […]

(translation: he’s a Republican & party comes first) In a wide-ranging interview this morning on CBS Face the Nation, Speaker Paul Ryan was repeatedly questioned by John Dickerson about his standard-bearer, particularly Trump’s tax and family leave policies and his recent comments about the African-American community. With each tough question, Speaker Ryan looked less and […]

Below is a statement from DCCC Spokesman Jermaine House on the recent remarks by Republican Robert Pittenger of North Carolina. Robert Pittenger joined the cast of characters like Donald Trump and Steve King, who this week leveled racist attacks at the African American community. “Robert Pittenger’s abhorrent remarks sound more similar to the rhetoric of […]

Will Hurd has been too busy dodging questions on whether or not he trusts Donald Trump with the nuclear codes to stand up and disavow his party’s racist and reckless candidate. This campaign season, Hurd can’t even get on base. His sloppy campaign batting skills aren’t so hot since it seems that every time they […]