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Today it was announced that Republican leadership would help restore Congressman Steve King’s committee assignments after House Republicans stripped him of those assignments because of his racist remarks and praise for white supremacism. King previously sat on both the Small Business Committee, where Congressman Steve Chabot is the highest-ranking Republican, and the Judiciary Committee, where […]

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairwoman Cheri Bustos issued the following statement on the results of last night’s special election in California’s 25th Congressional District: “Christy Smith’s decades of service and longstanding fight to ensure affordable and accessible health care make her the best choice to represent Southern California during these challenging times. Even the NRCC […]

After legal pressure from Democrats, state lawmakers take first-step to expand absentee voting amid global pandemic   Tuesday, hours after the South Carolina Supreme Court heard arguments in Democrats’ case to expand absentee voting, state lawmakers passed legislation that will allow voters in the state to request an absentee mail-in ballot due to the public health […]

As the U.S. unemployment skyrockets past levels during the Great Depression, today, the Kaiser Family Foundation released estimates that close to 26.8 million Americans will lose their job-based health insurance. This comes just days after the Trump Administration pressed forward with their House Republican-backed lawsuit to repeal the Affordable Care Act. What’s worse? The KFF […]

In a tweet yesterday, rejected former Congresswoman Claudia Tenney suggested that schools should re-open soon because “children attended school in the pre vaccine era for over a century.” The ill-timed tweet was sent as New York health officials continue investigating 100 cases of a “rare and dangerous inflammatory syndrome” afflicting children that could be connected […]

DCCC Poll Shows Eastman Leading Bacon Last night, Kara Eastman won the NE-02 Democratic primary, setting up a rematch with incumbent Republican Congressman Don Bacon. In 2018, Eastman came within just under 5,000 votes of victory over Bacon. This time around, Eastman is gearing up to finish the job. A DCCC poll conducted from May […]

“In 2018, Kara Eastman came within inches of unseating Congressman Don Bacon, and this time around she’s ready to finish the job. While Kara has been an independent voice working to serve her community in Omaha for nearly two decades, Congressman Don Bacon has focused only on doing whatever Donald Trump asks, relentlessly pursuing Republicans’ […]

Congressman Ross Spano cosponsored legislation that would bar any tax credits for Floridians trying to buy into COBRA if their employer sponsored health care coverage extended to abortions. Essentially, this bill could leave more than 1 million unemployed Floridians unable to stay on their employer’s insurance – even if they have never sought an abortion. […]

The Committee Raised $7M From Grassroots Donors In April Powered by record-breaking support from grassroots donors, the DCCC raised $11.3M in April – just surpassing its April 2018 record of $11.2M. The DCCC raised $7M through grassroots fundraising for the month. Led by record-breaking fundraising from Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the DCCC has raised $179 million […]

The following is an official statement from the NRCC, as provided to PBS by NRCC National Press Secretary Michael McAdams: “If the economy continues to crater, I think that present­­­­­s serious problems for the president.” While this may be a question of politics for the President and the NRCC, last week the Bureau of Labor […]