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“Serving in the minority is not fun” The Houston Chronicle reported on Rep. Pete Olson’s recently announced retirement and concluded he likely won’t be the last congressional Republican to throw in the towel. Please see below for excerpts from the Chronicle’s assessment of Congressional Republicans’ situation as the August Recess begins: Houston Chronicle: After Rep. […]

“I’m proud to announce Jacqueline Newman will serve as the DCCC’s Interim Executive Director. Jacqui brings many cycles’ worth of experience to this short-term role, and I am confident she is more than prepared to lead the building at this time.” Jacqui replaces former Executive Director Allison Jaslow who resigned on Monday. “Today has been […]

Hagedorn voices support for effort to take food purchasing assistance away from 12,000 Minnesotans Congressman Jim Hagedorn just won’t stop putting his foot on the neck of working people. After claiming earlier this year that “Nobody (in America) goes to sleep at night wondering if they’ll be able to feed their families,” Hagedorn said over […]

Targeted ads will introduce Kansans to Hart Weir’s agenda of higher health care and prescription drug costs Today, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee launched a targeted digital ad buy in Kansas’ 3rd Congressional District to remind voters of Sara Hart Weir’s record as a big drug company lobbyist. The new ads come as Hart Weir […]

Sabato’s Crystal Ball and Cook Political Report shift the Houston-area seat away from the GOP News of vulnerable Texas Congressman Pete Olson’s retirement prompted leading elections forecasters to downgrade Republicans’ hopes of keeping his Houston-area seat. Houston’s suburbs are among the fastest-diversifying in the country, and that’s one reason why the DCCC listed TX-22 on […]

Olson is the third Republican on the DCCC’s 2020 Republican Retirement Watch List to call it quits – so far! DCCC Spokesperson Avery Jaffe issued the following statement tonight after Congressman Pete Olson (TX-22) announced his retirement from Congress. “Republicans across Texas are terrified of losing their seats in 2020 and we can’t blame Pete […]

Second-Term Michigan Congressman Paul Mitchell Won’t Seek Reelection Just a little over six months into Democratic control of the US House of Representatives and already another Republican is headed for the exits, this time it is Rep. Paul Mitchell, who has seen the writing on the wall decided to pack up and head home at […]

Last month: “Hurd disputes allegations from lawyers describing unsanitary conditions and said he’s seen no mistreatment” Last night: Hurd votes against a House bill “requiring CBP to enact safety, hygiene standards” On Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill to strengthen safety and hygiene standards at migrant detention facilities (like the infamous one […]

Things just keep getting worse for Ross Spano. A new report from the Tampa Bay Times shows that Spano’s “latest [campaign finance] report doesn’t include forms experts say are legally required concerning a bank loan he says he used to repay what may have been illicit loan funds that fueled his 2018 race.” Even worse, the […]

“The Founding Fathers should be turning in their graves at Hagedorn’s calling of the police on ‘we the people’ waiting in line to see his staff.” Another week, another bad editorial for Congressman Jim Hagedorn in his hometown paper. After Hagedorn announced last week that he would no longer allow constituents who belong to a […]