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A recent change to Rep. Peter Roskam’s campaign website begs the question: is he ashamed of State Representative Jeanne Ives’ support for his campaign? As recently as November, Peter Roskam had an endorsements page on his website. That endorsements page used to include support from not just Governor Bruce Rauner, but also Rauner’s gubernatorial primary opponent, […]

In an appearance on CNN today, Representative Claudia Tenney launched a partisan smear against Democrats who didn’t applaud during President Trump’s State of the Union address last week, saying “I would say it was un-American, and they don’t love our country.” Addressing Tenney’s outrageous comments, DCCC Spokesman Evan Lukaske issued the following statement: “It’s beyond […]

Latest ads are part of the DCCC’s larger Paul Ryan accountability project that has made him increasingly unpopular in House battlefield polling DCCC: Middle Class Americans Deserve To Keep More of Their Paychecks Today, the DCCC announced a 50-district Facebook ad campaign exposing Speaker Ryan’s out-of-touch comments on the GOP Tax Scam. Paul Ryan has […]

The fourth quarter of 2017 was nothing short of humiliating for the NRCC’s Young Gun recruits. Ironically, NRCC Chairman Steve Stivers said just yesterday that he “felt pretty good” about what is actually the worst Republican recruitment in recent memory. To make matters worse, Republican incumbents are burning through their campaign funds at a shocking […]

As President Trump painted a dark vision for our country during his first State of the Union address —  filled with misguided facts and lies — Lea Marquez-Peterson said that his speech had a very “inspirational message.” So which part of Trump’s speech did Lea Marquez-Peterson find so inspirational? …. Was it the part when […]

DCCC Deputy Communications Director Patrick Burgwinkle released the following statement on Rep. Trey Gowdy’s announcement that he is retiring from Congress: “Rep. Gowdy’s tenure in Congress made a mockery of Congressional oversight and his eagerness to use the deaths of brave Americans overseas in service of his partisan, political goals is a dark and shameful […]

“Donald Trump’s most vocal supporter in decidedly anti-Trump New Jersey.” “Ultra-conservative Republican.” “The first politician in New Jersey to endorse Trump for president.” Those are just some of the phrases The Record columnist Mike Kelly used to describe Representative Leonard Lance’s State of the Union guest, New Jersey state Senator Mike Doherty, whose calling card […]

Recent polling shows voters want to hear a plan to reduce healthcare costs more than any other issue According to extensive excerpts of President Trump’s prepared remarks, he will completely ignore the issue of healthcare and its rising costs under this Republican Congress and White House. A recent Politico poll found that 59% of voters […]

Displaying the spinelessness he’s known for, vulnerable Republican Congressman John Faso is staying mum on whether he’ll campaign with President Trump in this year’s mid-term election. In a deep dive into Republican squeamishness with Trump, Politico Magazine reported that Faso “punted questions [on whether he’d campaign with Trump] to an aide who said he was […]

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT In case you missed it, NRCC Chairman Rep. Stivers could not name a single battleground district that he’d want President Trump to campaign in. “Rep. Stivers’ inability to name a swing district that he’d want the Republican President to campaign in points to President Trump’s toxicity across the entire battlefield, […]