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“I provide open forums to take questions while he hides behind a telephone in a scripted setting while billing the taxpayers for it,” – Candidate Mike Bost in 2014. Tonight Rep. Mike Bost is holding yet another telephone town hall, despite growing pressure from his constituents for him to hold in person town halls as he […]

DCCC Made Unprecedented & Early Investment in Community Organizers in February with March into ’18 ‘Claim Your Precinct’ Will Identify & Train Precinct Captains Across House Battlefield Toolbox Serves as Online Hub for Volunteers Working to Take Back the House  Since the start of the cycle, the DCCC has made early, aggressive investments aimed at […]

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT The DCCC announced today the launch of “Claim Your Precinct” and “Toolbox”, both expansions of an already robust field program that has been holding House Republicans accountable in districts since February. “The Take It Back initiative is about building the largest battlefield in a decade and giving Democratic candidates and […]

Spanish-language Digital Ad is the Latest Addition to DCCC’s ongoing Healthcare Campaign, Targeting Heavily Latino Districts in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, New Mexico & Texas   Following the announcement of a national cable television blitz and radio buy across the nation to warn voters that access to affordable healthcare is at risk as long as […]

In case you missed it, the DCCC launched its first national TV and radio campaign of the cycle. The national cable blitz and 3-week radio buy in 11 Congressional Districts will warn voters that access to affordable healthcare is always at risk as long as Republicans control Congress. Notably, the ad blitz focuses on Speaker […]

In light of the news that Representative Tim Murphy (PA-18) will retire in disgrace this month, the DCCC Communications Director Meredith Kelly released the following statement: “While the circumstances surrounding Representative Murphy’s resignation are uniquely disturbing and hypocritical, he will certainly not be the last House Republican to have an involuntary and embarrassing end to […]

Despite President Trump’s repeated promises to not cut Medicare or Medicaid, House Republicans voted to pass a budget that would do just that, all to finance massive tax cuts for millionaires, billionaires, and big corporations. The House Republican Budget would cut Medicare by nearly $500 billion and slash Medicaid by $1 trillion, all in order […]

“In case Karen Handel missed it – and it appears that she did – community health providers in Georgia are cutting back after her and Washington Republicans missed a deadline to renew the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and the Community Health Center (CHC) Fund,” said DCCC spokesman Jacob Peters. “Handel hasn’t said a word […]

Cable Blitz To Run on MSNBC & CNN Across Country — Six-Figure, Three-Week Radio Ad Campaign in 11 Districts While Republicans Control Congress, Your Healthcare is At Risk Immediately following the expiration of the reconciliation bill that would have allowed the repeal of the Affordable Care Act with a simple majority, Chairman Ben Ray Luján […]

Rep. Curbelo Claimed to be “Deported” From a DREAM Act Press Conference… Here’s the Reality HERE ARE THE FACTS: Carlos Curbelo doesn’t support the DREAM Act– in fact, he is touting a bill viewed by some as a “compromise for conservatives who want to take a harder line against illegal immigrants.” Carlos Curbelo was apparently […]