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IRVINE – True to form for a career politician, State Senator Dino Rossi’s announced at a closed door, minimum $200 a plate fundraiser, that he will run for Congress in Washington’s 8th Congressional District. DCCC spokesperson Drew Godinich released the following statement: “It’s been nearly 20 years since career politician Dino Rossi actually won an […]

Lots of vulnerable House Republicans come from states that will lose under Cassidy-Graham Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2017/09/20/lots-of-vulnerable-house-republicans-come-from-states-that-will-lose-under-graham-cassidy/?tid=ss_tw-bottom&utm_term=.69bd8b459c77 If the Senate passes Cassidy-Graham, its latest attempt to repeal Obamacare, the legislation will then go to the House for a vote. If that happens, Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) has vowed to engineer its quick passage in the […]

House Democratic Candidates Capitalize on Graham-Cassidy Roll Call http://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/house-dem-candidates-try-to-capitalize-on-graham-cassidy?utm_content=buffer03c45&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer Democratic House candidates are trying to appeal to Republican senators in their states as the GOP prepares for another vote to repeal the 2010 health care law. A spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said it is his intention to vote next week on the health care legislation spearheaded by Sens. Lindsey […]

Grassley Tells Reporters: Regardless Of ‘Substance,’ Republicans Must Support Health Bill As the Senate prepares to take up the Graham-Cassidy repeal bill, the DCCC released the following statement calling on Iowa Reps. Rod Blum and David Young to respond to Sen. Chuck Grassley’s comments that Republicans should put politics ahead of the good of their […]

With Senate Republicans’ Graham-Cassidy healthcare repeal bill set to be voted on next week, the evidence is mounting that this bill singles out California for punishment. California is set to lose a whopping $129 billion in federal funding over the next 10 years as that money is redistributed to other states. The Center on Budget […]

It’s been a rough few days for Erik Paulsen and his DC lobbyist friends. First, he gets into a public spat with FP1 strategies, a DC lobbying group that took credit for reversing his position on the Border Adjustment Tax (BAT). Then, he sent a statement to the Washington Post trying to save face. Now, […]

Radio and digital ads highlight Yoder’s partisan vote against hurricane victims This week, the DCCC launched a significant ad blitz targeting Representative Kevin Yoder over his vote against disaster relief funds for victims of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. The ad blitz includes 60-second radio ads that target commuters in the Kansas City market and digital […]

Last night, Representative Darrell Issa became the first endangered Republican to voice his opposition to the bipartisan DREAM Act. Speaking to the San Diego Union-Tribune, he told the paper that he would vote “NO” on the DREAM Act – a bill that would permanently protect and legalize DREAMers being threatened by President Trump’s Administration. This is […]

**Similar releases were were sent out hitting DCCC targets regardless of how they voted on the floor in May** Americans’ Healthcare is At Risk With Republicans in Control of Congress Senate Republicans are currently working hard to rip away healthcare from millions of Americans, a process that Speaker Ryan and his House Republican congress set […]

$2.4M raised online in August; average online gift $18 Through August $31.26M online in 2017 compared to $19.7M online in all of 2015 Over 210,000 first time online donors in 2017 Over 2.1M individual gifts under $200 in 2017 The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee today announced record-breaking fundraising for August of the off-year. This past […]