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DCCC Chairman Ben Ray Luján issued the following statement on the Commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr: “Today, we pay tribute and celebrate the extraordinary life of one of America’s greatest citizens, whose life was taken fifty years ago. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life was dedicated to serving others while being committed to […]

Puntos claves: […] las encuestas muestran que menos de la mitad de la población del país tienen una opinión favorable de la ley. Y a pesar de un aumento de popularidad a finales de febrero, las opiniones favorables parece estar una vez más a la baja. Eso pudiera ser un problema para Curbelo, quien ayudó […]

DCCC Hispanic Media Director Javier Gamboa issued the following statement: “Congressman Dana Rohrabacher’s propensity to jump to grotesque and racist conclusions, among his many other failings, continue to disqualify him from serving in Congress. Rohrabacher’s hatred towards immigrants and backward views don’t represent the values of this diverse Orange County district.”

In the first public poll since embattled Rep. Rod Blum made headlines for failing to disclose his shady internet company that buries FDA warnings – Blum is paying the price for his massive ethics scandal among Iowa voters. Iowans also disapprove of Blum’s support of the unpopular GOP tax scam and his refusal to hold […]

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT Florida lawmaker who helped craft new tax law stands to gain By Richard Lardner // AP April 2, 2018 WASHINGTON — As Republicans streamed out of Washington in late January for their annual retreat, dozens of them headed to Union Station near the U.S. Capitol to catch a train to […]

Curbelo ties his political future in Congress to an unpopular tax law By David Smiley and Alex Daugherty // Miami Herald April 3, 2018 Carlos Curbelo, one of the most vulnerable Republicans in Congress, is doubling down on the nation’s new — and largely unpopular — tax code. Nearly four months after Congress passed $1 […]

On Easter Sunday, President Trump took to Twitter to officially rule out a future DACA deal. This comes despite promising for months that he wanted to see a DACA solution for the more than 800,000 DREAMers protected under this critical program. This morning, the DCCC is calling on every one of these vulnerable Republicans representing […]

In case you missed it, Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers refused to promise that she’d protect Social Security when asked at a town hall in her district. After McMorris Rodgers helped push through the GOP Tax Scam that will raise the deficit, setting the stage for cuts to Social Security, her constituents deserve to know where […]

You may have noticed that yesterday Rep. Peter Roskam took a bizarre victory lap, claiming a “win” for Illinois taxpayers who stood in line to prepay their 2017 property taxes. Here is what you need to know: These families – well the ones who could afford to – stood in line in record numbers to […]

Speaker Ryan’s Super PAC confirmed exactly how worried they are about the re-election chances of freshman Congressman and Wall Street ally, Ted Budd, when they announced this morning they’re parachuting in to put “boots on the ground” in North Carolina’s 13th District. This move comes as Democratic challenger Kathy Manning outraised Budd and ended the […]