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For the second time in nine months, the ACLU has warned Representative Ryan Costello that he may be violating his constituents’ constitutional rights. The warning relates to a bizarre incident earlier in the month, when Costello wrote a Facebook post accusing his opponent, Chrissy Houlahan, of sending her “associates” to photograph Costello and his family. […]

Upon the news that vulnerable Representative Frelinghuysen (NJ-11) – who has been on the DCCC retirement watch list since May 2017 – will not seek re-election, DCCC spokesperson Evan Lukaske released the following statement: “After ducking his constituents for months, Representative Frelinghuysen has now denied them the chance to throw him out. His retirement comes […]

In case you missed it, sixty-two year old Rep. Pat Meehan is in the midst of a meltdown after a New York Times story revealed he paid thousands in taxpayer dollars to settle with a decades-younger employee for “making unwanted romantic overtures.” After initially denying the reports, Rep. Meehan personally admitted today that he told […]

Over the weekend, the New York Times reported that Representative Pat Meehan—a member of the Ethics Committee who was an original-co-sponsor of Rep. Barbara Comstock’s sexual harassment training legislation—had himself used thousands of tax dollars to secretly settle a sexual harassment lawsuit from a former staffer. But the scandal didn’t end there. Yesterday, Meehan confirmed […]

U.S. Congressman Rodney Davis *really* wants you to know the shutdown wasn’t his fault. During the government shutdown many politicians stayed silent, others worked on solutions, but not Rodney Davis. Rodney Davis sent not one, not two, not three, but FOUR press releases pointing fingers and saying that many people were to blame for the […]

In case you missed it, sixty-two year old Rep. Pat Meehan is in the midst of a meltdown after a New York Times story revealed he paid thousands in taxpayer dollars to settle with a decades-younger employee for “making unwanted romantic overtures.” After initially denying the reports, Rep. Meehan personally admitted today that he told […]

$3.34M raised online in December; average online gift $18 $42.61M online in 2017 compared to $19.7M online in all of 2015 40% of total raised came online in 2017 (only 16% for NRCC) The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee today announced record-breaking fundraising for December of the off year. The DCCC raised nearly $9.5M in December 2017, compared […]

History and polling clearly demonstrates why Republicans will own a potential shutdown  “With unified Republican control of government, we already know that the American people will rightfully blame House Republicans for a costly government shutdown,” said DCCC Spokesman Tyler Law. “If a shutdown occurs, it will further demonstrate that Republicans are unfit to govern, and […]

“The only thing I would have a stomach for if DACA comes first is if it’s defeated.” – Congressman Rohrabacher Congressman Dana Rohrabacher – who represents a diverse district that is 21 percent Hispanic and 17 percent AAPI – recently came out last week against fixing DACA to protect DREAMers. Instead, he called on Congress to […]

IRVINE – In case you missed it, today the nonpartisan Cook Political Report downgraded Cathy McMorris Rodgers’ re-election chances in WA-05, citing her weak grassroots support in Eastern Washington and her party’s unpopular agenda, combined with challenger Lisa Brown’s well-funded campaign. “Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers is the very definition of what’s wrong with establishment politicians in […]