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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT The Hill newspaper reported today that Congressman John Mica’s campaign has spent more than $230,000 on “meals with constituents” – potentially violating House Ethics Committee rules prohibiting the use of campaign funds for personal expenses. Below are few highlights from the report: “Since 1998, the former House Transportation Committee chairman […]

The DCCC released the following statement regarding the House Freedom Caucus’ vote to oppose the budget with spending levels from agreed-upon budget deal: “Speaker Ryan took over the dysfunctional House Republican caucus and insisted that he would return the budget process to regular order, because even he could recognize that House Republicans’ inability to do […]

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT Highlights from Philadelphia Inquirer’s report on embattled candidate Brian Fitzpatrick’s potential violation of the Hatch Act: “A Bucks County resident said she planned to submit a formal complaint against Brian Fitzpatrick by the end of next week.” “A spokesman for Mike Fitzpatrick said there was no one in his office […]

New York House Republicans John Katko, Elise Stefanik and Tom Reed Dance Around Prospect of Defending “He-who-shall-not-be-named” [Donald Trump] New York House Republicans Elise Stefanik (NY-21), Tom Reed (NY-23) and John Katko (NY-24) have reached the third stage of their Donald Trump grief: bargaining. Syracuse.com reports today that both New York House Republicans John Katko […]

  As Mike Fitzpatrick hosts a campaign kickoff fundraiser for his brother’s attempt to replace him in Congress, keep in mind they are both still ducking questions regarding Brian’s potential violation of the Hatch Act. With every major newspaper in the district raising concerns over the potential violation, Brian Fitzpatrick still refuses to answer questions […]

  Weekly House Cleaning A DCCC News Roundup #RyanRealityCheck Paul Ryan kicked off his Speakership with big dreams and lofty ambitions that were promptly crushed thanks to the House Freedom Caucus and the rise of Donald Trump and Ted Cruz. The DCCC has launched RyanRealityCheck.com to highlight Ryan’s missteps, broken promises, failures and hypocrisies. Yesterday’s […]

So far, no word yet from John Faso or Andrew Heaney on whether they would endorse Trump as nominee As New York’s presidential primary draws nearer next month, Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump has put New York House Republican incumbents between a rock and hard place. Meanwhile, New York House Republican challengers have been fairly […]

So far, no word yet from Republican candidates Claudia Tenney, George Phillips or Steve Wells on whether they would endorse Trump as nominee As New York’s presidential primary draws nearer next month, Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump has put New York House Republican incumbents between a rock and hard place. Meanwhile, New York House Republican […]

It’s not surprising, but Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy is confused again. Yesterday, when asked about the impact of Donald Trump down-ballot, he made the ridiculous claim that Donald Trump could help Republicans win additional House seats. In a bit of a flashback Friday, we’d like to remind him of this sad reality, from POLITICO: Pollster […]

  View the ad link here. Vulnerable Republican John Mica’s continued silence about whether or not he would support Donald Trump if Trump were the Republican nominee has prompted widespread concern over Congressman Mica’s missing principles.  In hopes of recovering the Congressman’s missing principles, a digital ad will run in Florida’s 7th District that reads: […]