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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT Sheriff Paul Babeu’s abuse scandal has continued to garner widespread coverage and has led to calls for him to drop out of the race. Roll Call published a story Friday digging into the political ramifications for Babeu (more coverage at the end of this release). Key Sections: When Paul Babeu […]

After poll showing Bacon far behind in the primary, his anemic fundraising raises viability questions “With Don Bacon’s embarrassing showing thus far it’s unclear that he can even make it out of the primary,” said DCCC Spokesman Tyler Law. This quarter was by far the worst for Bacon. He raised an anemic $39,000, while Ashford […]

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT Doug Owens has topped Congresswoman Love ($349,675 to $314,257) in the 4th quarter of 2015 with Love squandering nearly as much money as she took in. Most importantly, Owens added 17X as much cash-on-hand in Q4. Owens impressive fundraising – and Love’s inability to manage her money – is nothing […]

On the seventh anniversary of President Obama signing the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, don’t expect Congressman Randy Forbes to join in celebrating the historic legislation aimed at closing our country’s gender pay gap. In 2009, Forbes joined his House Republican colleagues in voting “no” on the bill. “The anniversary of the Lilly Ledbetter Act […]

On the seventh anniversary of President Obama signing the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, don’t expect Congressman John Mica to join in celebrating the historic legislation aimed at closing our country’s gender pay gap. In 2009, Mica joined his House Republican colleagues in voting “no” on the bill. “The anniversary of the Lilly Ledbetter Act […]

On the seventh anniversary of President Obama signing the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, don’t expect Congressman Scott Garrett to join in celebrating the historic legislation aimed at closing our country’s gender pay gap. In 2009, Garrett joined his House Republican colleagues in voting “no” on the bill. “The anniversary of the Lilly Ledbetter Act […]

Weekly House Cleaning A DCCC News Roundup We found out last week that the NRCC invented and have exclusive rights to news roundups, so we decided not to do one this week, Donald Trump-style. Just kidding, we have a thicker skin than Mr. Trump, so we’ll stick around. This week, Chairman Lujan recapped the DCCC’s […]

Denham, Valadao, and Knight’s records scrutinized on Lilly Ledbetter Anniversary Today’s anniversary of the historic Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act is a sharp reminder that vulnerable California Republicans Jeff Denham (CA-10), David Valadao (CA-21), and Steve Knight (CA-25) have consistently stood in the way of equal pay. While in the California State Legislature, Denham voted […]

On the seventh anniversary of President Obama signing the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, don’t expect Congressman Tim Walberg to join in celebrating the historic legislation aimed at closing our country’s gender pay gap. He’s been voting against equal pay for women for years. In 2007, Walberg joined his House Republican colleagues in voting “no” […]

On the seventh anniversary of President Obama signing the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, don’t expect Congressman Mike Coffman to join in celebrating the historic legislation aimed at closing our country’s gender pay gap. In 2009, Coffman joined his House Republican colleagues in voting “no” on the bill. “The anniversary of the Lilly Ledbetter Act […]