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**Similar releases will be sent today targeting all Republican Members of the House Select Committee on Benghazi: Trey Gowdy, Susan Brooks, Jim Jordan, Mike Pompeo, Martha Roby, Peter Roskam, Lynn Westmoreland** “The purpose of the Republicans’ $4.5 million Benghazi Committee has been clarified: to politicize the death of four Americans for the sake of hurting […]

By voting for the second time in two weeks for a resolution to defund Planned Parenthood, Congressman John Katko has doubled down on his broken promise to the people of the New York 24th Congressional District. “John Katko is back at it, doubling down on his vote to defund Planned Parenthood and again breaking his […]

Please see the statement below regarding this evening’s vote on the short-term Continuing Resolution: “Astoundingly, over 150 House Republicans voted against keeping the government open, apparently preferring to play politics with women’s health over doing their jobs. Only a few days after Speaker Boehner’s ousting, this is yet another example that the House Republicans have […]

“David Duke without the baggage” is how Congressman Steve Scalise described himself. Scalise even spoke before a white-supremacist group. Yet this is the caliber of a leader Virginia Congresswoman Barbara Comstock endorsed today for Majority Leader of the House of Representatives. Apparently, Congresswoman Comstock sees no problem with throwing her support behind a Congressman with […]

Earlier today, Congressman Bruce Poliquin joined his House Republican colleagues in voting to once again block reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank. During a meeting of the House Financial Services Committee, Poliquin refused to break with his fellow Republicans on a party-line vote against bringing the bank’s reauthorization to a vote. Poliquin and House Republicans’ refusal […]

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT Syracuse Mayor Calls Out Katko’s Vote to Defund Planned Parenthood, Broken Promise to Central New York Voters In case you missed it – Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner called out Congressman John Katko last night on Capital Tonight for his recent vote to defund Planned Parenthood — a move which would […]

Katko, who represents a pro-choice district, recently voted to defund Planned Parenthood Today, just two days away from when many extreme Republicans would shut down the government over funding for women’s health programs, allies across the country and in Syracuse are rallying in support of Planned Parenthood and the critical, life-saving services it provides to […]

Zeldin Continues to Cozy Up with Far Right Groups and Leaders As House Republicans continue to grapple with disarray following Speaker Boehner’s announced resignation, Congressman Lee Zeldin announced this morning that he would support extremist Congressman Trey Gowdy as Majority Leader. “You are the company that you keep, and Congressman Zeldin’s endorsement of Tea Party […]

Last week, several of Congressman Will Hurd’s freshman colleagues fell all over themselves to attach their name to an empty letter that –  in their minds – distanced themselves from the extremists in the House that want to shut down the entire federal government. Congressman Hurd did not even sign his name to the letter […]

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Ben Ray Luján, Chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, participated in the press conference today that followed the Democratic Caucus meeting. Luján spoke of Speaker Boehner’s resignation, just the latest example of House Republicans chaos, and the potential fallout for all Republicans. Below is a transcript of his remarks.   […]