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Colorado GOP melt down & presidential turnout not helping Coffman This week national Republicans showed how nervous they are about Mike Coffman’s reelection chances by putting him on their list of most vulnerable members. The fact that he is known as one of the most gaffe prone people in Congress, is unable to clearly deliver […]

If you’re watching the Republican Presidential debate tonight and feel like you’re experiencing Déjà vu, do not fear. The promises, mission statements and principles coming from the Republican Presidential candidates sound familiar because we’ve heard it all before, from the Republican House of Representatives. This may be the first time this election cycle that the […]

One-Term Wonder Rod Blum has had a very rough week, and it’s not going to get any better as long as he and his staff continue to make blatantly false statements about the First Amendment Defense Act, which the Des Moines Register called “ridiculous legislation.” “Congressman Blum has lost all credibility in trying to spin […]

A week after Mike Bishop came under fire for charging taxpayers for his chief of staff’s apartment, national Republicans have added Congressman Bishop to their list of most vulnerable incumbents, exposing their very real concern that voters in Bishop’s district have had enough of his inability to do his job correctly. Last week, it was […]

Last week, Representative Elise Stefanik and her Republican colleagues decided that it was time for vacation and the House of Representatives adjourned for five weeks. The Republican-led Congress’ decision to skip town means a failure to find a long-term highway funding solution, reauthorize the Export-Import bank, or pass a bipartisan budget, which sets the country […]

The NRCC is attempting a rebrand today on behalf of House Republicans, under the banner of “Driving to Strengthen America”. Puzzlingly, the video and mission statement boast a driving and highway theme. This comes just days after the Republican-led Congress again kicked the can down the road on a long-term highway funding bill and left […]

Today, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is launching a paid drive time radio advertising campaign in Bangor and Augusta highlighting Congressman Poliquin’s playing politics with Maine jobs and businesses by shamelessly opposing reauthorizing the Export-Import Bank. Despite calls from Maine business leaders for Poliquin to quit playing politics on this issue and bipartisan support across […]

In an event so secretive most journalists weren’t even allowed in, Congressman Sean Duffy joined his favorite presidential candidate, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, at a private donor retreat hosted by the arch-conservative Koch brothers. Duffy and Walker were two of only 15 Republican lawmakers who joined hundreds of wealthy donors (whose identities reporters were forbidden […]

Congressman Dan Benishek would have you believe that he’s fighting to ensure funding for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI), which is responsible for protecting and maintaining the beauty and economic wellbeing of the Great Lakes. Unfortunately for Congressman Benishek’s constituents, his record has not been at all “consistent.” In 2011, Benishek voted to cut […]

On the occasion of Aaron Schock turning up in court to try and fend off allegations he failed to comply with a subpoena, let’s all recall the time Bob Dold “doubled down” on his refusal to donate to charity the tainted donations given to him by the disgraced former congressman. “The longer Congressman Dold hangs […]