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It was a rough day for Congressman Scott Garrett as press both at home and nationally took him to task for his extreme pro-discrimination views. Garrett was already feeling the heat earlier this week as the Newark Star-Ledger lambasted him for supporting pro-discriminatory legislation against LGBT Americans. Yesterday, Garrett managed to take it to a […]

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT Statement From Jeb Fain, DCCC Spokesman: “Congressman Scott Garrett is making quite a name for himself in Washington as one of the most extreme, anti-LGBT, pro-discrimination Members of Congress. Earlier this week, Garrett’s support for a discriminatory, anti-LGBT bill got him scathing press in New Jersey — with the Newark […]

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT ICYMI: Breast cancer bill fuels effort to unseat Va. Republican in swing district The Washington Post By Antonio Olivo July 15, 2015 http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/breast-cancer-bill-fuels-effort-to-unseat-va-republican-in-swing-district/2015/07/15/59d22ec4-2b0b-11e5-a5ea-cf74396e59ec_story.html U.S. Rep. Barbara J. Comstock came under fire from Democrats on Wednesday for withdrawing her support for a bipartisan bill meant to generate millions of dollars for […]

SHOT: Congressman Bob Dold: “It is critical that we make cancer a national priority…We must put an end to all efforts that seek to stigmatize women based on their personal reproductive healthcare decisions. Healthcare choices are a private matter. It is not Congress’s place to come between a woman and her doctor.” CHASER: National Journal: […]

Martha McSally is dispensing advice to her fellow Republicans on how to speak to women. Her novel approach: Republicans need to watch their “language when we’re talking about some of these issues.” Of course, the “issues” McSally refers to include stripping a woman’s ability to control her body and healthcare decisions, refusing to ensure equal […]

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT Extreme Right Republicans Prove Yet Again to Be the Flea Wagging the Entire Dog (Congress) In the past two weeks alone, the House Republicans have been forced to pull two key pieces of legislation at the very last minute, due to the blow-back from the extreme right in their party. […]

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT ICYMI – Is There Such a Thing as Too Extreme for Lee Zeldin? Congressman Lee Zeldin has been under some heat recently for meeting with the radical fringe group – the Oath Keepers.  Zeldin has been busy trying to dodge directly answering for his associations with a group best known […]

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT Instead of Looking Out for NY-23, Congressman Reed Busy as Boehner Enforcer If anyone needed further proof that Congressman Tom Reed has fallen in with the Washington establishment and forgotten Western New York, The Hill reported today that Reed’s been busy carrying out John Boehner’s orders in Washington. Reed’s time […]

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT – Knight’s Defense of the Confederate Battle Flag Holds up Federal Government One-Term Wonder Congressman Steve Knight and the Republican-controlled House are holding up the federal government’s budgeting and spending process – all over the Confederate battle flag. This isn’t the first time Knight has protected the flag– last year […]

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT ICYMI: Miami Republican congressman posits Donald Trump candidacy may be Democratic plot Miami Herald By Patricia Mazzei July 13, 2015 http://miamiherald.typepad.com/nakedpolitics/2015/07/miami-republican-congressman-posits-donald-trump-candidacy-may-be-democratic-plot.html Miami is a hotbed for phantom candidates, complete with four federal criminal convictions in two separate cases to prove it. So perhaps it’s no surprise that a local Republican […]