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TGIF. That’s what Congressman Dold is saying today as he heads home to Illinois for the weekend after a week of casting vote after vote in line with Washington Republicans. Dold goes into this weekend having spent this week: Failing to ensure that the health of a woman is accounted for in an extreme anti-choice […]

TGIF. That’s what Congressman Bost is saying today as he heads home to Illinois for the weekend after a week of casting vote after vote in line with Washington Republicans. Bost goes into this weekend having spent this week refusing to ensure that service members continue to be paid in the event that Republicans cause […]

One-Term Wonder Congresswoman Barbara Comstock issued a press release today that expressed disappointment that WMATA was underfunded to the tune of $50 million. Comstock appears to have forgotten about the two times she voted against $300 million to complete the Metro’s Silver Line. “If Congresswoman Comstock is so disappointed with shortchanging Metro by $50 million, […]

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT Just after Congressman Dan Donovan broke his pledge to New York voters the National Republican Congressional Committee has just named Congressman Dan Donovan to its most vulnerable incumbent list.  Even though Donovan said “federal government shouldn’t add restrictions” to a woman’s right to choose during the Congressional campaign and pledged […]

Barely a day in office and Congressman Dan Donovan is breaking promises to voters in record-breaking time. After saying the “federal government shouldn’t add restrictions” to a woman’s right to choose during the Congressional campaign and pledging to work with Democrats, Donovan has wasted no time voting to restrict a woman’s right to choose – backing […]

Magician David Young employs Pell Grant vanishing trick before speaking at school where hundreds of students received Pell Grants GIF Link One-Term Wonder Congressman David Young is desperately trying to spin his support for damaging cuts to student aid – an early indication that he’s feeling the heat ahead of his commencement address at Iowa […]

College affordability campaign timed with graduation season Today Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chairman Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) announced the launch of a new, aggressive DCCC campaign to hold Republicans accountable for voting against college affordability. The initiative – “Republican Accountability Project: Diplomas Not Debt” – will target vulnerable House Republicans as they participate in college […]

Knight Failed to File Ethics Forms, Another Due Tomorrow One-Term Wonder Republican Congressman Steve Knight failed to file legally required ethics forms that would have outlined potential conflicts of interest for voters. Tomorrow, every Member of Congress must turn in an updated financial disclosure form for 2014. Will Steve Knight skip this deadline, too? “The […]

During his first few months in Washington, Texas Congressman Will Hurd voted to cut funding to a program designed to help low-income students afford college. Ironically, this weekend Hurd delivered two commencement addresses to recent graduates at Saint Phillips and Huston-Tillotson. Students at these two Texas colleges depend heavily on Pell Grants to mitigate the […]

Congressman Benishek told a reporter this week he’s frustrated by VA officials who “talk the talk but don’t walk the walk” while conveniently failing to disclose the fact that he’s spent the last three terms in Congress doing exactly that. Case in point: While serving on the House Veterans Affairs Committee, Benishek voted to prevent […]