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This was an embarrassing week for Mike Gallagher: ** Voters in Wisconsin have been learning all week about Mike Gallagher’s extreme plan to cut seniors’ Social Security benefits down to the poverty level. Gallagher weakly tried to fight back with a fundraising email – that didn’t actually deny this accusation. In fact, Gallagher only reiterated […]

Zinke’s statement is disturbingly un-American Congressman Ryan Zinke – well-known Donald Trump fan boy – is now rooting for Russia and insulting our Commander-in-Chief. Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) 9/9/16, 9:53 AM As I pass in a Kevin Brady scrum, I hear Rep. Ryan Zinke say Putin has been “a more effective” leader than Obama. https://twitter.com/MEPFuller/status/774244353879511041 This […]

Hurd’s response: “My race is about me.” This week during the NBC Commander-in-Chief Forum, Donald Trump was asked why he is prepared to act as our Commander-in-Chief. His response? Because he “has good judgement.” Let’s take a look at that judgement: Donald Trump has said he “loves war” and claims to “know more about ISIS […]

“Erik Paulsen not only has turned official travel into family vacations and used taxpayer resources to support his reelection, he also supports allowing special interests to make secret political donations,” said Sacha Haworth of the DCCC. “Voters in Minnesota are not going to support someone they can’t trust to be straight with them or use […]

Yesterday, House Speaker Paul Ryan told reporters, “Vladimir Putin is an aggressor that does not share our interests” adding, “It certainly appears that he is conducting state-sponsored cyber-attacks on what appears to be our political system. That is not acting in our interest. And that is an adversarial stance and he is acting like an […]

From today’s ratings changes: “…In better news for Democrats, a couple of Likely Republican districts move to Leans Republican this week. Rep. John Mica (R, FL-7) saw his district become a lot more competitive in court-ordered redistricting, and Democrats are bullish on their candidate, businesswoman Stephanie Murphy.”

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT “Overseeing inhumane abuse of special needs teens. Misusing and spending taxpayer dollars lavishly. FBI looking into potential corruption. Republicans should be ashamed of supporting someone who is so unfit to hold public office,” said DCCC Spokesman Tyler Law. — Sources: FBI issues subpoena for records tied to use of RICO […]

We couldn’t agree more During a press conference this morning, Secretary Hillary Clinton said, “Every Republican holding or seeking office in this country should be asked if they agree with Donald Trump about these statements,” referencing the Republican nominee’s comments denigrating United States military commanders and praising Vladimir Putin. We couldn’t agree more. Whether House […]

From today’s ratings changes: “Out west, Rep. Jeff Denham (R, CA-10) is a frequent Democratic target who won by six points in 2012 and 12 in 2014. He faces a rematch with Michael Eggman (D), a beekeeper. If there is a down-ticket drag from Trump these are two places we might see it…”

DCCC Chairman Ben Ray Luján today announced the addition of retired Marine Colonel Doug Applegate (CA-49) to the Red to Blue program. “As a proud father, 32-year Marine Corps veteran, and small businessman, Colonel Applegate has proven his deep commitment to helping middle-class families get ahead and keeping Americans safe. Unlike Congressman Darrell Issa, Colonel […]