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Meltdown Mike Bost must be allergic to the 12th Congressional district. The evidence is stacking up that he just doesn’t want to spend any time there – or that he doesn’t understand what’s where. On Wednesday, Bost talked to a radio station in Rockford, which is actually in the district of Congresswoman Bustos, not where he […]

One day after doing the bare minimum required to keep the U.S. government running, while continuing to stonewall any progress to support the middle class, Congressman Steve Southerland is now heading for vacation. Yesterday, Congressman Southerland patted himself on the back for narrowly avoiding another one of his disastrous government shutdowns, and now apparently he […]

House Republicans are patting themselves on the back for doing the bare minimum and avoiding yet another one of their government shutdowns, but the American people have a very different reaction to Republicans’ self-congratulation. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is helping the Republican party understand the American people’s reaction in a new video: ‘Slow Clap.’ […]

DCCC Chairman Steve Israel released the following statement after the House approved a Continuing Resolution: “What the American people are seeing today is House Republicans patting themselves on the back for doing the bare minimum required to keep our government open – a new low in Washington self-congratulation. Only in John Boehner’s Tea Party Congress […]

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is launching its third television ad in Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District, highlighting how Washington insider David Young would raise taxes on millions of Iowans and give more tax breaks to billionaires and the bankers and CEOs who are funding his campaign. The ad starts running today. Script of DCCC IE […]

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee today released a new television ad – “Uninvestigated” – in Arizona’s 1st Congressional District. The spot highlights how Andy Tobin voted to cut funding for Child Protective Services, eliminating 159 caseworkers and investigators. More than 900 reports of child abuse and neglect went uninvestigated. The ad begins running in the Phoenix […]

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is launching its first television ad in California’s 52nd Congressional District – “Everything” – that zeroes in on Carl DeMaio’s support for a Tea Party budget that would devastate California’s schools and slash student loans for college. The ad begins running in the San Diego market today. Script of DCCC […]

In a new interview, WLRN’s John O’Connor is continuing to raise the same questions that have dogged Carlos Curbelo for weeks: who are his lobbying clients, and did they have business with the School Board? From the interview: “With Curbelo you have a guy who is being questioned. His wife owns a communications firm. He […]

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee today released its first paid web ad as part of an aggressive new online campaign in Virginia’s 10th Congressional District, “The Barbara Effect.” The spot can be found at TheRealComstock.com, which highlights how Barbara Comstock’s right wing agenda on issues like women’s healthcare, same sex marriage, and gun safety is […]

It’s been one week since Capitol Fax’s Rich Miller asked the question about whether Springfield insider Mike Bost would vote to prevent another government shutdown, and Mike Bost still hasn’t answered the question. “Springfield insider Mike Bost will have a meltdown over just about anything, but he won’t say whether he would vote to prevent another government […]