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Tom Barrett’s message to the 23,000 people in MI-07 who depend on ACA tax credits to afford their health care? Barrett: “Despite its name, these are not real tax credits.” But that’s not all. Barrett’s message to the nearly 32,000 people in MI-07 who get their health care through the Affordable Care Act? Barrett: “The bottom line is that Obamacare […]

David Valadao is “embroiled in an intraparty health care fight that could hinder [his] reelection campaign,” and has been left “powerless,” POLITICO reports. After Republicans refused to stop catastrophic lapses in Affordable Care Act credits, Californians are now bracing for their premiums to skyrocket by 97% on average in the new year. No amount of spin can cover […]

After lying to voters for months, new reporting reveals that Mariannette Miller-Meeks has quietly “changed her voter registration back to her Ottumwa home” *outside the district* after repeatedly insisting that she lived in IA-01. Last year, Miller-Meeks faced an ethics complaint from a Le Claire voter for registering to vote in Scott County at an apartment complex […]

Yesterday, Tom Barrett voted NO on restoring bargaining rights for federal employees. Earlier this year, Trump stripped federal workers of their collective bargaining rights. Barrett refused to stand up to his party bosses then, and he refused to stand up to them yet again last night when he voted AGAINST collective bargaining. Barrett claims to support federal workers – but his refusal to […]

Deputy Speaker Johnson faces internal revolt After yet another string of stinging defeats at the ballot box and in state houses this week, Republicans are growing increasingly depressed about their chances of keeping the House majority. The Chair of the RNC this week predicted a midterm disaster, saying that Republicans “are facing almost certain defeat.” Former GOP Speaker Newt […]

Democrats are on offense in NJ-07 while Republicans struggle to field a viable candidate in NJ-09 Things are not going well for New Jersey Republicans.  New reporting today highlights how the GOP is facing recruitment woes in New Jersey’s 9th congressional district. Meanwhile in the 7th congressional district, Democrats are feeling “emboldened” and on offense against vulnerable […]

“[The cost of living in the U.S.] is the worst I can ever remember it being” Yesterday, President Trump told Politico he gives the nation’s economy an “A-plus-plus-plus-plus-plus.” That’s just another out-of-touch take from a billionaire president who has enacted a Republican agenda hellbent on raising costs, gutting health care, and draining hardworking families’ wallets. The reality that Americans […]

Following her posturing to “hold members accountable” Anna Paulina Luna minimized and downplayed the serious allegations of domestic violence and other ethics scandals surrounding fellow Florida Republican Cory Mills – writing them off as mere “shenanigans” instead of the disqualifying behaviors that they are. A quick reminder of what Luna thinks are just “shenanigans” A restraining […]

Vulnerable GOP Congressman Greg Murphy showed his true colors by trying to kill the ACA subsidies that over 880,000 families across North Carolina rely on for essential health care.  During a closed-door meeting with House Republicans this week, Murphy went out of his way to push for these tax credits to be eliminated – a move that would cause premiums […]

Riley: “When the people footing the bill get squeezed and the folks at the top walk off with massive bonuses, something’s seriously broken – and I’m fighting to fix it.” Congressman Josh Riley is fighting to ensure that corporate executives aren’t rewarded at the expense of everyday New Yorkers by introducing the No Bonuses for Utility […]