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In the first public poll since embattled Rep. Rod Blum made headlines for failing to disclose his shady internet company that buries FDA warnings – Blum is paying the price for his massive ethics scandal among Iowa voters. Iowans also disapprove of Blum’s support of the unpopular GOP tax scam and his refusal to hold […]

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT Florida lawmaker who helped craft new tax law stands to gain By Richard Lardner // AP April 2, 2018 WASHINGTON — As Republicans streamed out of Washington in late January for their annual retreat, dozens of them headed to Union Station near the U.S. Capitol to catch a train to […]

Curbelo ties his political future in Congress to an unpopular tax law By David Smiley and Alex Daugherty // Miami Herald April 3, 2018 Carlos Curbelo, one of the most vulnerable Republicans in Congress, is doubling down on the nation’s new — and largely unpopular — tax code. Nearly four months after Congress passed $1 […]

On Easter Sunday, President Trump took to Twitter to officially rule out a future DACA deal. This comes despite promising for months that he wanted to see a DACA solution for the more than 800,000 DREAMers protected under this critical program. This morning, the DCCC is calling on every one of these vulnerable Republicans representing […]

In case you missed it, Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers refused to promise that she’d protect Social Security when asked at a town hall in her district. After McMorris Rodgers helped push through the GOP Tax Scam that will raise the deficit, setting the stage for cuts to Social Security, her constituents deserve to know where […]

You may have noticed that yesterday Rep. Peter Roskam took a bizarre victory lap, claiming a “win” for Illinois taxpayers who stood in line to prepay their 2017 property taxes. Here is what you need to know: These families – well the ones who could afford to – stood in line in record numbers to […]

Speaker Ryan’s Super PAC confirmed exactly how worried they are about the re-election chances of freshman Congressman and Wall Street ally, Ted Budd, when they announced this morning they’re parachuting in to put “boots on the ground” in North Carolina’s 13th District. This move comes as Democratic challenger Kathy Manning outraised Budd and ended the […]

It’s unlike Congressman Curbelo to miss the chance to call himself a fighter for DREAMers and a champion for immigrants. But since the Trump Administration announced they had ignored the recommendations of experts and added, for the first time since 1950, a question on citizenship to the US Census, the Congressman has not only been […]

With Congressman Ryan Costello’s retirement and rumors swirling about Speaker Ryan’s potential resignation, it’s worth a reminder that our Retirement Watch List has successfully predicted eight retirements before they happened: Frank LoBiondo (NJ-02) Rodney Frelinghuysen (NJ-11) Ryan Costello (PA-06) Patrick Meehan (PA-07) Charlie Dent (PA-15) Dave Reichert (WA-08) Ed Royce (CA-39) Ron DeSantis (FL-06)   […]

As vulnerable Rep. Mike Bishop readies himself for the most challenging election of his career, having been outraised in the past two quarters by a Democratic challenger while election forecasters shift this seat in favor of Democrats, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) released the following statement on his dim re-election prospects: “Mike Bishop can […]