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Today marks the start of a week-long countdown to the White House Correspondents Dinner (WHCD). Congresswoman Mia Love generated a lot of bad headlines last year for misusing taxpayer dollars to pay for airplane tickets to the WHCD. The most egregious element of the story – and what kept this scandal in the news – […]

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT The Des Moines Register is out today with an editorial highlighting the self-serving and wasteful spending practices of Congressman Blum. Key sections: … Blum’s spending, which totaled $425,365, was the highest of all 446 members of the House who served during some part of 2015, and was more than the […]

DCCC Chairman Ben Ray Luján released the following statement to congratulate Steve Santarsiero on his primary victory in Pennsylvania’s 8th Congressional District: “Congratulations to Steve Santarsiero for a hard-fought victory in this competitive open seat; I am confident that he will be ready to take the fight to Brian Fitzpatrick. Steve is a highly-qualified, passionate […]

ICYMI: Mica Refuses to Retract Offensive Comments on Marital Rape Given the chance to set the record straight, John Mica just refused to retract disgusting comments he made in opposition to protecting women from marital rape. Specifically, when Mica opposed a measure in the Florida House of Representative that would allow married women to file […]

Curbelo’s Misleading Zika Virus Bill Contains No Funding Carlos Curbelo’s latest attempt to address the Zika virus does more to endanger women and children in South Florida than address the growing crisis.  Cubelo’s measure codifies Republicans’ dangerous call to retool Ebola funding to combat the spread of Zika, while offering no additional funding to combat the spread […]

DCCC Launches Radio Ads on John Mica’s Opposition to Protecting Women From Marital Rape, VAWA Today, the DCCC is launching a paid radio advertising campaign highlighting John Mica’s opposition to a Florida House of Representatives bill that would allow married women to file charges for rape by their husbands. In his opposition to this bill […]

Will the news that all three of Virginia’s 10th District Republican delegates plan to support Senator Ted Cruz, the architect of government shutdowns, prompt Barbara Comstock to say whom she will support for the nomination? Since Comstock’s first choice dropped out of the race in March, she has still refused to say whom she will […]

Young was the ONLY Iowa Senate candidate to support Ted Cruz’s shutdown tactics  Congressman David Young – lifelong DC insider – is clearly feeling the pressure to create a suitable “message” to deal with the fallout from the Republican Party’s failure to pass a budget. In a recent email to constituents, he stated the obvious: […]

First DCCC web video of the cycle shows how House Republicans gave rise to Trump  Today, the DCCC is releasing its first national web video of the cycle – How did we get here? – featuring several examples of Congressional Republicans who preceded and have echoed Donald Trump’s violent rallies, birther rhetoric, and hateful words […]

Bishop voted to create committee that is intimidating scientists and medical researchers Today, House Republicans’ “witch hunt” against women’s health access continues, with their wasteful Select Committee holding its second hearing of the year this afternoon. Mike Bishop voted in favor of creating the committee last October, despite the fact that multiple investigations cleared Planned Parenthood of any […]