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Weekly House Cleaning A DCCC News Roundup We found out last week that the NRCC invented and have exclusive rights to news roundups, so we decided not to do one this week, Donald Trump-style. Just kidding, we have a thicker skin than Mr. Trump, so we’ll stick around. This week, Chairman Lujan recapped the DCCC’s […]

Denham, Valadao, and Knight’s records scrutinized on Lilly Ledbetter Anniversary Today’s anniversary of the historic Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act is a sharp reminder that vulnerable California Republicans Jeff Denham (CA-10), David Valadao (CA-21), and Steve Knight (CA-25) have consistently stood in the way of equal pay. While in the California State Legislature, Denham voted […]

On the seventh anniversary of President Obama signing the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, don’t expect Congressman Tim Walberg to join in celebrating the historic legislation aimed at closing our country’s gender pay gap. He’s been voting against equal pay for women for years. In 2007, Walberg joined his House Republican colleagues in voting “no” […]

On the seventh anniversary of President Obama signing the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, don’t expect Congressman Mike Coffman to join in celebrating the historic legislation aimed at closing our country’s gender pay gap. In 2009, Coffman joined his House Republican colleagues in voting “no” on the bill. “The anniversary of the Lilly Ledbetter Act […]

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT ICYMI: House Democrats Paint an Optimistic 2016 Landscape National Journal By Alex Brown January 28, 2016 House Demo­crats gathered here for their an­nu­al re­treat heard an op­tim­ist­ic ral­ly­ing cry about their elect­or­al pro­spects from Vice Pres­id­ent Joe Biden—and an in-depth sum­mary of their in­cre­ment­al pro­gress from their top cam­paign chief. […]

On the seventh anniversary of President Obama signing the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, don’t expect Speaker Paul Ryan to join in celebrating the historic legislation aimed at closing our country’s gender pay gap. In 2009, Ryan joined his House Republican colleagues in voting “no” on the bill. He later called the groundbreaking legislation “some […]

Guess this is what happens when you are dangerously out-of-touch with reality: soon-to-be-billionaire Stewart Mills III was caught in a red-handed lie – and forced to admit it – when he accused Rick Nolan, a U.S. Congressman, of funding terrorists. Stewart Mills III knew he was in hot water when a reporter pressed, “Are you […]

Poliquin’s publicity stunt on crisis “he admits hasn’t been a problem yet” garners ridicule from local press, his constituents Yesterday, Maine Congressman Bruce Poliquin announced his intention to introduce a bill – based on a manufactured crisis – that spectacularly flopped in the face of ridicule and backlash from local press and his own constituents. […]

This week the producers of the heavily edited Planned Parenthood videos were indicted and criminal allegations against Planned Parenthood were dropped. Despite ample opportunity to defend one of the nation’s largest women’s health providers and stand up for a women’s right to choose, the three Republicans running in California’s 52nd District remain silent. It’s time […]

 Poliquin “unaware” of whether problem his own bill addresses has ever taken place What does Bruce Poliquin spend tax dollars and time on? Fighting imaginary battles with publicity stunts. That is the takeaway from Poliquin’s latest sideshow act. Poliquin is touting a bill that would bar convicted terrorists from receiving federal benefits – a manufactured […]