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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT We all know that John Boehner was unceremoniously shoved out the door to placate the extreme fringes of the House Republican conference. Now, those same people are saying that Speaker Ryan is no different than John Boehner. Good luck Paul D. Ryan! ICYMI: Labrador to Paul Ryan: Honeymoon is over […]

Coffman yesterday: “This President has just demonstrated, once again, that he has no respect for representative government nor for the limitations that our Constitution places on the powers of his office.” Coffman in 2012: “I don’t know whether Barack Obama was born in the United States of America. I don’t know that. But I do […]

As we know, Congressman Blum is on the fringes of Congress. He has consistently demonstrated that he is far more beholden to the secretive House Freedom Caucus than to his constituents. Today will be a test of whether or not he has learned from the mistakes of his first year and is willing to finally […]

DCCC Chairman Ben Ray Luján released the following statement on Congressman Steve Israel’s decision that he will not seek re-election: “Steve Israel is a great colleague, strategist, mentor and friend, and he will be greatly missed after he leaves Congress. Steve will continue to be an active force this year, a leader of House Democrats, […]

In an editorial reviewing Congresswoman Elise Stefanik’s first year in office, the Glens Falls Post-Star editorial board expressed “concerns” about Stefanik’s conflicting positions and questionable motives on issues critical to the North Country. Stefanik’s confusing and contradictory answers during a recent editorial meeting on climate change, military sexual assault, transportation and health care left the […]

In case you missed it, last Friday the California minimum wage increased to $10 an hour, despite vulnerable Congressman Steve Knight’s years-long record voting against minimum wage increases. “Vulnerable Republican Congressman Steve Knight’s stalwart opposition to raising California’s minimum wage flies in the face of the needs of the 25th Congressional District,” said Barb Solish […]

Welcome Back to the Republican House of Representatives & Election Year 2016: “With yet another vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act and defund Planned Parenthood this week, House Republicans have wasted no time in showing that 2016 will mean more of the same policies and attacks that harm women, hardworking families and other massive […]

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT “Congressman Scott Garrett is getting a fat lump of coal this Christmas from his corporate donors for his pro-discrimination views and record against LGBT Americans,” said Bryan Lesswing at the DCCC. “Whether it’s his opposition to filling potholes and repairing bridges or pushing his extreme pro-discrimination views, Scott Garrett’s naughty list […]

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT  ICYMI: House Republicans at a Crossroads as Trump-Mania Continues National Journal By Jack Fitzpatrick December 22, 2015 Some of the most vul­ner­able Re­pub­lic­ans in Con­gress ducked when asked about the most con­tro­ver­sial ma­jor fig­ure in the party today: Don­ald Trump. A Na­tion­al Journ­al sur­vey of eight mem­bers from ra­cially di­verse and Demo­crat­ic-lean­ing […]

Today Congressman Pat Meehan voted against the bipartisan bill to keep the government open and fund critical national priorities, including funding for 9/11 First Responders and women’s health. While a few of his neighboring Republicans voted to keep the government open, Congressman Meehan’s vote would have shut down the government and threatened national priorities. “Though […]