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ICYMI: Shutdown countdown: Here’s how long Congress has to get its act together [WAPO]
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT “The month-long battle to replace Speaker Boehner will not only mean that House Republicans emerge more conservative and splintered, but it will take away precious time that would be much better spent negotiating a bipartisan budget, avoiding default and addressing other fast-approaching fiscal deadlines.” – Meredith Kelly of the DCCC. […]
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Dave Agema: The Guy Michigan Republican Insiders Want in Congress
Over the weekend, Michigan Republican insiders floated the name of the worst possible candidate for Congress in Michigan’s 1st District: Dave Agema. That’s right, the Ted Cruz-endorsing favorite son of the radical right, who despite being censured this year by the Republican National Committee over a “hateful” rant on social media (which called LGBT people […]
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ICYMI: Speaker hopeful Jason Chaffetz: Debt default, shutdown on the table [CNN]
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT “For Jason Chaffetz to suggest that funding the government and raising its borrowing limit would be ‘to cave’ is extremely troubling. Chaffetz has provided yet another shocking example of what the American people can expect from the Republican House moving forward: more policy positions meant to appease hardline Republicans instead […]
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Babeu & Gowan Create Worst Possible Republican Primary Scenario
Divisive and expensive contest is amplified by late primary date Today, Arizona Republicans’ worst possible primary scenario just became a reality. With the entrance of scandal marred Sherriff Paul Babeu and big spending David Gowan, the Republican field is packed with uniquely flawed candidates. “There are setbacks, and then there are disasters – Paul Babeu […]
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Democrats Call on Chairman Trey Gowdy to Immediately Terminate the Benghazi Committee That Has Politicized American Deaths
Taxpayer-Funded Benghazi Committee Created With Singular Purpose: to Defeat Hillary Clinton, Not Seek Truth Behind Death of Four Americans On Tuesday evening, potential Speaker Kevin McCarthy revealed that the House Select Committee on Benghazi was created with one purely political purpose: to harm Secretary of State Clinton’s political future and ultimately defeat her in the […]
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DCCC Calls on Republicans to Terminate Benghazi Committee Membership
**Similar releases will be sent today targeting all Republican Members of the House Select Committee on Benghazi: Trey Gowdy, Susan Brooks, Jim Jordan, Mike Pompeo, Martha Roby, Peter Roskam, Lynn Westmoreland** “The purpose of the Republicans’ $4.5 million Benghazi Committee has been clarified: to politicize the death of four Americans for the sake of hurting […]
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Katko Doubles Down on Defunding Planned Parenthood, Breaking Promise to Central New Yorkers
By voting for the second time in two weeks for a resolution to defund Planned Parenthood, Congressman John Katko has doubled down on his broken promise to the people of the New York 24th Congressional District. “John Katko is back at it, doubling down on his vote to defund Planned Parenthood and again breaking his […]
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DCCC Statement on House Short-Term CR Vote
Please see the statement below regarding this evening’s vote on the short-term Continuing Resolution: “Astoundingly, over 150 House Republicans voted against keeping the government open, apparently preferring to play politics with women’s health over doing their jobs. Only a few days after Speaker Boehner’s ousting, this is yet another example that the House Republicans have […]
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Comstock Endorses “David Duke without the Baggage”
“David Duke without the baggage” is how Congressman Steve Scalise described himself. Scalise even spoke before a white-supremacist group. Yet this is the caliber of a leader Virginia Congresswoman Barbara Comstock endorsed today for Majority Leader of the House of Representatives. Apparently, Congresswoman Comstock sees no problem with throwing her support behind a Congressman with […]
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Poliquin Won’t Allow Ex-Im Bank Reauth Vote, While 80 Bangor Jobs are on the Line
Earlier today, Congressman Bruce Poliquin joined his House Republican colleagues in voting to once again block reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank. During a meeting of the House Financial Services Committee, Poliquin refused to break with his fellow Republicans on a party-line vote against bringing the bank’s reauthorization to a vote. Poliquin and House Republicans’ refusal […]