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“The Coffmans, both Cynthia and Congressman Coffman, came with a lot of unknowns and risks, and I think that was one of the reasons why it wasn’t a bad thing that they both decided not to run for Senate,” said one national Republican operative. “I think behind the scenes this is sort of a scary public […]

Jeb Bush, who recently said he supports raising the Social Security retirement age to “68 or 70,” officially threw his hat in the ring for the Republican presidential primary yesterday. Congressman David Valadao took $5,400 from Bush’s ‘Right to Rise’ PAC, which makes us wonder: does Congressman Valadao also think he has the ‘right to […]

Jeb Bush, who recently said he supports raising the Social Security retirement age to “68 or 70,” officially threw his hat in the ring for the Republican presidential primary yesterday. Congresswoman Jaime Herrera-Beutler took $5,400 from Bush’s ‘Right to Rise’ PAC, which makes us wonder: does Congresswoman Jaime Herrera-Beutler also think she has the ‘right […]

Yesterday, Mike Coffman bizarrely skipped the vote to fund the United States Department of Defense. That’s right, the same Coffman that touts his position on the Armed Services Committee didn’t bother to show up to vote on the bill that funds America’s Armed Services. Whether he forgot, was too busy fundraising and campaigning, or just […]

One-Term Wonder Congressman Cresent Hardy has already been spotlighted as the most likely Congressmember to lose their seat this cycle. This dubious distinction is largely because of his penchant for making disparaging comments about “the 47%,” the Employee Non Discrimination Act, welfare recipients, and now, children with disabilities. Oh, and Hardy doesn’t just think people […]

Looks like some unpopular votes in Washington have landed Congressman David Joyce in trouble back home: local Tea Party darling Mark Lynch just gave word he’s pursuing another bid to unseat the two-term incumbent. With shady outside money likely to pour in for Lynch from the Koch brothers and the Tea Party, there’s every reason […]

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT The Wall Street Journal has a story out today exposing Coffman for shelling out big money so his supporters could hobnob with Ben Carson. Coffman seems comfortable attaching himself to Carson’s homophobic and anti-veteran comments – not particularly surprising for a Congressman so fringe that he joined the birther movement. […]

In the wake of the federal indictment of former Republican House Speaker Dennis Hastert, what will Barbara Comstock do about the funds he donated to her Virginia campaign? “After refusing to donate funds from Aaron Schock’s shady coffers, Congresswomen Comstock now has the dubious distinction of being the recipient of funds from two disgraced former members […]

Today, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee launched a digital ad campaign calling attention to Congressman Jeff Denham’s recent vote against allocating an additional $750 million to install positive train control (PTC) on Amtrak. A California train crash that killed 25 people in 2008 was the impetus for the federal law requiring PTC, a safety measure […]

Today, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee launched a digital ad campaign calling attention to Congressman David Valadao’s recent vote against allocating an additional $750 million to install positive train control (PTC) on Amtrak. A California train crash that killed 25 people in 2008 was the impetus for the federal law requiring PTC, a safety measure […]