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This Sunday marked the first day of summer, and boy do House Republicans want it to be a scorching reality for people across the country. In honor of what’s supposed to be everyone’s favorite season, here are the top ten ways that the House Republicans are ruining your summer: Air Conditioning Costs Through the Roof […]

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT The Cedar Rapids Gazette has a troubling story exposing Steve King’s silence on his white supremacist donations while elected leaders across the country moved quickly to return theirs. ICYMI: White supremacist donates $2,500 to Iowa’s Steve King Cedar Rapids Gazette By Erin Jordan June 22, 2015 http://thegazette.com/subject/news/government/white-supremacist-donates-2500-to-iowas-steve-king-20150622 A Texan whose […]

Congressman Lee Zeldin has some serious explaining to do after meeting with the Long Island Oath Keepers last Friday (and not for the first time either). The Oath Keepers are an extremist rightwing group – notorious among other things for fearing the federal government more than terrorists, espousing anti-government conspiracy theories involving martial law and […]

“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. […]