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Barely a day in office and Congressman Dan Donovan is breaking promises to voters in record-breaking time. After saying the “federal government shouldn’t add restrictions” to a woman’s right to choose during the Congressional campaign and pledging to work with Democrats, Donovan has wasted no time voting to restrict a woman’s right to choose – backing […]

Magician David Young employs Pell Grant vanishing trick before speaking at school where hundreds of students received Pell Grants GIF Link One-Term Wonder Congressman David Young is desperately trying to spin his support for damaging cuts to student aid – an early indication that he’s feeling the heat ahead of his commencement address at Iowa […]

College affordability campaign timed with graduation season Today Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chairman Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) announced the launch of a new, aggressive DCCC campaign to hold Republicans accountable for voting against college affordability. The initiative – “Republican Accountability Project: Diplomas Not Debt” – will target vulnerable House Republicans as they participate in college […]

Knight Failed to File Ethics Forms, Another Due Tomorrow One-Term Wonder Republican Congressman Steve Knight failed to file legally required ethics forms that would have outlined potential conflicts of interest for voters. Tomorrow, every Member of Congress must turn in an updated financial disclosure form for 2014. Will Steve Knight skip this deadline, too? “The […]

During his first few months in Washington, Texas Congressman Will Hurd voted to cut funding to a program designed to help low-income students afford college. Ironically, this weekend Hurd delivered two commencement addresses to recent graduates at Saint Phillips and Huston-Tillotson. Students at these two Texas colleges depend heavily on Pell Grants to mitigate the […]

Congressman Benishek told a reporter this week he’s frustrated by VA officials who “talk the talk but don’t walk the walk” while conveniently failing to disclose the fact that he’s spent the last three terms in Congress doing exactly that. Case in point: While serving on the House Veterans Affairs Committee, Benishek voted to prevent […]

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT “Congressman Guinta has claimed this investigation was over, and now it actually is – he broke FEC rules,” said DCCC spokesperson Matt Thornton. “Guinta is paying the price with the FEC for playing shady games with his campaign finances, and we expect he’ll pay the price at the ballot box […]

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT NOTE: Republican Congressman Tom MacArthur (NJ-03) voted to allow predatory lenders to continue to take advantage of service members. ICYMI: Financial Predators Target Active-Duty Military Members South Jersey Journal By Charlene Crowell May 11, 2015 http://southjerseyjournal.com/news/2015/may/11/financial-predators-target-active-duty-military-me/?page=2 The men and women who wear our nation’s uniform are expected to defend our […]

After the biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression, taxpayers demanded Congress rein in the reckless and excessive Wall Street behaviors that helped cause the 2008 financial crisis. Freshman Arkansas Congressman French Hill clearly didn’t get that memo. Recent reports show that after his election to Congress, Rep. Hill was paid $1.3 million – including […]

After the biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression, taxpayers demanded Congress rein in the reckless and excessive Wall Street behaviors that helped cause the 2008 financial crisis. Freshman Arkansas Congressman French Hill clearly didn’t get that memo. Recent reports show that after his election to Congress, Rep. Hill was paid $1.3 million – including […]