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Back home with voters, Congressman David Young might pretend to be a voice of reason, but once he’s in Washington, Young falls in lock step with Republicans. He told his constituents, “one thing that always gets done is you have to fund the government,” but yesterday Young sided with his extreme Republican colleagues in voting […]

A similar release went out to 28 other vulnerable Republicans. As the Republican led Congress has appeared to finally schedule a long overdue vote to fully fund the Department of Homeland Security, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee this morning launched a calling campaign so voters can tell Congresswoman Martha McSally how important this vote is. […]

With less than 48 hours before funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) expires, “One-Term Wonder” Congresswoman Martha McSally (AZ-02) is refusing to say whether she would vote to allow this critical agency to continue operating. Dysfunctional Republicans in Congress have once again brought Washington to the brink, and funding for DHS is set […]

With less than a week before the Department of Homeland Security shuts down, it is clear that the Republican Congress is not interested in averting this crisis.  According to PBS, when asked about the DHS shutdown, Republicans said that they had no plan: “A House leadership aide confirmed that Boehner is not planning any action […]

The Republican Congress is leaving the Department of Homeland Security’s employees in limbo with only one week left before the Republican Congress shuts down DHS.  House Republicans are still choosing total dysfunction and political games over improving our economy and protecting our national security. Next week, Republicans will only have four legislative days to protect […]

With the Department of Homeland Security eight days away from shutting down, House Republicans have already failed their first test of leadership.  In a disastrous first month, the new Republican controlled Congress has done nothing but lurch from manufactured crisis to manufactured crisis for nothing but cynical political games. “The Republican Congress would rather put our […]

With nine days until the Department of Homeland Security shuts down, DHS is scrambling to find a short-term solution to obtain enough funding so it doesn’t have to close its doors.  DHS is still looking to Congress for a long-term funding solution, but yet again House Republicans have left homeland security employees fearing they will […]

Following a flurry of news stories exposing Congressman Schock’s shocking abuse of tax dollars, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee today launched a direct mail piece to show voters exactly what their hard earned tax dollars were going to fund. This mailer is being delivered to thousands of voters in Schock’s district. According to reports, Schock […]

With only 10 days left before the Department of Homeland Security is set to shut down because the Republican Congress can’t get its act together, the DCCC will spend this week reminding voters in targeted Republican districts across the country exactly who is responsible for creating this artificial crisis. “Every day that Republicans are on […]

Versions of this release were sent to the districts of approximately 60 vulnerable Republicans. After squandering multiple opportunities to keep the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) fully running, Congresswoman Martha McSally left today for a week-long vacation. The funding for the Department expires at the end of February, and by leaving town, the Republicans will […]