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DCCC MEMORANDUM To: Interested Parties From: DCCC Regional Press Secretary Eli Cousin Date: September 2, 2025 Subject: Rob Bresnahan Has Deeply Damaged His Own Re-Election Odds With His Prolific Stock Trading Rob Bresnahan’s first months in Congress have been defined by a barrage of negative headlines drawing attention to the fact that he campaigned on a pledge to ban congressional stock trading, but has instead […]

National ad buy targets Latino, Black, and AANHPI voters in key GOP-held districts As working parents send their kids back to school, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is announcing a four-figure ad buy in 11 of the most competitive Republican-held districts across the country, focused on communicating to Latino, Black, and AANHPI voters that House […]

DCCC Chair Suzan DelBene released the following statement celebrating Labor Day and workers across the country: “On this day, we celebrate the working men and women of America whose strength and resilience are the backbone of our economy and the source of our country’s growth and prosperity.  “Celebrating America’s workers also means fighting for policies […]

Following the announcement by Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe to call a special legislative session to further gerrymander the state’s congressional map, DCCC Chair Suzan DelBene released the following statement: “Republicans are running scared, and they’ve decided their only hope for maintaining their majority is to pursue a cynical, unpopular scheme to gerrymander congressional maps. The […]

York Dispatch dubs Bresnahan “poster boy” of Washington corruption Boo, Rob Bresnahan! That’s what the York Dispatch editorial board is saying about the vulnerable NEPA congressman, whose first months in office have been defined by his broken promise to ban congressional stock trading. Bresnahan has become the “poster boy for why the problem he campaigned on urgently needs to […]

CNN: “Rep. Ashley Hinson is making plans to jump into the race, one GOP official says” Following news that Joni Ernst will not seek re-election and that Ashley Hinson is making plans to get into the Iowa Senate race, DCCC spokesperson Katie Smith released the following statement: “Ashley Hinson is clearly eager to jump off the sinking […]

The Big, Ugly Law is the defining issue of the midterms and it will cost Republicans the majority This morning, Speaker Mike Johnson was asked to explain why his signature legislative ‘achievement’ – the Big, Ugly Law – is failing in the court of public opinion. JOHN BERMAN, CNN: It’s among the most unpopular laws passed since 1990, […]

Now that notorious anti-worker extremist John Duarte has hand-picked Javier Lopez and donated the maximum amount to his campaign for California’s 13th Congressional District – it’s clear: Lopez is Duarte’s choice to continue carrying out his extreme agenda. And that should alarm every Central Valley voter.  On top of his own record of attacking Social Security, Duarte admitted he was “not that far” from […]

As House Republicans prepare to return to Washington to push their extreme agenda, one thing is clear: the fight for New Mexico’s public lands is far from over.  In their latest budget scheme, Republicans threatened to sell off 14 million acres of New Mexico’s public lands to the highest bidder — opening the door to privatization, erasure of Tribal […]

Associated Press: Rural hospitals are expected to lose money from Trump’s bill, despite RFK Jr.’s promise A brutal fact check from the Associated Press confirms Republicans are lying about the devastating effects of their Big, Ugly Law and its impact on rural communities. After Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. falsely proclaimed this week the […]