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With dreams of Speakership looking tenuous at best, Kevin McCarthy is growing more desperate and cowardly than usual. Hell bent on proving his bona fides as the most accommodating leader in history, McCarthy continues to give his extremist freshman members a pass as they mingle with white nationalists and MAGA conspiracy theorists. His lack of action sets […]

Only weeks after being elected, Santos is already rushing to align himself with the most extreme factions of the far-right Representative-elect George Santos was a “special guest” at a far-right convention flooded with white nationalists, conspiracy theorists, and dangerous extremists, including his future colleague Marjorie Taylor Greene. At the event, the New York Young Republicans Club declared […]

Today, in response to the Supreme Court’s demonstrated willingness to throw away precedent and Justice Clarence Thomas’ threat to overturn Americans’ right to marry whomever they love, the House passed the Respect for Marriage Act. This bill – now headed to President Biden’s desk to be signed into law – protects marriage equality and ensures legal same-sex and […]

Today, in response to the Supreme Court’s demonstrated willingness to throw away precedent and Justice Clarence Thomas’ threat to overturn Americans’ right to marry whomever they love, the House passed the Respect for Marriage Act. This bill – now headed to President Biden’s desk to be signed into law – protects marriage equality and ensures legal same-sex […]

The DCCC released the following statement after the House passed the Respect for Marriage Act: “The passage of the Respect for Marriage Act is a vital victory made possible by the unwavering commitment of Democratic leadership, decades of individuals who fought to make marriage equality a reality, and the millions of LGBTQ+ individuals who live openly, authentically and […]

For the last two years, reporters, pundits, and even some Democratic strategists insisted that the Latino electorate was shifting away from the Democratic party and would likely support Republicans in the 2022 midterms at substantially higher levels than in the past. Not taking anything for granted, Democratic organizations and the DCCC set out to authentically […]

Yesterday, GOP Senate Whip John Thune claimed Senate Republicans want to leverage the necessary US debt limit increase to cut Social Security. Before the midterm elections, the GOP – including Kevin McCarthy – was reportedly planning on forcing Social Security cuts using the exact same plan. Americans deserve to know if House GOP leaders agree with Sen. Thune and stand by […]

Just how desperate is Kevin McCarthy in his bid for speaker of the House? Today, when asked for response on former disgraced president Donald Trump dining with antisemite Kanye West and white supremacist Nick Fuentes, McCarthy offered a pathetic response that didn’t explicitly condemn Trump. Instead McCarthy falsely claimed Trump condemned Fuentes and his ideology and even […]

Republicans will be forced to govern under difficult, narrow margins in just over a month from now, but Americans are already seeing how dysfunctional and chaotic the GOP caucus is. Over the past week, we’ve seen: Kevin McCarthy make bargains with the most extreme flanks of the Republican party to scrape together enough support in his run for […]

DCCC Chairman Sean Patrick Maloney released the following statement on Rep. Mary Peltola’s victory in Alaska: “Once again, Congresswoman Mary Peltola has made history and sailed to re-election to represent Alaska at-large. The great residents of Alaska are eager for more of Congresswoman Peltola’s proven leadership on the issues that matter most – from fish, […]