Press Release

Today, DCCC Communications Director Courtney Rice sent the following statement in response to the White House pulling Elise Stefanik’s nomination to be U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations: “Despite NY-21 being a Trump +20 seat, Republicans and Donald Trump knew they were on track to lose the special election because of their deeply unpopular, disastrous […]

Insider NJ: Kean Phones in ‘Townhall’ with No Live Questions Tom Kean Jr. — no stranger to dodging questions from his own constituents and the press — refused to answer live questions from the people he represents during a so-called town hall last night. Insider NJ reports: “Thomas H. Kean’s ‘telephone’ town hall Wednesday night included no one asking questions […]

In response to Trump’s Executive Order to disenfranchise millions of legal voters including military members serving overseas and married women who have changed their names, weaken America’s elections, and grant DOGE and Elon Musk unfettered access to the nation’s voter rolls, DCCC Chair Suzan DelBene, DNC Chair Ken Martin, and DSCC Chair Kirsten Gillibrand released […]

Axios: “The economic vibes have taken a decisive turn for the worse” New reporting reveals consumers’ short-term confidence in income, business conditions, and the labor market has dropped to a 12-year low — well below the level that typically indicates an impending recession. The House Republican plan to fix it? Enact the largest cut to Medicaid in history […]

Business Insider: Lawmakers were set to bring over $15 billion back to their home states. Then Congress passed the GOP’s government funding bill. Vulnerable House Republicans voted to advance a far-right spending package that would eliminate Community Project Funding for the very communities they were elected to represent. According to new reporting from Business Insider, lawmakers from […]

As the fallout of Trump’s national security team casually leaking sensitive military details and war plans on an unsecure messaging app continues, House Republicans like Maria Elvira Salazar are desperate to avoid the truth about the Trump administration’s dangerous breach of security. Salazar, who has a history of embarrassing interviews, callously dismissed the serious threat the leaked […]

KFF Health News: Bill That Congressman Says Protects Medicaid Doesn’t — And Would Likely Require Cutting It Congressman Nick LaLota lied to Long Islanders last month, according to a new report from KFF Health News and PolitiFact. In a video posted on his official YouTube page, LaLota said, “On February 25, I voted yes on a budget resolution […]

Washington Post: Long waits, waves of calls, web crashes: Social Security is breaking down House Republicans have bowed to Elon Musk and his disastrous crusade to dismantle Social Security as we know it. According to new reporting from the Washington Post, Social Security is breaking down: 12% of the staff at the Social Security Administration have been laid off, […]

Fifteen years after the passage of the Affordable Care Act, which has helped tens of millions of Americans receive quality, affordable health care, House Republicans continue their neverending crusade to gut the law so they can pay for tax breaks for the wealthy, big corporations and their billionaire backers. Last month, every single vulnerable House […]

Mike Lawler – the self-proclaimed top recipient of Elon Musk’s 2024 campaign donations – refused to criticize his billionaire donor’s financial interests in China amid reports that Musk would receive a confidential briefing on potential war with China. “Are you concerned about the fact that [Musk] would be given a briefing about war plans?” CNN asked Lawler during his disastrous interview Thursday […]