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Congressman Denver Riggleman welcomed the “Coffee with Congress” podcast to his official congressional office where he drank bourbon with the hosts and repeatedly name-checked his distillery in a transparent effort to raise his company’s profile on the backs of hardworking taxpayers, throughout an interview he now definitely regrets doing and unsurprisingly didn’t promote. Between name-dropping […]

SHOT: This week, NRCC Chair Tom Emmer falsely claimed House Democrats haven’t passed legislation to lower prescription drug costs. Simon Conway Show:   Emmer: Their need to simply impeach without addressing the things that are most important to Americans. Let’s deal with prescription drug costs.  Let’s deal with the things that are important to people today. That’s gonna […]

Bans Discriminate Against Older Voters, Non-English Speakers, And People With Disabilities   Today, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee announced a lawsuit to eliminate Minnesota’s unconstitutional Voter Assistance Bans. Under Minnesota law, a person may help no more than three voters complete their in-person or absentee ballots. The state also limits […]

A new PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll shows that more than one-third of Americans believe misleading stories on social media pose the biggest threat to the safety of our elections. Unfortunately, House Republicans and their campaign arm are part of the problem. Just this month: Rep. Paul Gosar tweeted a fake photo of President Obama meeting with […]

Drug prices and the rising cost of health care were already the number one issue for voters in November’s elections. And President Trump just upped the ante by putting Medicare on the ballot. In an interview with CNBC, Trump reversed his 2016 campaign promise and signaled that he is already looking at cuts to Medicare […]

Now-Deleted Facebook Group Included “Dozens of Recent Posts Promoting or Threatening Violence” Against Slotkin and Other MI Politicians It’s been almost two weeks since the Detroit Metro Times reported on a now-deleted Facebook group “that promoted violence against Democrats and Muslims and churned out degrading comments about women,” including Rep. Elissa Slotkin. GOP congressional candidates […]

Davis Flew First Class During 2019 Government Shutdown While 8,300 Illinoisans Were Furloughed or Forced To Work Without Pay One year ago today, Congressman Rodney Davis took ignoring his voters in Illinois’ 13th Congressional District to new heights when he flew first-class after voting against funding the government, disregarding the thousands of Illinoisans who were […]

The clock is ticking on Fred Upton’s retirement announcement as Upton comes face to face with Michigan voters tired of waiting to hear if he’ll retire now or wait until voters kick him out of office this November. For months, Michiganders have questioned Fred Upton’s clear transformation into a stalwart member of the Washington Republican […]

On the 10th anniversary of the Citizens United decision, DCCC Spokesperson Courtney Rice issued the following statement on the influence big money has had on Congresswoman Ann Wagner and Missouri’s 2nd Congressional District. “The Citizens United decision let more big money into politics – a decision Congresswoman Ann Wagner has reason to celebrate. Wagner, who […]

The Chicago Tribune reported over the weekend that GOP congressional candidate Jeanne Ives sent mailers to voters in Illinois’ 6th Congressional District soliciting campaign contributions that clearly break the legal federal limit. The headline says it all: “GOP Congressional candidate Jeanne Ives campaign flyer asks for donations of up to $80,000. The federal limit is […]