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RECESS RECAP: Very Few Republicans Held Town Halls – Those Who Did Faced Massive Backlash Over recess, very few vulnerable House Republicans demonstrated enough basic respect for their constituents to hold town halls and public meetings – in some cases causing people to hold “empty chair” town halls instead. For those who did hold town […]

  SHOT: Darrel Issa this past Saturday during his town hall: “… got booed by my own party’ for wanting to tackle immigration reform. I’m tired of people being afraid when that’s not what America’s about.” CHASER:  Darrel Issa voted for three cruel mass deportation bills in the Judiciary Committee two weeks ago: This horrible […]

DCCC spokesperson Cole Leiter released the following statement in response to Congressman Brian Mast’s town hall: “Voters in south Florida came looking for answers from Brian Mast about why he went back on his promise to protect people living with preexisting conditions. But instead of treating his voters with respect and giving them an honest […]

Today, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee announced an investment of approximately $275K supporting Archie Parnell in the special election for South Carolina’s 5th Congressional district. The DCCC has already invested in state parties to hire full-time, field organizing staff in the district, and is now investing in mail, African American radio, targeted robocalls, digital advertising, […]

Today, the DCCC launched a significant digital ad buy in FL-18 targeting persuadable voters. The ad highlights Representative Mast and his campaign’s lie about their use of information stolen by Russian hackers.   The ad-buy is timed to turn out voters to the town hall Rep. Mast’s voters pushed him to hold.    “When he […]

Jake Tapper: Why are so many Republicans — so many of your Republican colleagues not on board with what you’re talking about? Some of them seem to think that it’s environment versus jobs. We heard that from the President today. Some of them seem to think that climate change is not a problem. Congressman Curbelo: […]

President Trump’s decision today to pull the United States out of the Paris Climate Accords makes one thing abundantly clear: Congressman Carlos Curbelo and Republicans in the “Climate Solutions Caucus” are powerless to change the direction of their party and unwilling to seriously challenge President Trump’s reckless record of climate change denial. Curbelo’s empty rhetoric […]

Today, in a recorded editorial board meeting with Crain’s Chicago Business, vulnerable Rep. Peter Roskam said he has no regrets when voting for the Republican Repeal & Ripoff health care bill, which has 8 percent support among Americans recently polled by the Kaiser Family Foundation. “Today, Peter Roskam doubled down on his heartless vote to […]

Congressman Pittenger took to social media today to complain about how unfairly the press has treated his vote on the Republican repeal and ripoff bill. But there’s one key area he chose to ignore outright: President Trump and Washington Republicans are singularly responsible for triggering a 22.9% Blue Cross Blue Shield rate increase in North […]

Last week, the Congressional Budget Office released new numbers on the impact of the Republican Repeal and Ripoff health care bill that Minnesota Republican Reps. Paulsen and Lewis voted for. The bill would result in 23 million Americans losing their insurance nationwide, but the bill’s impact is just as eye popping in Minnesota: 251,400 Minnesotans […]