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On the heels of Democratic wins across the state with Albuquerque’s mayoral and city council flip and sweeping municipal races in Las Cruces, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) is partnering with the Democratic Party of New Mexico to put boots on the ground ahead of the 2018 midterm election. The full-time, local grassroots organizer […]

DCCC has outraised the NRCC six months in a row as Republican retirements stack up In October, the DCCC outraised the NRCC $7.7M to $4.5M respectively for a huge difference of $3.2M in just the span of one month. This is the sixth month in a row that Democrats have outraised Republicans, indicating a huge […]

Washington Republicans voted along party lines today to approve Rep. Peter Roskam’s tax plan to hike taxes on middle class families and homeowners in Chicagoland while giving a big break to big corporations and the richest one percent. We’ve already said a lot about just how bad Rep. Peter Roskam’s tax plan is for Chicagoland, […]

Today, Rep. John Faso’s Establishment Republican Congress voted to hike taxes on the middle class so that they can hand out huge tax cuts to large corporations and the very wealthy. The Republican Tax Scam eliminates popular middle class deductions for state and local taxes, medical expenses, and student loans while slashing taxes for the […]

Today Rep. Barbara Comstock voted for Speaker Paul Ryan’s plan to hike taxes on middle class families and homeowners in Northern Virginia while giving a huge break to the wealthiest and big corporations. Because 51% of Comstock’s constituents depend on the State and Local Tax deduction to reduce their federal tax burden – one of […]

Polling shows Republican Tax Scam is already deeply unpopular across America Today, Speaker Ryan and vulnerable House Republicans voted to hike taxes on the middle-class just so that they can handout huge tax cuts to large corporations and the very wealthy. The Republican Tax Scam eliminates popular middle class deductions for state and local taxes, […]

$2.81M raised online in October; average online gift $18 Through October $36.76M online in 2017 compared to $19.7M online in all of 2015 The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee today announced record-breaking fundraising for October of the off year. In October, the DCCC raised $7.68M compared to $5.4M in October of 2015. Reflecting the grassroots energy […]

  DCCC Chairman Ben Ray Luján today announced the first round of 11 candidates to earn spots on the DCCC’s highly competitive Red to Blue program. Additionally, he announced Majority Maker and True Blue districts. This first round of candidates have earned a spot on Red to Blue by surpassing aggressive goals for grassroots engagement, […]

Last month, Representative John Katko made a big show over opposing the GOP budget because of its destruction of the state and local tax (SALT) deduction–the most popular deduction taken by New York taxpayers–saying “we gotta make sure the middle class doesn’t get screwed.” How times have changed. Yesterday, Katko told his constituents on an […]

En una nueva nota alarmante publicada esta mañana, la publicación Politico reportó que según varios miembros del Congreso, el congresista Carlos Curbelo “instó a sus colegas republicanos a no apoyar [el DREAM Act], una propuesta de ley que protegería alrededor de 700,000 inmigrantes indocumentados que vinieron a este país como menores.” “El congresista Curbelo está […]