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Today, during an editorial board interview with Crain’s Chicago that was broadcast over Facebook Live, Rep. Peter Roskam refused to denounce Republican Senate Candidate Roy Moore, who last week was revealed to have likely had sexual relationships with multiple minors. Members of the editorial board asked Roskam one simple question several times, asking about whether […]

Today, Rep. Peter Roskam and his Republican colleagues on the Ways and Means Committee advanced their tax scam to the House floor on a strictly party line vote. Roskam is one of the chief authors of the plan, which eliminates middle class tax breaks that provide a significant benefit to Chicagoland families and homeowners while […]

TO: Interested Parties FR: Jacob Peters, Press Secretary DT: November 9, 2017 RE: Impact of Virginia Statewide & Local Elections on 2018 Tuesday’s statewide and local results in Virginia made it clear that the enthusiasm behind Virginia Democrats is off the charts, while the establishment Republican brand is producing a powerful backlash at the polls […]

Tough Amendment Votes Will Also Haunt Vulnerable House Republicans In response to House Republicans passing their Tax Scam through the Ways and Means Committee, DCCC Spokesman Tyler Law issued the following statement: “The Republican Tax Scam is nothing more than huge tax cuts for the rich and big corporations, paid for by tax increases on […]

Speaker Ryan’s do-nothing, imperiled majority not inspiring confidence in his colleagues In response to the news that Congressman Bob Goodlatte (VA-06) is the latest of many House Republicans to announce their retirement, DCCC Spokesman Tyler Law issued the following statement: “Speaker Paul Ryan’s do-nothing majority is increasingly imperiled by the rapid pace of House Republican […]

Republican Congressman George Holding (NC-02) revealed that when his father died, he wishes he had inherited more money from his banking family, spilling the beans — that lost opportunity is his motivation to repeal the estate tax. In Congressman George Holding’s own words: When asked about the perception that the bill helps wealthy families like his own, […]

“It should come as no surprise that voters across the political spectrum are fed up with Rep. Mike Coffman and Speaker Ryan’s do-nothing Congress not working for them,” said DCCC Spokeswoman Rachel Irwin. “Coffman’s history of playing both sides of every issue is finally catching up with him and a healthy primary will put his […]

DCCC spokesperson Jacob Peters released the following statement on the Democratic landslide victories in elections across Virginia tonight: “Virginia is a true battlefield, and Governor-elect Ralph Northam and down-ballot candidates in every corner of the Commonwealth rode an overwhelming surge of Democratic grassroots energy to victory. “These results echo what we have seen in every […]

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT House Dems’ 2018 take: Americans crave change in GOP’s Washington By DCCC Chairman Ben Ray Luján for McClatchy http://www.mcclatchydc.com/opinion/article183015716.html Eight years ago, my dad got sick. The doctor said it was in his lungs — stage IV cancer — and there was nothing we could do. The family was shattered […]

As the Ways and Means Committee meets today to begin considering Rep. Peter Roskam’s corporate tax cut plan, Roskam’s constituents should know that he has already broken three promises: First, there is no “soft landing” for the elimination of middle class tax breaks that provide a significant benefit to Chicagoland families and homeowners. As many […]