Press Release

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee today is launching a radio campaign hitting four vulnerable House Republicans in their districts while they are home for the second week of the Congressional recess. 30-second radio ads will air throughout the week encouraging voters to hold One Term Wonders Reps. Bob Dold of Illinois and Will Hurd of Texas, […]

In an interview on WGAN this morning, One-Term-Wonder Congressman Bruce Poliquin, doubled down on his support for the reckless and irresponsible Republican budget and offered a fresh reminder of how out-of-touch he is with the needs of hard-working Maine families. Poliquin replied “Yeah, I think so,” when asked “so as far as any cuts are […]

As Republican Representative Aaron Schock’s last day as a Member of Congress comes to a close, several House Republicans who received campaign donations from Schock have yet to remunerate taxpayers by donating those contributions. Before his fall from grace, Schock was a prolific fundraiser for a number his colleagues. It’s become clear that Schock also […]

One-Term-Wonder Congressman Katko is scheduled to tape a community affairs program produced by Cayuga Community College tonight less than a week after voting against Pell Grant funding and tax credits to help make students afford college. As long as he’s taking questions, we think Congressman Katko should explain to students at Cayuga Community College and […]

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee today is launching a paid advertising campaign to hold several vulnerable House Republicans accountable for making it harder for students to afford college. As these Republican members return home for a two-week recess, they will be greeted by ads appearing this week in campus newspapers in their districts that show […]

Matt Thornton of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following statement: “After a week of infighting, today Speaker John Boehner was finally able to limp his reckless and irresponsible Republican budget across the mid-field line. Unfortunately for hard-working Americans, this means the Republican Congress has taken us one step closer to cutting student loans […]

Republican Congressman David Jolly announced yesterday that he will be donating the $5,000 he received from soon-to- be-former Congressman Aaron Schock.  Since it’s been revealed that Schock has misused and abused thousands of taxpayer dollars, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee wonders if other Republicans will follow the lead of their colleague Congressman Jolly and donate […]

Speaker Boehner’s “New American Congress” seems to bring about new failures and manufactured crises almost every day. After spending weeks playing political games with our national security and threatening to shut down the Department of Homeland Security, House Republicans are now bogged down with infighting  and dysfunction over defense funding in their own budget – […]

That was quick. After joining Speaker Boehner and other Republican leaders for a press conference yesterday to tout their latest radical budget in Washington, Congressman Poliquin has tried to hide his support for it by having his staff tell Maine press that he has not endorsed and is still reviewing the proposal. It’s a remarkable […]

Known for his prolific fundraising, soon-to-be-former Congressman Aaron Schock has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for Republicans in Congress. Travel for some of that fundraising activity is what partially led to an ethics investigation and now his announced resignation. Now that it has become clear that thousands of taxpayer dollars went into Schock’s pocket, […]