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The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is launching its second television ad in Arizona’s 1st Congressional District, highlighting how Andy Tobin ‎took Arizona schools to the bottom – and kept digging. The new ad, “Digging,” outlines how Tobin slashed $1 billion from schools, increasing class sizes and leaving Arizona dead last in per-pupil spending. The ad begins […]

“I wish I could say it’s a surprise that the special interest groups controlling this Republican Congress are using government shutdown as a bargaining chip, but we’ve seen this show before. Despite all of John Boehner’s promises, this Republican Congress is incapable of drama-free government and is addicted to forcing the country to suffer through […]

In the fourth edition of “Five Days and Five Ways,” the DCCC is highlighting how Washington insider David Young’s plan to eliminate the Department of Education and cut funding for schools while giving tax breaks to the wealthy would raise costs on college students by eliminating their work study program. Today’s example: David Young’s push […]

It’s been more than 100 hours since Barbara Comstock claimed she would reveal her clients after being caught by the Washington Post  in an apparent “breach of congressional ethics rules” by failing to disclose at least $85,000 worth of work for the Romney-Ryan Presidential Campaign and the Republican National Committee – but Comstock still has not […]

The government runs out of funding in just 21 days and Congress is scheduled to work just eight of them. Even as House Republicans claim to be avoiding a shutdown, Speaker Ted Cruz is making new threats over immigration and punting Republicans’ next shutdown fight until March 1‎. Time and again, Cruz has dictated the legislative strategy […]

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is launching its second television ad in Michigan’s 1st Congressional District, highlighting how Congressman Benishek’s tax plan would cut taxes for millionaires while raising taxes on middle class families. The ad calculates that the more you make, the less you pay under Congressman Benishek’s plan. The ad, which is on […]

It’s been two years since Richard Tisei tried to force his reckless agenda on Massachusetts families, but no one in this Democratic district will forget his rhetoric and his reckless right wing agenda. Whether it is calling the Tea Party a “godsend” or saying that the Republican plan to end the Medicare guarantee was a […]

TO:                Interested Parties FROM:         DCCC Communications RE:                New Hampshire Republican Primary Results DATE:          September 9, 2014 The one clear takeaway following Tuesday’s Congressional primary election in New Hampshire is that the Tea Party got their nominees and both Frank Guinta and Marilinda Garcia come to the general election with all the out-of-touch baggage that will turn off independent-minded voters. […]

DCCC Chairman Steve Israel released the following statement on the NH-01 Republican primary: “The Tea Party hasn’t joined the mainstream since 2012, and neither has Frank Guinta. Guinta is still the same far right wing ideologue with the same record of putting the special interests and the ultra-wealthy ahead of hardworking New Hampshire families. Voters […]

DCCC Chairman Steve Israel released the following statement on the MA-06 primary: “I congratulate Seth Moulton on his victory. The contrast could not be more clear between his candidacy and focus on putting Massachusetts middle class families first, and Richard Tisei, who is ready to rubber stamp the far right wing agenda that stacks the […]