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In the fifth and final edition of “Five Days and Five Ways,” the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee 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 mean reduced opportunity across the spectrum, including for adults seeking technical […]

Will Hurd has come out of hiding to hold his first public event in recent memory today, but he’s got two big problems: Headlining his event is scandal-plagued Congresswoman McMorris Rodgers – who is facing an ethics investigation for improperly using federal resources to campaign; Hurd still hasn’t answered questions about his dangerous budget plan that calls for indiscriminately […]

From Emily Bittner, DCCC: “Steve Southerland’s latest jaw-dropping gambit to appeal to women: demean and ridicule us by claiming a ‘lingerie party defense.’ After lying about his vote opposing the Violence Against Women Act and holding a men’s-only fundraiser straight from the 12th century, this is a new low.” IN CASE YOU MISSED IT In Southerland-Graham […]

The DCCC released two new web videos today that highlight Frank Guinta and Marilinda Garcia’s Tea Party agenda and how their priorities are outside New Hampshire’s mainstream. Whether it’s Frank Guinta’s support for abolishing the Department of Education and votes to stack the deck in favor of the special interests by shifting the burden onto […]

Washington Insider David Young made it clear last night that he doesn’t share the values of Iowa families, laying out an agenda that would be a double hit to the Iowa economy – phasing out the renewable fuel standard that supports so many Iowa farmers, and suggesting he would raise the gas tax. “David Young’s […]

The government runs out of funding in just 19 days and Congress is scheduled to work just seven of them. Even as House Republicans claim to be avoiding a shutdown they’re dangerously postponing a vote, increasing the risk of a government shutdown. The Wall Street Journal notes that prolonging the vote “increases the time GOP lawmakers will […]

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has obtained a draft of the remarks Andy Tobin is slated to deliver tomorrow for the Republican Weekly Address. Andy Tobin’s record of failure as Speaker of the Arizona State House is one that can be easily replicated by Republicans from coast to coast. “It’s a true testament to the […]

Richard Tisei’s allies told the Boston Globe Wednesday that best reason for Massachusetts voters to elect him is that they can count on Tisei to work with Republican Congressional leadership. What does the Republican agenda look like and what have Republicans in Congress done in the 113th Congress? Recklessly shut down the government. Huge new tax breaks the […]

Following is the statement from Brandon Lorenz of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee on tonight’s debate in Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District: “In this debate, Iowa voters saw the clear difference between Staci Appel, a mother of six who led the fight in Iowa to ensure equal pay for equal work, and Washington insider David Young, who […]

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 […]