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MEMO: The Case Against Republican Cresent Hardy TO: Interested Parties FROM: Barb Solish, Regional Press Secretary DATE: June 14, 2016 Tonight’s Nevada primary results mark the beginning of the general election race for Nevada’s 4th Congressional district, where State Senator Ruben Kihuen will face Trump Republican Congressman Cresent Hardy. Hardy was facing an uphill battle […]

Speaker Ryan & House Republicans put party politics ahead of making Americans safer Today, House Republicans voted for the 12th time to prevent consideration of a bipartisan, commonsense bill to close the loophole that currently allows suspects on the FBI Terror Watchlist to buy firearms. Following the tragedy in Orlando this weekend, House Democrats continue […]

El presidente de la Cámara, Paul Ryan, y congresistas republicanos ponen políticas partidistas primero que la seguridad de los estadounidenses Hoy, congresistas republicanos votaron por la 12.ª vez para evitar la consideración de la propuesta legislativa bipartidista que le pondría un alto a la venta de armas de fuego a sospechosos que forman parte de […]

Announcement follows Mowrer’s big primary victory & reflects the competitive nature of Iowa’s 3rd District DCCC Chairman Ben Ray Luján today announced the addition of Iraq war veteran and Pentagon official Jim Mowrer to the DCCC’s Red to Blue program. Last Tuesday’s primary results marked the beginning of a critical “toss-up” election for Iowa’s 3rd […]

DCCC Chairman Ben Ray Luján released the following statement to congratulate Red to Blue candidate Donald McEachin on his primary victory in Virginia’s 4th Congressional District: “Congratulations to Senator Donald McEachin for his victory in tonight’s primary. Donald is certainly prepared to take the fight to the Republicans in the fall and make sure Virginia’s […]

This Week… Following the tragedy in Orlando this weekend, House Democrats continue to focus on tough and smart policies to combat ISIS and help make Americans safer at home and abroad. Meanwhile, House Republicans continue to stand in the way of even the most obvious, commonsense step that Congress could take immediately to improve our […]

Owens above 50%, cementing fact that Love’s reelection chances are dropping A Salt Lake Tribune-Hinckley Institute poll released Friday provides further evidence for what we’ve known since the beginning of the cycle: this is going to be one closest and must watch races of the year. The poll showed Owens leading Love 51% to 45%. […]

Despite the fact that multiple state inquiries into Planned Parenthood have failed to come up with any wrongdoing – and even resulted in criminal charges against the filmmakers of the video – the Republican-controlled House of Representatives created yet another committee to intimidate this women’s health care provider. To this point, the Republican House of Representatives […]

“Las declaraciones antiamericanas por parte de Trump no solamente definen al presidente Ryan, sino a todos los congresistas republicanos en los ojos de los latinos y del pueblo estadounidense.” Congresista Ben Ray Luján El presidente del DCCC, Ben Ray Luján, publico una columna de opinión en Univision.com esta tarde sobre los ataques racistas de Donald […]

Just when we thought Republicans could not stoop any lower, today House Republicans are following Donald Trump’s discriminatory mantra and defending language that forces the Library of Congress to continue using the derogatory term: “illegal alien,” by voting to block a bill that removes the language from federal law.  For years now, Republicans have used […]