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As the Omaha media is reporting, former State Senator Chip Maxwell is set to announce his candidacy for Nebraska’s 2nd District on September 10th. Maxwell will be the second Republican candidate to enter the race – creating what promises to be a costly and divisive primary.   Unfortunately for Bacon, his campaign doesn’t seem to […]

SHOT: San Antonio Express-News: “U.S. Rep. Will Hurd kicked off a tour of his sprawling congressional district Sunday as constituents feasted on hot-fudge sundaes, chocolate-dipped soft-serve ice cream cones and banana splits at the Dairy Queen in this San Antonio suburb.” CHASER: Tour started at Helotes Dairy Queen, located in Joaquin Castro’s 20th Congressional district, […]

Vulnerable Congressman Jeff Denham endorsed Jeb Bush for President less than 24 hours after Bush argued the term “anchor babies” isn’t offensive. But this election season, Denham will have to answer a lot more questions than why his chosen candidate is doubling down on a derogatory term. For instance, does Denham support raising the Social […]

Republicans in Congress have consistently pushed for more offshore drilling and consistently deny the science on man-made climate change. However, this fact didn’t stop the NRCC from releasing a radio ad thanking One-Term Wonder Congressman Carlos Curbelo for recognizing the dangers of off-shore drilling and rising sea levels. It’s nice of the NRCC to finally […]

With Republican leaders, including Donald Trump, Scott Walker and Ted Cruz, embracing and extolling the extreme ideology to end birthright citizenship, it is far past time for the elected members of their party to end their dangerous silence on this issue. To expedite the end of this silence, the DCCC is launching a paid digital […]

“The RNC clearly hasn’t been paying attention to the blowback that Republican House members have experienced at home this month over this discriminatory legislation. From New Jersey to Iowa, this hateful bill and its impact on the LGBT community, and even unmarried pregnant women, have been shocking voters across the country. Please Congressional Republicans, double […]

Congressman Mike Coffman and some of his Republican colleagues were real trailblazers – leading the charge on ending birthright citizenship. Now we see the movement to end birthright citizenship catching on with a growing number of Republican presidential candidates. “Congressman Coffman has built a career of supporting out-of-touch and divisive policies including an end to […]

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT Mike Bishop defending charging taxpayers for his staffer’s lodging ICYMI: Bishop’s office defends lodging expenses for staff The Detroit News August 12, 2015 http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2015/08/12/bishops-office-defends-lodging-expenses-staffer/31592207/ Republican Rep. Mike Bishop’s office recently came under scrutiny for $1,800 in lodging expenses reported for the first quarter of 2015. Members of Congress aren’t supposed […]

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT Congressman Blum is having a rough August recess – and it’s not getting any better. Today his constituents delivered a failing report card to his office. WATCH THE LOCAL NEWS COVERAGE   ICYMI: 1st District Democrats give Blum failing grades The Gazette By James Q. Lynch August 13, 2015 http://thegazette.com/subject/news/1st-district-democrats-give-blum-failing-grades-20150813 […]

“The Republican-led House has proven time and again to be a tangled, dysfunctional mess that can’t get anything meaningful done. Instead, Congressional Republicans have us on shutdown watch. Combined with the attempted coup of Speaker Boehner before they adjourned for a five week break, these devastating approval ratings of House Republicans– even from their own […]