‘Barbara Comstock’
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ICYMI: Comstock Tacks Right, Calls in Pence Favor, Attacks Unknown Primary Opponent
“The more Rep. Barbara Comstock tries to satisfy the furthest fringes of her party, the more she is reminding Northern Virginia families of her extreme positions that are completely out of step with this district. These kinds of tactics shouldn’t surprise anyone, this is who Rep. Barbara Comstock is – a mudslinging partisan who will […]
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SIXTY-FOUR PERCENT: VA Republicans to Blame for Proposed Premium Hikes
Insurers in Virginia are proposing premium hikes on Virginia families ranging from fifteen percent to SIXY FOUR percent next year, and they are making it crystal clear where the blame lands: with Reps. Barbara Comstock, Tom Garrett, Dave Brat, and Scott Taylor and their reckless gutting of the Affordable Care Act. “Both Cigna and CareFirst […]
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Barbara Comstock Funding Anti-Shak Hill Website
Looks like Rep. Barbara Comstock is hearing footsteps in her primary battle against Shak Hill. Late last week, a website called ShadyShak.com appeared and it has it all: mocking pictures of Shak Hill, attacks on his personal and professional life, and this closing argument: “HE’S A CREEPY, PERENNIALLY FAILED CANDIDATE WHO IS DEEPLY IN DEBT […]
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ICYMI: Poll Shows Twelve Point Democratic Advantage in VA, Enthusiasm Surging
“This is bad news for Reps. Barbara Comstock, Dave Brat, Tom Garrett, and Scott Taylor. The surge in grassroots energy that propelled Governor Northam to victory and flipped more than a dozen delegate races in their congressional districts alone hasn’t slowed down – it’s picking up speed as we head towards November,” said DCCC spokesperson […]
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ICYMI: Barbara Comstock Stands by Extreme Group Formed to Discredit Anita Hill
In case you missed it, Rep. Barbara Comstock was called out for her affiliation with a radical group “formed in the early 90s to defend Clarence Thomas against sexual harassment allegations from Anita Hill,” and had no real response. According to the Washington Post, Comstock has been a member of Independent Women’s Forum since at […]
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Barbara Comstock Must Break Silence on Meehan Sexual Harassment Scandal
Over the weekend, the New York Times reported that Representative Pat Meehan—a member of the Ethics Committee who was an original-co-sponsor of Rep. Barbara Comstock’s sexual harassment training legislation—had himself used thousands of tax dollars to secretly settle a sexual harassment lawsuit from a former staffer. But the scandal didn’t end there. Yesterday, Meehan confirmed […]
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When No One Was Looking, Barbara Comstock Voted to Strip Sexual Harassment Protections for Federal Contract Workers
In February of last year, before the #MeToo movement had ignited a national focus on workplace sexual harassment, Rep. Barbara Comstock voted to eliminate safeguards that protected hundreds of thousands of federal contractors against sexual harassment. Comstock voted to repeal a rule that required companies that bid for significant federal contracts to disclose labor violations […]
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Reps. Taylor, Garrett, Brat, Comstock to Blame for Virginia Children’s Health Insurance Expiring
Reps. Taylor, Garrett, Brat, and Comstock and their Do Nothing Republican Congress have been so focused on repealing healthcare and passing their tax scam that they failed to renew federal funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program, which provides coverage to 192,831 Virginia children and expired in September. Their failure means that this week, on […]
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ICYMI:Comstock’s Tax Vote Motivating Opposition, Alienating Supporters
Tax Vote “Straw that broke the camel’s back” for one former Comstock voter “Maybe if Rep. Barbara Comstock held a single town hall, she would know that her vote to hike taxes on families and homeowners in Northern Virginia is not only feeding grassroots opposition in the district, it is also turning her own Republican […]
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KEY VOTE ALERT: Barbara Comstock Backs Tax Hike on NOVA
Today Rep. Barbara Comstock voted for Speaker Paul Ryan’s plan to hike taxes on middle class families and homeowners in Northern Virginia while giving a huge break to the wealthiest and big corporations. Because 51% of Comstock’s constituents depend on the State and Local Tax deduction to reduce their federal tax burden – one of […]