‘dave brat’

** Similar releases were sent to targeted districts across the country ** “Thanks to Reps. Tom Garrett and Dave Brat and Washington Republicans’ constant attacks on affordable health care, premiums are increasing across the country, and especially in rural communities,” said DCCC spokesperson Jacob Peters. “Voters will not forget that as long as Tom Garrett […]

“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 […]

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 […]

TO: Interested Parties FR: Jacob Peters, Press Secretary DT: November 9, 2017 RE: Impact of Virginia Statewide & Local Elections on 2018 Tuesday’s statewide and local results in Virginia made it clear that the enthusiasm behind Virginia Democrats is off the charts, while the establishment Republican brand is producing a powerful backlash at the polls […]

DCCC spokesperson Jacob Peters released the following statement on the Democratic landslide victories in elections across Virginia tonight: “Virginia is a true battlefield, and Governor-elect Ralph Northam and down-ballot candidates in every corner of the Commonwealth rode an overwhelming surge of Democratic grassroots energy to victory. “These results echo what we have seen in every […]

Rep. Dave Brat has gone full Washington by making a deal with Speaker Paul Ryan to blow up the deficit by giving tax cuts to big corporations. Brat’s first campaign for Congress focused on reducing the debt and deficit, yet he agreed to pass a budget that will raise the deficit by $1.5 trillion in […]

“Rep. Dave Brat and his do-nothing Republican Congress haven’t just failed to pass healthcare reform, they have also failed to renew a program that covers tens of thousands of Virginia children.” said DCCC spokesperson Jacob Peters. “The inability of Brat and Washington Republicans to govern is risking the health and financial security of thousands of […]

This morning, the non-partisan Cook Political Report made it clear that extremist Rep. Dave Brat’s seat in Congress is no longer safe, downgrading their rating of his race from “Solid Republican.” “Rep. Dave Brat has gone Washington as a part of Speaker Paul Ryan’s do-nothing Congress, so Central Virginians are moving away from him,” said […]

Talking Points Memo: GOP Rep.: Price ‘Made A Few Errors’ With Private Flights Rep. Dave Brat (R-VA) said Thursday that his former colleague and current Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price “made a few errors” in spending hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars on private flights. An investigation by Politico last week uncovered the […]