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Axios: only one of the parties has a track record of defending those protections, and it’s not the GOP. President Trump lied about he and Washington Republicans’ record on attacking Americans’ health care last night. And he’s getting called out for it. To be fair, lying is his best option given that 54 percent of […]

Federal Judge Orders Texas To Follow National Voter Registration Act; Opens Door To Online Voter Registration Today, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and Texas Democratic Party announced a major victory in their litigation to ensure Texas follows the requirements of the National Voter Registration Act. On Thursday, a federal judge ordered […]

SHOT: House Republicans brag about record-breaking impeachment-driven fundraising and recruitment. Politico: Several Republican consultants working with 2020 House candidates said they have seen online fundraising soar in recent days. The NRCC’s online fundraising shot up 608 percent higher than the average day this cycle when Pelosi formalized the impeachment inquiry, and it has remained about […]

DCCC CHAIRWOMAN BUSTOS ANNOUNCES FIRST ROUND OF RED TO BLUE CANDIDATES & RED TO BLUE CO-CHAIRS DCCC Chairwoman Cheri Bustos today announced the first round of candidates the DCCC is naming to its highly competitive Red to Blue program. Additionally, Chairwoman Bustos announced Representatives Pete Aguilar, Don McEachin, and Lisa Blunt Rochester as Red to […]

Drug prices and the rising cost of health care were already the number one issue for voters in November’s elections. And President Trump just upped the ante by putting Medicare on the ballot. In an interview with CNBC, Trump reversed his 2016 campaign promise and signaled that he is already looking at cuts to Medicare […]

As the DCCC, Frontline members and Democratic House candidates continue raising unprecedented amounts of money, the NRCC is raising alarm bells about Republican fundraising…and lowering expectations about its own. NRCC Chairman Tom Emmer said on Wednesday that House Republicans “need to get their act together and raise more money.” He also warned his members that […]

The low numbers come amidst Republican bragging about an impeachment fundraising bump House Republicans are freaking out about low candidate fundraising. And they really should be, given the monster numbers Democrats are unveiling. The National Journal reports that Republicans are “fretting” how low their numbers are: So far, only a handful of House Republicans have […]

After NRCC staff tweeted a deceptively edited, disproven, and out-of-context video of Vice President Biden, CNN’s Jake Tapper called out the NRCC for actively spreading disinformation. Tapper On NRCC Disinformation: The morning after [the video] was debunked, Bob Salera, a spokesman for the National Republican Congressional Committee retweeted the clip alongside a slur against Biden. […]

Washington Republicans had a holiday season filled with retirements, weak fundraising, and new members getting caught in outright lies. But their allies in drug manufacturing made out ok.  Here are four of the stories House Republicans hoped you missed over the break.   The DCCC outraised NRCC by $2.3 million in November – despite Republicans boasting […]

Reminder: Democrats Flipped 40 Seats In 2018 The House Republican retirement crisis is bad. Like really bad. And the historic number of Republicans running for the exits suggest House Republicans have given up on retaking the majority. Apparently Leader McCarthy agrees? He told Roll Call that 2020 Republican retirements remind him of 2018…when Republicans lost […]