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Feb 21, 2012
www.TheGrimmFiles.com
The more voters learn about Congressman Michael Grimm (NY-13) and his checkered past, the less there is to like. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is launching www.TheGrimmFiles.com to help his constituents keep track of all of Congressman Michael Grimm’s ongoing scandals. Multiple reports have detailed Congressman Grimm’s past: possibly illegal fundraising, complicated business dealings with a known felon, and a heated altercation in a night club that …
Read More »Feb 21, 2012
DCCC Chairman Steve Israel Announces 2012 IE Directors
DCCC Chairman Steve Israel today announced two battle-tested veterans of House campaigns to key appointments of the DCCC’s political team: Independent Expenditure Director and Independent Expenditure Research Director. Additionally, Israel announced the Independent Expenditure would increase from six (6) teams to eight (8) teams to accommodate the increased number of Republican seats in play this cycle. Travis Lowe, the current Campaign Director, will run the DCCC’s 2012 …
Read More »Feb 19, 2012
FACT CHECK: Paul Ryan Falsely Claims Payroll Tax Cut Doesn’t Work
On NBC’s Meet the Press today, Republican Budget Chairman Paul Ryan falsely claimed that the payroll tax cut doesn’t work. Ryan said: “I don’t think this works to grow our economy” and compared the payroll tax cut to “sugar-high economics.” In reality, independent economists like former John McCain economic advisor Mark Zandi said blocking the payroll tax cut for 160 million middle income Americans would trigger an …
Read More »Feb 19, 2012
FACT CHECK: Paul Ryan Falsely Claims Payroll Tax Cut Doesn’t Work
On NBC’s Meet the Press today, Republican Budget Chairman Paul Ryan falsely claimed that the payroll tax cut doesn’t work. Ryan said: “I don’t think this works to grow our economy” and compared the payroll tax cut to “sugar-high economics.” In reality, independent economists like former John McCain economic advisor Mark Zandi said blocking the payroll tax cut for 160 million middle income Americans would trigger an …
Read More »Feb 19, 2012
FACT CHECK: Cantor Falsely Claims Republicans Supported Paying for Payroll Tax Cut
On Fox News Sunday, Republican Leader Eric Cantor falsely claims Republicans supported the payroll tax cut but wanted to pay for it. Cantor said, “we would have liked to have seen it [the payroll tax break extension] done in a way that we could actually reduce spending while at the same time affording this tax relief.” In reality, House Republican leaders like Cantor have opposed the payroll …
Read More »Feb 19, 2012
FACT CHECK: Cantor Falsely Claims Republicans Supported Paying for Payroll Tax Cut
On Fox News Sunday, Republican Leader Eric Cantor falsely claims Republicans supported the payroll tax cut but wanted to pay for it. Cantor said, “we would have liked to have seen it [the payroll tax break extension] done in a way that we could actually reduce spending while at the same time affording this tax relief.” In reality, House Republican leaders like Cantor have opposed the …
Read More »Feb 17, 2012
When Will Speaker Boehner and Leader Cantor Follow Romney’s Lead on Scandal-Plagued Grimm?
Today’s New York Times reports that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has dropped Congressman Michael Grimm as a surrogate amid “scrutiny over his business dealings and campaign fund-raising.” Despite Republican leaders’ “zero-tolerance” pledge on ethics, House Speaker John Boehner and Republican Leader Eric Cantor have been silent about the expanding scandals and investigations into Congressman Grimm. “Speaker Boehner and Leader Cantor have remained silent as the facts about Congressman Grimm’s questionable past and possibly illegal fundraising continue …
Read More »Feb 17, 2012
Tisei in Favor of Middle Class Tax Hike
In just under two weeks, taxes will go up for middle income Massachusetts families if Republican congressional candidate Richard Tisei (MA-06) gets his wish and the payroll tax is allowed to be raised on millions of Americans. Richard Tisei has called the payroll tax cut “gimmicky” and thinks that it “hasn’t worked.” Tisei already promised in December that if he had been in Congress …
Read More »Feb 16, 2012
Even Allen West’s Potential Tea Party Opponent Thinks West Is Too Extreme
Although South Florida Tea Party Chairman Everett Wilkinson helped elect Congressman Allen West to the House of Representatives, Wilkinson announced yesterday that he was pondering a run for Congress against West in Florida’s 18th district. Last year, Wilkinson called Allen West’s plan to end Medicare a “public policy nightmare” that could lead to “huge Democratic wins in 2012.” “Even Representative Allen West’s most loyal Tea Party followers …
Read More »Feb 14, 2012
Mr. Leader, Here Is Michael Grimm’s Number
Despite his “zero tolerance” policy on ethics, Republican Leader Eric Cantor told NY1 yesterday that he hasn’t talked to Congressman Michael Grimm (NY-13) since a bombshell New York Times story about Grimm’s potentially illegal fundraising practices came out. Mr. Leader, Congressman Grimm’s telephone number is (202) 225-3371. “The silence from Speaker John Boehner and Republican Leader Eric Cantor on Congressman Michael Grimm’s fundraising scandal is deafening,” said Jesse Ferguson of the …
Read More »Feb 14, 2012
A Message from Gov. Howard Dean, M.D.
Below is a message from Gov. Howard Dean, M.D: Have you seen them yet? The biggest corporate special interest group in the country is flooding the airwaves with TV ads attacking President Obama and defending its favorite Republican lackeys in Congress. It’s just another consequence of the Citizens United decision that allows corporations to try to buy our elections. They can try all they want but I’m not willing to sit …
Read More »Feb 13, 2012
DCCC Chairman Steve Israel’s Statement on President Obama’s Budget
DCCC Chairman Steve Israel released the following statement after President Obama unveiled his budget. “The priorities couldn’t be clearer: President Obama and House Democrats’ top priority is to rebuild the middle class by creating jobs and investing in infrastructure and education. Republicans’ top priority is to protect the ultra-wealthy and to make sure the privileged few don’t have to sacrifice a dime, leaving America’s seniors to pay more for …
Read More »Feb 12, 2012
FACT CHECK: Paul Ryan Falsely Claims that Republican Budget Would Save Medicare, Not Change Benefits
Today on ABC This Week, Republican Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (WI-01) falsely claimed House Republicans “passed a budget to save Medicare” and “we don’t change any benefit for anybody 55 and above.” In reality, Ryan authored the Republican budget that would end Medicare and immediately affect benefits for Americans 55 and above. The Wall Street Journal said Ryan’s budget “would essentially end Medicare” and the …
Read More »Feb 12, 2012
FACT CHECK: Paul Ryan Falsely Claims Payroll Tax Cut Would Bankrupt Social Security
On ABC This Week, Republican Budget Chairman Paul Ryan falsely claimed that extending the payroll tax cut would accelerate “the bankruptcy of Social Security.” In reality, the Chief Actuary of the Social Security Administration wrote that the “trust funds would be unaffected.” Non-partisan FactCheck.org ruled Ryan’s claim “not true.” Ryan himself has opposed the payroll tax cut in the past and called those tax cuts …
Read More »Feb 10, 2012
CNN: Injured Giffords aide running for now-vacant Congressional seat
CNN: Injured Giffords aide running for now-vacant Congressional seat Ron Barber, an aide to former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, will run for the Arizona Congressional seat left empty when Giffords resigned from Congress last month. Barber, a Democrat, was wounded in the January 2011 shooting that left Giffords with a severe head wound. She has been undergoing intensive rehabilitation since, and announced in January she would resign from Congress to focus on her recovery. "Our community needs …
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