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Jul 20, 2009
Roll Call: House Democrats Raise $7 Million in June
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Read More »Jul 20, 2009
Is John Boehner For Hire by the American Conservative Union?
On Friday, a Politico exclusive exposed a practice by the American Conservative Union (ACU) - a group with strong ties to House Minority Leader Eric Cantor and other Congressional Republicans- of demanding big time cash in exchange for their public support. Now, ACU's past praise of Representative John Boehner begs an obvious question: is Boehner for hire by the ACU? "Considering that the ACU's backing doesn't come …
Read More »Jul 17, 2009
Hypocrisy Alert: Bill Young Votes No on Economic Recovery, Features “Stimulus Funding” on Website
Representative Bill Young voted no on the economic recovery package, but that has not stopped him from prominently featuring the economic recovery law on his website. "What Representative Bill Young may lack in solutions to grow Florida's economy, he more than makes up for in hypocrisy by promoting the economic recovery package that he opposed," said Jessica Santillo, Southern Regional Press Secretary for the …
Read More »Jul 16, 2009
@Stake: Health Care Mythbusters
DCCC Executive Director Jon Vogel sent the following message to DCCC supporters: "The House proposal will begin the process of fixing what's broken about our health care system, reducing costs for all, building on what works, and covering an estimated 97% of all Americans" - President Obama, July 14, 2009 Dear Friend, Those are the words by President Obama on the historic legislation that was introduced this week …
Read More »Jul 16, 2009
New York Times: A Strong Health Reform Bill
From the New York Times: While the Senate continues to struggle over its approach to health care reform, House Democratic leaders have unveiled a bill that would go a long way toward solving the nation's health insurance problems without driving up the deficit. It is already drawing fierce opposition from business groups and many Republicans. This is a bill worth fighting for. Read the entire editoral at NYTimes.com
Read More »Jul 15, 2009
Van Hollen Congratulates Congresswoman-elect Judy Chu
DCCC Chairman Chris Van Hollen released the following statement on the special election runoff to represent California's 32nd Congressional District: "Congratulations to Congresswoman-elect Judy Chu on her victory in the special election to represent California's 32nd District in Congress. "For more than 23 years, Judy Chu has fought for bipartisan change. Her broad experience as a School Board Member, a Mayor, a State Assemblywoman, and a leader …
Read More »Jul 14, 2009
Breaking News: House Unveils Historic Health Care Reform Bill Today
DCCC Executive Director Jon Vogel sent the following message to DCCC supporters: Dear Friend , Today, the House of Representatives unveils legislation to help President Obama achieve comprehensive health care reform this year. But before the ink even dried on the bill, the Republicans and their special interest friends have taken to the airwaves, spreading lies and misleading statistics to try and obstruct this progress. It's critical …
Read More »Jul 14, 2009
Washington Post: A Bad Week for House Republicans
Washington Post: Twin decisions this week by Reps. Mark Kirk (Ill.) and Jim Gerlach (Pa.) to run for statewide office in 2010 have handed House Republicans a setback as they seek to build momentum heading into next November's election. Kirk, although he has yet to formally announce, is widely expected to enter the open seat Senate race in Illinois while Gerlach is running for governor in Pennsylvania next year. Both Kirk and Gerlach sit in Democratic-leaning districts …
Read More »Jul 09, 2009
DCCC Rapid Response Team At Work
DCCC Excecutive Director Jon Vogel sent the following message to DCCC supporters: Dear Friend, How's this for rapid response? Right after passing our clean energy bill in the House, Republicans took aim on Democrats who stood against climate change. They launched a blatantly false attack ad that even the non-partisan FactCheck.org labeled "wrong." Thanks to you, the DCCC's Rapid Response Team caught them red handed and got …
Read More »Jul 07, 2009
Cleveland Plain Dealer: John Boehner was wrong about Ohio stimulus spending
Cleveland Plain Dealer: When U.S. House Minority Leader John Boehner told a newscaster Sunday that not a single stimulus-funded road contract in his home state of Ohio had been let, he was wrong. The Ohio Department of Transportation has OK'd 52 stimulus-funded road and bridge projects at a cost of nearly $84 million. Read the full article at Cleveland.com
Read More »Jul 06, 2009
The Steve Pearce Legacy: Rising Debt and Limitless Hypocrisy
Steve Pearce's announcement today smacks of the same kind of hypocrisy New Mexicans heard over and over again during his time in Congress during the Bush Administration. "With his reckless fiscal leadership having helped create the problem, Steve Pearce's rhetoric about fighting for New Mexico families just doesn't match up with reality," said Andy Stone, Western Regional Press Secretary for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. …
Read More »Jul 06, 2009
Cantor Ramps Up Hypocrisy on High Speed Rail
Republican Minority Whip Eric Cantor ramped up his hypocrisy on Virginia's high-speed rail today, saying he doesn't "see any inconsistency" in supporting funding for the project, despite voting against the funding, and excluding it from his own stimulus proposal. "Representative Eric Cantor not only voted against funding high-speed rail in Virginia, he excluded it from his plan," said Jessica Santillo, Southern Regional Press Secretary for the …
Read More »Jul 02, 2009
Roanoke TV Station Refuses to Air False NRCC Attack on Perriello
WDBJ-TV, a Roanoke television station, refused to air a false National Republican Campaign Committee (NRCC) attack ad on Congressman Tom Perriello (VA-05). The false NRCC ad used information about the clean energy jobs bill that the independent, nonpartisan organization FackCheck.org called "wrong." "The NRCC has a track record of running ads so deceptive and misleading that local TV stations refuse to air them or have to remove from the airwaves," said Jessica …
Read More »Jul 02, 2009
Factcheck.org: “the NRCC is wrong” in Clean Energy Attack Ads
It turns out that the NRCC doesn't even have it facts straight in their new ads attacking President Obama and Congressional Democrats for supporting Clean Energy legislation. FactCheck.org: The NRCC ad credits a Washington Times editorial for its claim that the Waxman-Markey bill would make electricity prices "skyrocket," costing families $1,870 a year. But the NRCC is wrong.
Read More »Jul 02, 2009
Despite Unemployment Rates, Republicans Keeping Saying NO to Creating American Jobs
Despite today's news that George Bush's failed economic policies are still resulting in job losses, House Republicans continue to be the party of ‘no' and the status quo by rejecting President Obama and House Democrats' common-sense solutions to get Americans back to work. Republicans said NO to saving or creating 3.5 million jobs in the Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Act Republicans said NO to creating 1.7 million jobs in the …
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