House Majority PAC Launches Ad Offensive Targeting GOP Lawmakers On Summer Recess

WASHINGTON -- A new ad campaign launched by a pro-Democratic political action committee is targeting two Republican lawmakers who could be at risk in the 2012 elections.

The ads, airing in the districts of Reps. Sean Duffy (R-Wis.) and Dan Lungren (R-Calif.) while the lawmakers are home for August recess, argue that the GOP is selling out the middle class. After showing corporate jets and mansions, the ad targeting Lungren says the congressman has voted for "tax loopholes to keep corporate profits sky high."

"But what about the rest of us?" asks the narrator. "Lungren voted to end Medicare as we know it and to protect profits for companies that ship jobs to China. If you have to make millions to get our congressman's attention, it's time to find a new congressman."

The new purchase is the second round of a six-figure ad buy by the House Majority Political Action Committee. The first wave of ads went up on Aug. 12 against Reps. Chip Cravaack (R-Minn.), Tim Griffin (R-Ark.) and Scott Tipton (R-Colo.). The group considers the targeted lawmakers to be "some of the most vulnerable House Republicans," according to a press release released in conjunction with the new blitz.

"The American people are disgusted with House Republicans' misguided priorities and votes to sell out the middle class," Alixandria Lapp, Executive Director of House Majority PAC, said in the release.

"Whether it's voting for tax loopholes to keep corporate profits sky high, protecting profits for companies that ship jobs to China, or ending Medicare as we know it, House Republicans have plenty to answer for back home this August recess. House Majority PAC will continue holding House Republicans accountable for their extremist agenda."

The House Majority PAC is a so-called super PAC, which are allowed to raise and spend unlimited amounts of money, although they must disclose their donors. They must also operate independently from candidates and official party organizations.

This is the group's first ad campaign since it invested heavily in helping Rep. Kathy Hochul (D-N.Y.) win a special election in upstate New York in May.

Both the Democratic and Republican congressional campaign committees have been trying to put pressure on lawmakers back home in their districts during August. The National Republican Congressional Committee has been stressing how Republicans have created jobs, while the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee have been hammering on the theme of the wealthy winning out over the concerns of the middle class.

Comments

[landskroon]

09:12 AM on 08/21/2011

How can "Lawmaking" proceed when half of the politicians are on a payed for holiday in Israel?

[bhaines213]

01:05 PM on 08/20/2011

That’s a great ad - short and to the point. I hope this is the first of many produced by this group.

[ComnCents]

05:20 PM on 08/19/2011

A pesky thing: The Truth

[djaikins]

04:46 PM on 08/19/2011

This ad blitz against the republicans should be long, loud and relentless.

[AirForce Vet]

04:36 PM on 08/19/2011

Targeting them while on recess is a bit late in coming. I thought they had been on a perpetual recess since 2008.

[AG creative]

04:34 PM on 08/19/2011

The GOP has some serious 'splainin to do

[Reno Fickler]

04:03 PM on 08/19/2011

...well, as long as the Dems are still in DC, noses to the grindstone, we'll be OK. Right???

[GlobalGramma]

12:30 AM on 08/20/2011

At least the Dems haven't taken a wrecking ball to the economy.

[Gil1957]

10:15 AM on 08/20/2011

They have since 2007 and Chris Dodd and Barney Frank especially with them protecting Freddie and Fannie.

[katch]

03:55 PM on 08/19/2011

We shouldn't forget about the Tax breaks that Sen Mitch McConnell got for the Horse Racing Industry in Kentucky.

Talk about taking care of the special interests.

[ssmithlg]

03:03 PM on 08/19/2011

Do you think America should send jobs overseas? Apparently President Obama and Democrats do. Next week, they're sending U.S. government officials to Brazil to help them create energy jobs while they block those same jobs here in America.
And this week Vice President Biden is going hat-in-hand to China, which owns billions of our debt, to beg forgiveness for America's massive debt. He can remind them that Democrats created jobs in China in the failed trillion-dollar stimulus.
Do you think these are things to be proud of? Apparently Democrats do. While discussing the struggling economy on MSNBC, DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz said, "Well, I'm proud of the President's record as are Democrats..."
"Proud" of a failed economic record.
What further proof do you need that Democrats have not only failed to govern, but are also woefully out of touch to the problems facing Americans?

[katch]

04:01 PM on 08/19/2011

You really dont have a clue do you? That was started by Reagan and followed up by HW Bush, The republicans pushed it through as part of American Companies desire for lower wages and higher profits.

You should study up instead of talking out of your pie hole.

[sean62965]

04:43 PM on 08/19/2011

They are fed cherry picked sound bites because the people feeding them the BS know full well not one of them is capable or willing to actually verify a single thing they're told.

[ssmithlg]

03:20 PM on 08/20/2011

katch, do you feel abandoned by the Democrats you put in office?
Did you see the bus Obama used on his recent tour to Iowa & Illinois.
Made in CANADA.... very nice.
You are the one who should "study up".

[djaikins]

04:49 PM on 08/19/2011

Problems? Are you referring to those job bills that the republicans continue to harp on but fail to present in the House. Talk about failed economic record. The republicans have a patent on it.

[Gil1957]

10:18 AM on 08/20/2011

Here they are

http://majorityleader.gov/JobsTracker/

[ssmithlg]

03:33 PM on 08/20/2011

Thanks Gil1957, looks like ALL of the jobs bills PASSED by the Republican House are STUCK in Harry Reids's Democrat controlled Senate and going nowhere.
Problems? They seem to be in the Senate.
djaikins...... do some homework before you begin to sound like your icon. And I don't mean a "donkey" or "mule".

[KeyInfo]

03:02 PM on 08/19/2011

Great Ad!

[peabody523]

02:56 PM on 08/19/2011

President Obama can only do so much. Time to wake the sleeping lion. Time to see what you can do for your country.

What should we ask the GOP?

Who do you really work for? Are you a corporate stooge? Why don't you want wealthy people & corporations to pay taxes? Why are you trying to cut so many out of the American dream? Why do you trust the banks who ruined our economy to regulate themselves now? Where are the jobs? Why do you support corporate subsidies? Why are you trying to take away the rights of some to vote? Why are you going after unions? Why do you stand by while our infrastructure fails? Why are you trying to destroy our educational system? Why don't you believe in science? Why don't you believe in math? How is it you call yourself a Christian? Why do you want to kill medicare? Why to you want to kill medicaid? Why do you want to kill social security? Why do you want to withhold medical care from so many Americans? Why are you out to destroy the EPA? Why are you out to destroy the Postal Service? And so on, ad nauseum... They are apparently out to destroy all that is good. Too much to list here.

Now get together with about 50 million of your friends and send some postcards, asking "Why?". And keep sending them until they answer.

If that doesn't work, we march.

[KeyInfo]

03:04 PM on 08/19/2011

Don't call him or he'll charge you $15 for every question. I've tried so hard to reach these imbeciles but the bottom line is they are only going to talk to who they want to. You or I will never get through.

[BOD]

04:36 PM on 08/19/2011

True, when even a town hall meeting costs to get in... see http://tinyurl.com/3m5smnm
I'm surprised that is legal.

[dmsdzinr]

02:47 PM on 08/19/2011

TRUTHFUL and Straight to the POINT!

[ajp49]

02:46 PM on 08/19/2011

Keeping them Honest: They said they would break it and they did! And Kevin McCarthy from District 22 in Bakersfield who attempts to portray himself as bi-partisan has been a behind the scenes as house majority leader and working hypocrite! Mr. Boehner, Tea Partiers and Cantor and Ryan and Senator McConnell and his 43 obstructionists, own it! They kidnapped our US credit and succeed to hold it hostage. Now since their “manufactured” Crisis, the Dow Jones Industrials have fallen 1142 points or 10.6%and a repeat lost of 1134 (12%) the last three days to our 401K retirements! Californian public employee’s retirement system pension has lost about $17 billion since the state's new fiscal year began July 1. Monday's loss alone topped $6 billion.

[ajp49]

02:45 PM on 08/19/2011

So as a direct result of the political “brinksmanship” by tea party’s game, S& P has downgraded our credit rating! However, republicans did succeed to protect that NO taxes pledge for Billionaires and Millionaires to not pay their fair share of our bills! The result is an increased in US debt and California without spending!
Bring our country to the brink of economic catastrophe; the damage to our creditability in the financial markets has been done! The international markets are falling and sending a clear message to AMERICA because of these irresponsible idiots! Standard and Poor’s clearly stated 3 times in its message that the downgrade was about Political posturing by the House and Senator McConnell’s filibuster games with his 43 sign-up-obstructionists! These hypocritical republicans never held hostage a debt ceiling before! Never voted against past Republican Presidents to keep him from paying “congress” approved bills! Remember, 82 % of us disapprove of your fiscal stupidity! Stop your meaningless political talking points! Mr. McCarthy , you are one of the same jerks that is cutting students loans while California tax payers paid for you to attend our State supported university education! We see you extortionists in November when debt will be repaid! It's about of Jobs, not War on the Middle Class, you Bakersfield dummy! Message from a Native Californian

[AJH]

02:28 PM on 08/19/2011

Republicans want to rob the funds from our purchased benefit programs to maintain incentives to offshore US jobs, to maintain military spending levels above cold war levels and to keep benefitting the corporations they call people.

If you were in the military and care about the VA and your pension be afraid. If you hae contributed your whole life to medi care and SSI be afraid.

If you plant a server in the NYSE and make microsecond trades earning millions vote republican they think you should pay only 15% tax on that the same as a small grocery store owner who sells a business they made and ran for decades.