Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee

Republicans Fall Flat In Key Fundraising Measure

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 05.08.2012

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) knows how to rile with rhetoric. He has called the entire Congressional Progressive Caucus "members of the ...

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5 Illinois Races National Dems Are Watching

HuffingtonPost.com | Jen Sabella | Posted 03.21.2012

The relatively small number of Illinois Republicans who turned out Tuesday to vote chose Mitt Romney as their GOP presidential nominee. National Democ...

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Politicians Won't Return Ponzi Payoffs

Michael Winship | Posted 05.09.2012

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Texas financier Robert Allen Stanford was convicted on 13 out of 14 criminal counts of fraud. But what most stories failed to mention was the large amount of his clients' cash that was spent on campaign contributions, greasing the corrupt nexus of money and politics for personal gain.

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Billie Jean King Joins House Democrats' 'War On Women' Campaign

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 03.06.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Tennis legend Billie Jean King is lending her voice to House Democrats in their "war on women" campaign. "Some people called my tenni...

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House Dems Hit GOP Lawmaker Over Fundraising Schemes

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 03.03.2012

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WASHINGTON -- In advance of House Speaker John Boehner's Florida fundraising event with Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.) on Saturday, the Democratic Congre...

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House Democrats Raise $1.1 Million In 'War On Women' Campaign

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 03.01.2012

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WASHINGTON -- House Democrats have raised more than $1.1 million in the past week from their "War on Women" campaign, according to a Thursday email fr...

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Record January Haul For DCCC

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 02.17.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Democratics received a few pieces of good fundraising news on Friday: A few hours after the Obama campaign announced a $29.1 million hau...

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'Majority Maker' Alan Grayson Is Back, Pushing For Dems

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 01.30.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Democrats are so confident in the chances of former Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) winning back a seat in Congress this year, they are press...

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Dems Spending Big To Keep Key Seat

AP | By JONATHAN J. COOPER | Posted 01.29.2012

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PORTLAND, Ore. -- Determined not to lose another friendly district because of a sex scandal, Democrats and their allies have pumped more than $1 milli...

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House Dems Tout Cash, Poll Momentum

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 01.27.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Democrats charged with fighting the battle for control of the House this election year were crowing Friday that the fundraising and poll...

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Democrats Reveal Top Targets For 2012

The Huffington Post | Meghan Neal | Posted 01.19.2012

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Pressing toward its goal of taking back the House this year, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) announced the districts and candid...

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Steve Israel: Mitt's Puny Tax Rate Will Help Democrats Win

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 01.18.2012

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WASHINGTON -- News of the relatively meager tax rate Mitt Romney pays will "create fury" and help hand the Democrats control of the House of Represent...

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Dems See Chance Of House Takeover With 75 Recruits

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 01.12.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Pundits don't think Democrats have much chance to take back the House of Representatives this year, but suddenly their party is finding ...

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Democrats Launch Robocalls On Payroll Tax Cuts

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 12.09.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Democrats emboldened by the belief that they are winning the debate on cutting payroll taxes -- an opinion echoed this week by Sen. John...

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Democrats: The House Can Be Won In 2012

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 01.04.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The economy may be in the doldrums and his Democratic President's approval rating may be there as well, but Democratic Congressional Cam...

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Steve Israel: Impeach Jan Brewer For Tampering With Arizona Redistrciting

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 01.04.2012

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Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer should be impeached for removing the independent leader of her state's redistricting commission, the head of the Democratic Co...

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Republicans' Vile Attack Is New Low

Rep. Steve Israel | Posted 12.20.2011

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Republicans are desperate to discredit hardworking Americans who are protesting the Republican policies that breed more corporate greed than help for ...

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Steve Israel Slams GOP For 'Anti-Semitic' Charge

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 12.20.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Democrats are furious about a Republican campaign video that accuses Rep. Steve Israel (D-N.Y.) of embracing anti-Semitism in the Occup...

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DNC Hires Cell Phone Exec Greg Hinton To Be First Ever Diversity Officer

HuffingtonPost.com | Trymaine Lee | Posted 12.17.2011

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After pressure by black leaders within the Democratic National Committee for the organization to get serious about minority contracting and hiring and...

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Democrats: New York 9 Loss Doesn't Mean Anything For Obama In 2012

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 11.14.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Democrats were quick to defend the party against its losses in New York's ninth congressional district and Nevada's second, saying on We...

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LOOK: Campaign Ad Features Plane By Manhattan Skyline

Posted 11.09.2011

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The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has tweaked a campaign ad for David Weprin, the Democratic candidate for Anthony Weiner's old seat in ...

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Democrats Target Vulnerable House Republicans Over Town Hall Protests

HuffingtonPost.com | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 10.31.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Congressional Republicans have taken a lot of heat from constituents at home during the August recess after a bitter showdown with Democ...

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GOP Lawmakers On Recess Target Of New Ad Campaign

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 10.19.2011

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

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Dems To Target Lugar, Heller In 2012 Over Medicare Votes

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 07.26.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Bullish after a win in New York District 26 this week, top Democratic campaign chairwoman Patty Murray said Thursday Democrats are linin...

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Steve Israel, DCCC Chair, Turns Sights To 97 Republicans And Unseating Paul Ryan

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- In the wake of Tuesday night's upset victory in upstate New York's special election, the head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign C...

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