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Dems Crush Republican Rivals

AP | Posted 04.22.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The campaign arm of House Democrats outraised its Republican rival in first quarter of 2013, taking in more than $22 million. The Democ...

House Dems Set Fundraising Record

The Huffington Post | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 04.18.2013 | Politics

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee set a record for its own first-quarter fundraising by pulling in $22.6 million over the first three mo...

Dems Look To Sink GOPers By Linking Them To 'Radical' Paul Ryan

The Huffington Post | Will Wrigley | Posted 04.01.2013 | Politics

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee on Monday released the first of 17 online ads attacking congressional Republicans for their support of...

Obama Returning To Campaign Trail

AP | By JULIE PACE | Posted 05.14.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will return to the campaign trail next month, heading to California for a pair of fundraisers for Democrati...

Former Goldman Sachs VP Named Dems' Finance Chair

The Huffington Post | Chelsea Kiene | Posted 02.28.2013 | Politics

Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.), a former Wall Street executive, will serve as the national finance chairman for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Commit...

Dems Find Political Edge In GOP's Sequester Stance

The Huffington Post | Michael McAuliff | Posted 02.23.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Democratic leaders may be mounting a full-court press to head off the impending start of sequestration cuts, but their congressional cam...

Ryan Grim

Call Time For Congress Shows How Fundraising Dominates Bleak Work Life

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 01.09.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Welcome to town, new members of Congress. Now hit the phones. For an incoming member of Congress still basking in the glow of electo...

Michael McAuliff

Grover Norquist Targeted In Fiscal Cliff Debate By Democrats

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 11.28.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- With Republicans showing signs of bending on taxes for the richest Americans as the nation nears the so-called fiscal cliff, Democrats m...

DCCC Calls On Voters To 'Fire The Tea Party Congress'

The Huffington Post | Ian Gray | Posted 09.25.2012 | Politics

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee put up a large banner Monday at its Washington headquarters that reads, "FIRE THE TEA PARTY CONGRESS,"...

Democrats Offer Joint Lunch With Al Gore, Nancy Pelosi As Prize To Donors

The Huffington Post | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 09.22.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Former Vice President Al Gore has been entirely absent from President Barack Obama's campaign this year and was nowhere to be seen at th...

DCCC Hopes '47 Percent' Comments Will Help Them Take Back House

The Huffington Post | Ian Gray | Posted 09.21.2012 | Politics

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chairman Steve Israel said Friday he thinks the party can use GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney's comme...

House Democrats Hit New Fundraising Record

The Huffington Post | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 09.03.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- A day after House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced a $6.8 million fundraising haul for August, the Democratic Congressi...

Todd Akin, Republicans Share 'Extreme Agenda': DCCC

The Huffington Post | Elise Foley | Posted 08.27.2012 | Politics

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee announced a new effort Monday to target 20 Republican members of Congress, including vice presidential...

Liberal Super PAC Adds Michele Bachmann To Its List Of Tea Party Targets

The Huffington Post | Patrick Svitek | Posted 08.23.2012 | Politics

A liberal super PAC hoping to unseat some of the Tea Party's most beloved lawmakers added a new incumbent to its takedown list: Rep. Michele Bachmman ...

Democrats Target Republican House Candidate For 'Wholeheartedly' Supporting Ryan Budget

The Huffington Post | Patrick Svitek | Posted 08.17.2012 | Politics

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is wasting no time linking House hopefuls to the polarizing budget plan championed by Mitt Romney's ru...

GOP Rep. Hit With Medicare Attack

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 08.16.2012 | Politics

Democrats are taking to the airwaves to attack the plan by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) to turn Medicare into quasi-voucher program, a strategy that in the...

Democrats Hammer House Candidates On Tax Cuts

The Huffington Post | Michael McAuliff | Posted 07.30.2012 | Politics

With the House set to vote on extending all the Bush tax cuts later this week, Democrats are hammering 23 Republicans in competitive districts with an...

Patrick Svitek

Sheldon Adelson's Lawyer Threatens To Sue Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Likening Casino Magnate To A 'Pimp'

HuffingtonPost.com | Patrick Svitek | Posted 08.02.2012 | Politics

UPDATE: 7:27 p.m. 8/2/2012 -- The DCCC has retracted its allegations against Sheldon Adelson. A lawyer for casino magnate Sheldon Adelson has thr...

Amanda Terkel

Democrats Go On Offense On Obamacare, Hit GOP For Pushing Repeal Of Popular Provisions

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 07.10.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- In the wake of the Supreme Court upholding the Affordable Care Act, Republicans have doubled down on their commitment to repeal the legi...

Sam Stein

Dems Who Voted Against Eric Holder Rake In The Party's Money

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.05.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The 17 House Democrats who voted to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in criminal contempt last week have received more than $1.3 millio...

House Democrats Prepare Fall Ad Onslaught

The Huffington Post | Michael McAuliff | Posted 06.20.2012 | Politics

House Democrats are crowing about a stronger fundraising month than their GOP counterparts had and planning to use the cash for a late-election-cycle ...

Elise Foley

Tea Party Congressman Makes ANOTHER Racist Remark

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 05.30.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.) made another controversial remark last week, telling constituents that Democrats want Hispanics to be dependent ...

Paul Blumenthal

Republicans Fall Flat In Key Fundraising Measure

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 05.08.2012 | Politics

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

Jen Sabella

5 Illinois Races National Dems Are Watching

HuffingtonPost.com | Jen Sabella | Posted 03.21.2012 | Chicago

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

Politicians Won't Return Ponzi Payoffs

Michael Winship | Posted 05.09.2012 | Politics
Michael Winship

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.