Direct mailers distort California Democrat Will Rollins’ record
Rollins, a former federal prosecutor, is challenging incumbent GOP Rep. Ken Calvert.
By Jesse Valentine - April 25, 2024U.S. House
The Union of Concerned Scientists calls wind ‘one of the cleanest and most sustainable ways to generate electricity.’
By Josh Israel - March 29, 2023Rep. Tim Burchett said Congress will only ‘mess things up’ if it gets involved, but research shows that gun safety laws reduce gun violence.
By Emily Singer - March 28, 2023Fossil fuel companies have thrown their support behind the Lower Energy Costs Act.
By Josh Israel - March 28, 2023Removing the agency that protects students’ civil rights and distributes federal education funds has received an increasing amount of Republican support in recent years, including from Donald Trump.
By Josh Israel - March 24, 2023Republicans in Congress have already filed bills to undermine labor rights, eliminate the agency that oversees workplace safety, and roll back wage protections.
By Josh Israel - March 24, 2023President Biden ‘vetoed the bill because it jeopardizes the hard-earned life savings of cops, firefighters, teachers, and other workers,’ said the White House.
By Associated Press - March 21, 2023GOP lawmakers are circling the wagons around Donald Trump, who said he expects to be indicted over hush money payments he made to Stormy Daniels.
By Emily Singer - March 21, 2023Republicans in Congress are proposing to override state gun safety rules, cut taxes for gun purchasers, and roll back the few existing federal firearms laws
By Josh Israel - March 20, 2023Despite having a Republican majority in the House his entire time as a member of Congress, very few of the bills and resolutions he sponsored eventually passed.
By Josh Israel - March 17, 2023The national survey found a majority wants lawmakers to prioritize health care and costs.
By Josh Israel - March 16, 2023The Equal Rights Amendment has met the requirements to be added to the Constitution, yet it remains unadopted.
By 19th News - March 16, 2023A Congressional Budget Office analysis shows congressional Republicans cannot get to a balanced budget in 10 years without unpopular cuts or higher taxes.
By Josh Israel - March 15, 2023‘Pat stood up for basic fairness, sensible policy, and women’s equal humanity,’ President Joe Biden said about the late congresswoman who helped champion the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993.
By Associated Press - March 15, 2023The Republican Congress member falsely claimed undocumented immigrants are a massive fiscal drain on the federal government.
By Josh Israel - March 15, 2023At least 15 current senators and representatives say reductions in funding to safety net programs should be discussed.
By Josh Israel - March 14, 2023Republicans in Congress want to repeal investments in climate change infrastructure, weaken environmental laws, and reprioritize fossil fuels.
By Josh Israel - March 14, 2023President Joe Biden’s budget proposal would cut the deficit while the House Freedom Caucus proposal does not, according to Karine Jean-Pierre.
By Oliver Willis - March 13, 2023They cite an increase in revenue in 2022 to argue that people shouldn’t have to pay more in taxes.
By Josh Israel - March 10, 2023After winning back control of the Legislature for the first time in 40 years, the Democratic majority is passing a host of progressive bills.
By Emily Singer - March 09, 2023Republicans in Congress have been trying to kill the independent agency since its inception in 2010.
By Josh Israel - March 09, 2023Reps. Brian Babin, Mary Miller, and Diana Harshbarger announced their new caucus on a website published by the anti-LGBTQ hate group Family Research Council.
By Josh Israel - March 08, 2023Congressional Republicans are upset that the $2 trillion in deficit reduction would come from tax increases, which would primarily affect the rich and corporations.
By Josh Israel - March 08, 2023Speakers at the Conservative Political Action Conference advocated for bans on gender-affirming care and the eradication of ‘transgenderism.’
By Emily Singer - March 07, 2023The American Action Network is spending $2 million on a new ad campaign.
By Josh Israel - March 06, 2023Republicans in Congress have filed more than 30 federal bills to restrict reproductive choice.
By Josh Israel - March 06, 2023The Georgia Republican used a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference to demonize transgender people.
By Emily Singer - March 03, 2023GOP representatives and senators are touting their support for the SPLC-designated hate group’s right-wing agenda.
By Josh Israel - March 03, 2023Despite polls showing popular support for the economic legislation passed last year, Rep. Andy Ogles and over 20 Republicans are seeking to reverse it completely.
By Josh Israel - March 03, 2023The announcement follows the implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act’s $35 cap on out-of-pocket insulin costs for Medicare recipients.
By Oliver Willis - March 02, 2023Republicans are trying to overturn a Labor Department regulation that allows retirement funds to consider environmental, social, and governance behaviors of the companies in which they invest.
By Josh Israel - March 01, 2023