In observance of Religious Freedom Day, DNC Chair Jaime Harrison and DNC Interfaith Council Co-Chairs Nadia Ahmad, Cindy Bass, Sarah Levin, and Johnnie Roebuck released the following statement: “Dating back even before our nation’s founding, the United States has been a nation based on religious freedom, guaranteeing every American freedom of and from religion – […]
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IN THE STATES: Extreme GOP Sides With Special Interests While Dems Lower Costs
In the states this week, local news continued to feature a split screen between President Biden and Democrats working to lower costs and Republicans pushing their extreme agenda of banning abortion, forcing cuts to Social Security and Medicare, and protecting billionaire tax cheats. This week, local headlines highlighted how President Biden and Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act is […]
DNC Statement on CPI Report
DNC Chair Jaime Harrison released the following statement in response to the December Consumer Price Index (CPI) report, which showed annual inflation has been declining for the past six months in a row: “Today’s report that inflation is on the decline is just the latest proof that President Biden’s economic agenda is working and Democrats are […]
BREAKING: Youngkin Task Force Proposes Abortion Ban Jailing Doctors
Fresh off an election loss where Virginia voters rejected Glenn Youngkin’s anti-abortion candidate in a special election for state Senate, Virginia Republicans introduced a bill commissioned by Governor Glenn Youngkin to ban abortion in the commonwealth and threaten doctors with criminal charges. In response, DNC spokesperson Rhyan Lake released the following statement. “Glenn Youngkin is […]
Virginia Spotlights GOP’s Relentless Abortion Extremism
Despite the overwhelming rejection of the GOP’s extreme anti-abortion agenda in the midterms last year, Republicans are continuing to pursue restrictions to reproductive access across the country. Virginia is the latest example, where voters rejected Republicans’ push to roll back the right to choose in a special election yesterday. Fresh off an election loss where […]
Youngkin Adds Another Loss to His List of Failed Endorsements
With Republican Kevin Adams’ loss in the Virginia special election for state senate, Glenn Youngkin is adding yet another name to his laundry list of candidates who failed after receiving his endorsement. Adams’ loss makes it more difficult for Youngkin to pass the abortion ban he’s been pushing for. Washington Post: “The election, to fill […]
DNC Statement on MAGA House Republicans’ Vote to Protect Billionaire Tax Cheats
After a bruising speakership fight, the first order of business for Republicans’ new majority is a bill to protect ultra-wealthy tax cheats from paying their fair share. DNC Chair Jaime Harrison released the following statement: “It tells you everything you need to know about the House MAGA Majority that the first bill they voted on seeks to roll back […]
The MAGA Majority’s To-Do List This Week
After a disastrous, 15-round speaker vote that consumed the entirety of their first week in Congress, the new MAGA House majority is already drawing up its agenda for Week 2 — and it shows exactly where their priorities lie: Pursuing an extreme and wildly unpopular agenda at the expense of the American people. What does […]
Trump Is Still GOP Kingmaker
After Kevin McCarthy failed to win the speaker’s gavel in his own right 14 times, Donald Trump swooped in last Friday to whip House MAGA Republicans and delivered the GOP speakership to McCarthy. Kevin McCarthy said so himself: If there was any doubt of Donald Trump’s influence in the party, let Friday’s speaker vote serve as […]
Meet Your MAGA Republican House Speaker
After making history as the first speaker in over a hundred years to require multiple votes to get elected, Kevin McCarthy won the title of MAGA Republican speaker of the House. DNC Chair Jaime Harrison released the following statement: “After repeatedly humiliating himself this week, Kevin McCarthy gave away the store to MAGA Republicans and is weaker […]