NRCC Weekly Rundown: NRCC Finance Team breaks another record, Taxin’ Tom Nelson skips work again, Morgan Carroll is a hypocrite and more!
And here’s this week’s edition of the NRCC Weekly Rundown:
National: The NRCC finance team continued their record breaking performance in May, as the NRCC finished the month with its highest cash on hand total ever. The NRCC now leads the DCCC by $5.6M cash on hand. Keep up the great work!
National: A new study by the non-partisan Kaiser Family Foundation found that insurance premiums under Obamacare are expected to increase by double-digits in 2017. To make matters worse for House Democrats who hope to avoid talking about the failed health care law, notices of these rate hikes will be hitting voters’ mailboxes just weeks before Election Day.
National: House Republicans passed this year’s Department of Defense Appropriations Act which will fund critical defense programs. House Democrats, who just last week voted to raise their own salaries, opposed the bill, which provides a much deserved pay raise for members of the military.
CO-06: Morgan Carroll went full hypocrite this week, fundraising for Nancy Pelosi’s Super PAC. Carroll, who has publically opposed Super PACs and previously touted her endorsement by End Citizens United, seems to only oppose money in politics if it doesn’t benefit her personally.
PA-08: After using his responsibilities in Harrisburg as an excuse for why he couldn’t debate Brian Fitzpatrick, Steve Santarsiero missed 16 votes in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, including a bill to honor a fallen Bucks County police officer. He did, however, find time to break his positivity pledge by slinging mud at Fitzpatrick.
WI-08: Taxin’ Tom Nelson was caught skipping work for the second time in as many weeks on Wednesday. Nelson was photographed at the Democratic National Committee in Washington in the middle of the work day, instead of at his $116,000 government job back home.
NEWS AND NOTES:
Ryan has raised more than $30 million for the GOP since October
Speaker Paul Ryan will tell his Republican colleagues Tuesday morning that his political arm has raised more than $30 million for his party since he took the chamber’s top job in October, a massive cash haul to help ensure the GOP keeps control of the House this year. READ
Double-digit ObamaCare premium hikes projected in 2017
Washington Republicans were quick to point out the projected increases and try to tie them to Democrats seeking re-election in November. “This latest round of double-digit premium increases for consumers is just further evidence that ObamaCare has failed to make health care affordable for Americans,” Bob Salera, a National Republican Congressional Committee spokesman, said Wednesday. “House Democrats’ continued support for ObamaCare is a slap in the face to the families who are facing rising costs as a direct result of President Obama’s failed health care law, and voters will hold them accountable in November.” READ
Donovan Introduces Cyber Preparedness Act
Congressman Dan Donovan (Southern Brooklyn, Staten Island) yesterday introduced the Cyber Preparedness Act to make common-sense adjustments to the country’s cybersecurity procedures. The bill’s aim is to improve information sharing between federal, state, and local authorities and to allow homeland security grants to be used for cybersecurity. READ
Stefanik wants 401K-style program for student loan debt
Stefanik introduced legislation to establish a 401K-style process for employers to make student loan principal and interest payments on behalf their employees. The employer could contribute up to $10,000 annually for loan reduction, and the employee would be exempt from federal income tax on the employer payment amount, under the legislation — HR 5415 — that Stefanik and Rep. Luke Messer, R-Ind., introduced Thursday. READ
Young demands better service for veterans in crisis
Young tells KMA News he recently introduced the “No Veterans Crisis Line Call Should Go Unanswered Act,” which requires the VA to provide and implement a plan to improve responsiveness and performance of the crisis line. “It comes about because of the horror stories we’ve heard about when veterans and their family members were calling the VA Crisis Line and their attempts to reach a real human failed,” Young said. “Calls would go unanswered and other communications such as emails would not be responded to. Sometimes, they would only get an answering machine or would be directed into cyberspace where there is nobody there.” READ