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Whitesides Takes Action to Protect Health Care and Lower Costs for Californians
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release:
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Whitesides Takes Action to Protect Health Care and Lower Costs for Californians
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As Republicans in Washington shut down the government instead of addressing the health care crisis they created, Congressman George Whitesides is taking decisive action to protect health care for California's working families.
In the wake of Republicans' Big, Ugly Law which will rip health care away from 38,000 people in California's 27th district alone - Republicans are now raising the cost of health
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release:
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Whitesides Takes Action to Protect Health Care and Lower Costs for Californians
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As Republicans in Washington shut down the government instead of addressing the health care crisis they created, Congressman George Whitesides is taking decisive action to protect health care for California's working families.
In the wake of Republicans' Big, Ugly Law which will rip health care away from 38,000 people in California's 27th district alone - Republicans are now raising the cost of healthcare premiums for 40,000 hardworking people in the district by over 75%.
By joining the Protecting Healthcare and Lowering Costs Act, Whitesides is fighting for greater protections to Medicaid and a permanent extension of ACA tax credits. This comes as he has advocated time and time again to protect Medicaid services, patients, and providers.
"I'm fighting in Congress for lower health care costs and greater access to services, while the majority passed a budget that threatens health care for millions across the country, including tens of thousands of hardworking people I represent." -- Rep. Whitesides
DCCC Spokesperson Anna Elsasser :
"George Whitesides has a proven track record of putting Californians and working class families first. While Republicans in Congress continue to risk vital resources for everyday Americans, Whitesides is focused on securing relief for families at home."
Read more in the Antelope Valley Press: Whitesides' House bill aims to protect health care
* Rep. George Whitesides announced...he is joining the Protecting Healthcare and Lowering Costs Act, legislation that would restore protections for Medicaid and permanently extend the Affordable Care Act Enhanced Premium Tax Credit program.
* In July, the Republican majority in Congress passed a budget bill that threatened health care coverage for 15 million Americans, including more than 200,000 of Whitesides' constituents who rely on Medicaid (Medi-Cal in California).
* "I'm fighting in Congress for lower health care costs and greater access to services, while the majority passed a budget that threatens health care for millions across the country, including hundreds of thousands of hard-working people I represent. That's why I voted against the budget bill in July, and why I'm joining this effort to guarantee affordable health care programs aren't ripped away from those who need it most..." - Rep. Whitesides
* "I encourage all my colleagues, regardless of party, to join me in trying to reverse the harmful health care cuts and restore access to critical services." - Rep. Whitesides
* Whitesides challenged the budget reconciliation package in July, when he proposed an amendment to protect Medicaid recipients and local health centers. He also took to the House floor to propose an amendment that would block the bill's cuts to Medicaid. Both initiatives were rejected by the majority.
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Original text here: https://dccc.org/whitesides-takes-action-to-protect-health-care-and-lower-costs-for-californians/
Statement From DNC Chair Ken Martin on the Baseless Indictment of New York Attorney General Letitia James
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following statement on Oct. 9, 2025:
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Statement from DNC Chair Ken Martin on the Baseless Indictment of New York Attorney General Letitia James
DNC Chair Ken Martin released the following statement after Donald Trump's Department of Justice carried out his bidding to indict Letitia James:
"This indictment isn't about the law, it's about political revenge directed by Donald Trump at someone he deems his enemy. There's a reason why both the U.S. Attorney and career prosecutors in the Eastern District of Virginia refused
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following statement on Oct. 9, 2025:
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Statement from DNC Chair Ken Martin on the Baseless Indictment of New York Attorney General Letitia James
DNC Chair Ken Martin released the following statement after Donald Trump's Department of Justice carried out his bidding to indict Letitia James:
"This indictment isn't about the law, it's about political revenge directed by Donald Trump at someone he deems his enemy. There's a reason why both the U.S. Attorney and career prosecutors in the Eastern District of Virginia refusedto bring forward this baseless indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James -- and why they were replaced by a hand-picked, unqualified sycophant with no prosecutorial experience.
"Donald Trump doesn't care about the law or an independent Department of Justice. Weeks ago, Trump publicly demanded the weaponization of our justice system and today, the department dutifully carried out his orders.
"This is a line that cannot be uncrossed. The DNC joins the Democratic Attorneys General Association in condemning this politically motivated attack on Attorney General James. And we encourage Americans everywhere, of any and all political affiliations, to stand against Donald Trump's attempts to co-opt the government for retribution and intimidation."
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Original text here: https://democrats.org/news/statement-from-dnc-chair-ken-martin-on-the-baseless-indictment-of-new-york-attorney-general-letitia-james/
Republican Party of Virginia Congratulates Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears on Her Historic Debate Win
RICHMOND, Virginia, Oct. 10 -- The Republican Party of Virginia issued the following news on Oct. 9, 2025:
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Republican Party of Virginia Congratulates Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears on Her Historic Debate Win
On the debate stage tonight, Abigail Spanberger's fake moderate charade came crashing down and Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears proved why she is the only choice to build on the legacy of the Youngkin administration and keep Virginia the best place to live, work, and raise a family.
Once again, Spanberger refused to call on Jay Jones to drop out of the race following revelations that he
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RICHMOND, Virginia, Oct. 10 -- The Republican Party of Virginia issued the following news on Oct. 9, 2025:
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Republican Party of Virginia Congratulates Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears on Her Historic Debate Win
On the debate stage tonight, Abigail Spanberger's fake moderate charade came crashing down and Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears proved why she is the only choice to build on the legacy of the Youngkin administration and keep Virginia the best place to live, work, and raise a family.
Once again, Spanberger refused to call on Jay Jones to drop out of the race following revelations that hefantasized about murdering his political opponents and their children. Virginians deserve a leader with the courage to say when someone is unfit for office.
The principle here is simple: if Abigail Spanberger can't tell someone who fantasizes about murdering children to drop out of the race, she does not deserve to be our next governor.
Spanberger also tried to dodge her record of voting to allow biological men in women's sports and locker rooms, and refused to commit to keep in place Gov. Youngkin's executive order protecting women's sports and private spaces. She then doubled down on her support for Virginia-Last energy policies that will keep our Commonwealth in the dark and took a line out of Terry McAuliffe's playbook by suggesting that teachers unions and bureaucrats, not parents and students, should be in charge of our schools.
Spanberger also refused to commit to working with the Trump administration to deport violent criminal illegal aliens from our streets. A candidate who cares more about illegal aliens who have no right to be here than law-abiding Virginia residents does not deserve anyone's vote.
Lt. Gov. Earle-Sears's message was simple: let's keep a good thing going.
Over the past four years, under the leadership of the Youngkin-Sears administration, Virginia has made record investments in public education, cut taxes, delivered historic budget surpluses, brought in more than $125 billion in private sector investment, added more than 265,000 new jobs, launched state-and-local partnerships to reduce gun violence, invested in lab schools, and so much more.
The record of success could not be clearer, and Lt. Gov. Earle-Sears laid that out on the debate stage tonight.
Congratulation to the Sears campaign on a debate win!
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Original text here: https://virginia.gop/republican-party-of-virginia-congratulates-lt-gov-winsome-earle-sears-on-her-historic-debate-win/
Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Right: DCCC Launches Digital Ad Buy On Conservative News Sites
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release:
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Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Right: DCCC Launches Digital Ad Buy On Conservative News Sites
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The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee made history this week running a digital ad praising... Marjorie Taylor Greene.
With Mike Johnson threatening to keep Republicans on vacation for a fourth straight week, even MTG has had enough, saying she is " absolutely disgusted " that health care premiums will double if Republicans refuse to address the expiring ACA tax credits.
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release:
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Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Right: DCCC Launches Digital Ad Buy On Conservative News Sites
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The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee made history this week running a digital ad praising... Marjorie Taylor Greene.
With Mike Johnson threatening to keep Republicans on vacation for a fourth straight week, even MTG has had enough, saying she is " absolutely disgusted " that health care premiums will double if Republicans refuse to address the expiring ACA tax credits.
See animage of the ad below:
The ad will be running on conservative news sites, including FOX, Breitbart, and Newsmax, ensuring that Republicans hear the message from one of their own.
DCCC Spokesperson Aidan Johnson :
"When Marjorie Taylor Greene is the voice of reason it's safe to say Mike Johnson's shutdown has gone off the rails. He should take her advice, bring back the House, and extend the ACA tax credits before premiums skyrocket for families across the country."
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Original text here: https://dccc.org/marjorie-taylor-greene-is-right-dccc-launches-digital-ad-buy-on-conservative-news-sites/
ICYMI: Health Care Crisis Created by Jon Husted Set to Spike Insurance Premiums
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 10 -- The Ohio Democratic Party posted the following news:
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ICYMI: Health Care Crisis Created by Jon Husted Set to Spike Insurance Premiums
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"The 583,443 Ohioans who in 2025 bought health insurance through the federal marketplace created by the Affordable Care Act are in for some sticker shock next year"
Columbus, Ohio -- As Jon Husted continues voting to keep the government shut down rather than protect affordable health care for 500,000 Ohioans, families across the state are bracing for " sticker shock " as his agenda drives health care companies to hike premiums
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COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 10 -- The Ohio Democratic Party posted the following news:
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ICYMI: Health Care Crisis Created by Jon Husted Set to Spike Insurance Premiums
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"The 583,443 Ohioans who in 2025 bought health insurance through the federal marketplace created by the Affordable Care Act are in for some sticker shock next year"
Columbus, Ohio -- As Jon Husted continues voting to keep the government shut down rather than protect affordable health care for 500,000 Ohioans, families across the state are bracing for " sticker shock " as his agenda drives health care companies to hike premiumsranging from 2.5% to 43%.
See for yourself:
Spectrum News 1: Health insurance premiums set to skyrocket as Congress deadlocks over subsidy extensions
* The 583,443 Ohioans who in 2025 bought health insurance through the federal marketplace created by the Affordable Care Act are in for some sticker shock next year, after the 11 health insurance companies that offer plans in Ohio through the marketplace are requesting to increase premiums by 2.5 to 43%.
* Health insurance companies cited the possible expiration of [ACA premium] tax subsidies as a major reason for their requested premium rate increases. [...]
* Health policy experts said abruptly ending the enhanced subsidies would have cascading effects beyond higher premiums.
* Democrats have said extending the enhanced subsidies could prevent that from happening and are demanding such an extension in exchange for supporting a measure to fund the government and allow it to reopen.
* Republicans have said they would not support a funding measure with those extensions, and that even if [they] were packaged in separate legislation, the program would need reforms before they would vote for it.
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Original text here: https://ohiodems.org/icymi-health-care-crisis-created-by-jon-husted-set-to-spike-insurance-premiums/
AJC Report: "Chris Carr Steps Up Criticism of Burt Jones as Governor's Race Heats Up"
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- The Democratic Governors Association posted the following news:
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AJC Report: "Chris Carr Steps Up Criticism of Burt Jones as Governor's Race Heats Up"
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported today on how the already-nasty feud between Georgia GOP gubernatorial candidates Chris Carr and Burt Jones just keeps getting messier -- this time behind closed doors.
During a Georgia Alliance of Community Hospitals meeting yesterday, Carr accused Jones of "using public office for gain" over Jones' 2023 push to overhaul Georgia's hospital system to benefit his family's
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- The Democratic Governors Association posted the following news:
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AJC Report: "Chris Carr Steps Up Criticism of Burt Jones as Governor's Race Heats Up"
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported today on how the already-nasty feud between Georgia GOP gubernatorial candidates Chris Carr and Burt Jones just keeps getting messier -- this time behind closed doors.
During a Georgia Alliance of Community Hospitals meeting yesterday, Carr accused Jones of "using public office for gain" over Jones' 2023 push to overhaul Georgia's hospital system to benefit his family'sown business interests -- "one of the harshest attacks yet" in their months-long dispute. Not to be outdone, "Jones' campaign hit back hard" and called Carr an unserious candidate.
While they continue to jab at each other, the Republicans running have been more focused on mudslinging and defending Donald Trump instead of addressing one of Georgians' top priorities: health care. Carr, Jones, and Brad Raffensperger all have a history of opposing Medicaid expansion in Georgia and supported Trump's extreme budget law that rips health care away from hundreds of thousands of Georgians, raises health care costs for 1.4 million people, and has already closed one maternal health care unit in the state. Carr and Jones have also backed D.C. Republicans' push to shut down the government rather than address the roughly 295 percent premium price hike Georgia families face under Trump's budget law.
Read more from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on the mudslinging in Georgia's GOP primary:
* The feud between Attorney General Chris Carr and Lt. Gov. Burt Jones keeps escalating.
* At a gathering of the Georgia Alliance of Community Hospitals on Thursday, Carr delivered one of the harshest attacks yet, accusing the lieutenant governor of using public office for gain.
* "If you honor me by allowing me to be your next governor, unlike the lieutenant governor I will promise you this: I will not change the rules or rig the system to enrich myself or my family on your backs or the backs of our fellow Georgians," Carr said.
* The jab referred to Jones' 2023 push to rewrite Georgia's certificate of need laws, which regulate where hospitals can be built. That could have paved the way for a proposed 100-bed private hospital that was to be built on his father's land near his hometown in Jackson.
Read the entire story at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
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Original text here: https://democraticgovernors.org/updates/ajc-report-chris-carr-steps-up-criticism-of-burt-jones-as-governors-race-heats-up/
A Message from the Chair: Trump and Idaho Republicans Insist on Making Health Care Unaffordable
BOISE, Idaho, Oct. 10 -- The Idaho Democratic Party issued the following news:
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A Message from the Chair: Trump and Idaho Republicans Insist on Making Health Care Unaffordable
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Since Republicans took power, they have been weakening healthcare in America. The GOP budget bill, largely written by Senator Mike Crapo, failed to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits that help more than 117,000 Idahoans pay for coverage. Democrats are pulling the only lever they have to demand a stop to the huge price hikes. Instead of working with Democrats, Congressional Republicans shut down the government.
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BOISE, Idaho, Oct. 10 -- The Idaho Democratic Party issued the following news:
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A Message from the Chair: Trump and Idaho Republicans Insist on Making Health Care Unaffordable
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Since Republicans took power, they have been weakening healthcare in America. The GOP budget bill, largely written by Senator Mike Crapo, failed to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits that help more than 117,000 Idahoans pay for coverage. Democrats are pulling the only lever they have to demand a stop to the huge price hikes. Instead of working with Democrats, Congressional Republicans shut down the government.
Now, Idaho's middle-class families will pay the price.
On October 15, open enrollment begins for Idaho's health insurance marketplace and Medicare. Without the ACA tax credits, premiums on the exchange will double on average, and about 25,000 Idahoans are likely to lose coverage altogether.
In Council, retired teacher Bob McMichael pays $50 a month for family coverage. Without the credits, his premium would jump to $2,200. In Boise, retiree Susan Wood pays $72 a month; without the credits, her premium would rise to $700.
Medicaid is under the same strain. The Republican budget bill cut Medicaid by $1 trillion, and Idaho's GOP leaders compounded the damage by cutting provider payments by 4% to close a state budget shortfall. About 37,000 Idahoans are expected to lose coverage. The Idaho Hospital Association warns that roughly two dozen small rural hospitals are now at risk of closing, taking emergency rooms, maternity care, and local jobs with them.
Idaho's seniors are feeling it too. More than 400,000 rely on Medicare, and many are getting letters showing sharp price hikes. A retired teacher in Moscow saw her prescription drug plan jump from $6 to $56 a month.
Even workers with job-based insurance are not spared. Premiums for small business plans are expected to rise 11% next year. Employers will have to absorb the cost, pass it to workers, or cut coverage.
For a decade, Republican leaders have claimed to have a health care plan to replace the Affordable Care Act, but never shared it. Now that they control the House, the Senate, and the White House, we're seeing that the plan is to gut healthcare at every level to fund billionaire tax breaks.
This isn't what Americans want. Recent polls show 78% of voters want to see ACA tax credits continue, including 59% of Republicans. Even far-right Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is calling out her own party, recognizing that the GOP needs to end this shutdown and adopt a plan to stop skyrocketing premiums.
Democrats in Congress are working to prevent this GOP-manufactured crisis. They have proposed a bipartisan plan to restore ACA credits, strengthen Medicaid, stabilize Medicare, and keep rural hospitals open. But Idaho's Republican senators keep voting it down.
Idaho families deserve leaders who will lower costs and protect care, not play politics with their health.
Onward,
Lauren Necochea
Idaho Democratic Party Chair
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Original text here: https://idahodems.org/a-message-from-the-chair-the-fight-for-free-speech-is-the-fight-for-america-cloned/
