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Pennsylvania’s Eighth Congressional District Republican candidate and former President Donald Trump appointee Jim Bognet told SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Saturday this weekend that his opponent, Rep. Matthew Cartwright (D-PA), has been “complicit” and an “accessory” in passing radical leftist agenda items from President Joe Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA).

House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NY) said he will “absolutely” be running in the 2022 midterm elections, denying growing reports and speculation of the longtime Democrat getting ready to retire.

Retiring embattled Democrat Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI) slammed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) “hostile work environment” that is “getting worse,” as other Democrats complain about getting work done after the midterms, if the are in the minority.

Democrat Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) Chairman Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY) — the top Democrat tasked with keeping their House majority — said during a TV appearance on Sunday that he is not surprised that Democrats are receiving low poll numbers on generic ballots less than a year from the midterm elections, where there Democrats are at risk of losing the House majority.

Democrat Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-NY) announced he is joining the already crowded race for New York governor, challenging Gov. Kathy Hochul (D), who has had less than a year on the job since she was elevated to the position after the former embattled governor resigned earlier this year.

Outgoing longtime Texas Democrat, Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) announced she was endorsing Texas state House Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Dallas) to fill the congressional seat Johnson has held for decades, shortly after Crockett announced her candidacy Wednesday.

Likely general election voters favor Republicans over Democrats in a generic congressional ballot heading into next year, according to a recent poll from Mclaughlin & Associates.

The Republican National Committee (RNC) outperformed the Democrat National Committee’s (DNC) October fundraising by over $2 million, according to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings on Saturday.

Long-time Democrat Representative and Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Chair Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) announced she would not seek another term, ending her nearly 30-year career in Congress next year.

House Democrats blocked a Republican motion to strip the Build Back Better Act of its amnesty provisions, which House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) called the “Democrats’ Socialist Spending Spree.”

Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), the most senior member of the Senate, announced Monday he will not seek a ninth term, setting the stage for a potentially large field of candidates running to succeed the 81-year-old.

Jarome Bell served in the United States Navy for 27 years, but now he’s running for Congress to prevent a Communist takeover of the American government.

With Virginia’s election results coming in early Wednesday morning, showing a Republican sweep of all three statewide races as well as wresting majority control of the House of Delegates, Democrat U.S. Reps. Abigail Spanberger (VA) and Elaine Luria (VA) now represent districts won handily by Republican Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin, according to data from the Virginia Public Access Project (VPAP).

Democrat Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR), chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, allegedly abused his position for personal gain by sending a letter to the Army Corps of Engineers opposing a proposed rule that would put permanent restrictions on part of the Washington Channel to protect the most vulnerable parts of an Army base. The waterway is where the houseboat used as DeFazio’s “DC residence” allegedly resides.

Jim Bognet, a former candidate for Congress and President Donald Trump appointee, told SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Saturday this weekend that Rep. Matthew Cartwright (D-PA) is a “Pelosi Lap Dog” who needs to be voted out of office in the midterms to ultimately retire House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA).

Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), one of ten Republican representatives to vote for the impeachment of former President Donald Trump and one of two Republicans to sit on Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s partisan committee investigating the January 6 incident at the Capitol, announced his retirement Friday after the Illinois Democrats released its redistricting maps.

Democrat Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR), chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, was caught on a hot mic blurting profanity when Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL) was yielded to speak during a committee hearing Wednesday.

American Action Network released an ad Tuesday morning, shown first to Breitbart News, calling on Rep. Tom O’Halleran (D-AZ) to stop Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) agenda by protecting Arizona’s border and stopping the Democrats’ massive tax and spending hikes.

Rep. Anthony Brown (D-MD) on Monday, announced a run for Maryland Attorney General in 2022, making him the latest added to the growing list of Democrats leaving the House of Representatives in hopes of another office, creating an even more challenging situation for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to keep her slim majority.

New Jersey Democrat Tom Malinowski (D-NJ) reportedly did not properly disclose nearly two million dollars in stock transactions, possibly resulting in a fourth STOCK Act violation.

The House Ethics Committee announced on Thursday, the committee will further investigate Rep. Tom Malinowski’s (D-NJ) hundreds of stock transactions that allegedly violated the federal STOCK Act of 2012.

Vulnerable Pennsylvania Democrat Rep. Susan Wild designated a proxy vote due to the “ongoing public health emergency” on the same day her campaign began paying nearly $1,700 for travel to a 5-star luxury hotel on Miami Beach. Despite bragging about how she is “proud to vote YES” on important legislation benefiting veterans, she did not vote in person.

Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME) was outraised by over $200,000 in the third-quarter fundraising from the former representative and current candidate in Maine’s Second Congressional District, Bruce Poliquin, looking to unseat the vulnerable Democrat and regain the seat he once held.

A program manager for the sergeant-at-arms of the U.S. House of Representatives was arrested and faces ten felony charges connected to alleged possession of child pornography.

Republican candidate Matt Mowers outraised vulnerable Democrat incumbent Rep. Chris Pappas (D-NH) in New Hampshire’s first congressional district by nearly $80,000, according to the campaign, after the Republican announced his candidacy to unseat Pappas roughly one month before the filing deadline.

The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), the campaign arm for House Republicans, announced the committee’s record-breaking fundraising haul of over $105 million raised through September, the first nine months in the 2022 election cycle.

Republican efforts to flip the House next year look set to be built on solid financial ground with news Thursday its main fundraising committee hauled in more than $105 million this year through September.

House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-NY) announced this week her off-year record-breaking fundraising of over $1.5 million in the third quarter between all of her committees.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), during her weekly press conference, lectured reporters, claiming they did not do a good enough job of “selling” President Joe Biden’s radical spending plan.

Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY), chairman of the House Budget Committee and leading the talks on infrastructure, announced on Tuesday that he would not be seeking reelection. 

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) responded to President Joe Biden’s disappointing September jobs report, blaming the “misguided policies” put up by the congressional Democrats that hurt the U.S. economy.

A recent poll from Quinnipiac University revealed that Republicans are gaining momentum on Democrats — now by five percent — when asking Hispanic respondents.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) told reporters that the United States Chamber of Commerce would effectively have zero influence over the House Republicans when they are in the House majority.

A poll from Quinnipiac University released on Tuesday showed that a generic Republican on the ballot is favored to take back the House of Representatives in the midterm elections next year.

BlueGreen Alliance, a far-left coalition of labor and environmental groups, is placing a six-figure ad buy in five states to pressure members of Congress to pass President Joe Biden’s radical agenda.

Political allies close to Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) reportedly told Axios that the “wine-drinking triathlete” will not be bullied into supporting the partisan $3.5 trillion reconciliation package Democrats are using to push part of President Joe Biden’s radical agenda.