As noted above, Southerland is opposed in the 2014 election by Dem Gwen Graham - to help her, click here.Here, Southerland tells us that he hates his job, apparently (all the more reason to return him to private life). Here, he came up with an amendment to a bill requiring SNAP recipients to work 20 hours a week at a minimum or have their benefits cut off (nice guy). He organized a “men only” fundraiser along with Governor Bully and Lex Luthor Scott here (nice – Southerland is defending his seat in a contest against Dem Gwen Graham, daughter of former Senator and Governor Bob Graham), He helped to vote down a measure here that would have discouraged the government from giving contracts to companies that have committed wage theft. He “pink-washed” his sexist campaign and votes here (what a guy). And let's not forget that, like just about everyone else in his party in the U.S. House (including Mikey the Beloved), Southerland voted to extend the government shut down here.
Grimm is opposed in the 2014 election cycle by Dem Domenic M. Recchia Jr. - to help the Dem challenger, click here.Here, Grimm was indicted on 20 counts, including fraud and perjury (sweet). He threatened to throw a reporter off a balcony inside the Capitol building (here and here). He sponsored something called the Whistleblower Improvement Act here, which, actually, would force whistleblowers to talk to their employers first (yeah, some “improvement” that is). As noted here, some of his campaign contributors are in the porn business (funny). Here, he said that his campaign office had been vandalized, though police couldn’t find any destruction to the computer equipment that Grimm claimed took place; oh, and he equated the vandalism of his campaign headquarters with the Gabby Giffords shooting (jackass).
Coffman is opposed in the 2014 election cycle by Dem Andrew Romanoff - to help Romanoff, click here.Here, Coffman thinks a 15-year wait, among other obstacles, constitutes an “automatic path” to citizenship. He said immigration bills “cleared the house” here (uh, no). He once sponsored a bill allowing DREAMers who served in the military to gain citizenship but is now walking that back, of course (and he was confronted about that here). Coffman said that President Obama “in his heart” was "not an American" here (nice - I realize that he's pretty much just parroting Repug orthodoxy on that subject, though). He wanted to raise the eligibility for Social Security to age 70, which is tantamount to a cut (here).
For the 2014 election cycle, Brooks is opposed by Independent Mark Bray - to help Bray, click here.Here, Brooks said he wants to deport all 8 million undocumented workers (uh huh). Here, he said Obama divides us on “race, greed, sex and envy” (huh?) – gee, “project” much, Congressman? Oh, and I guess that's part of the Democrats’ “war on whites,” or something (here). Here, he said in July ’11 that our credit rating would be improved by not raising the debt ceiling (uh, that’s not what happened). Here, he said he thinks that our ol’ buddy Vlad Putin is trying to keep us way from the space station, or something, all evidence to the contrary notwithstanding.
For the 2014 election cycle, Gowdy is defending his seat against Libertarian Curtis E. McLaughlin - to help McLaughlin, click here.I guess it’s inevitable that I point this out (though Gowdy gets accidental honesty points here). And let’s not forget how Gowdy and company are using BENGHAZI!!! to raise money, despite their faux protestations to the contrary (here). And lest anyone wonder about whether or not they’ll be beating this proverbial dead horse for 2016, I give you this (here). Also, Gowdy is apparently known for theatrics, as noted here (perfect for the Repugs).
For the 2014 election cycle, Roby is facing Dem challenger Erick Wright - to help Wright, click here.She didn’t push back against a “birther” calling Obama a “communist despot” here. “Stockholm Syndrome” Roby voted against the Violence Against Women Act here. She introduced bill to eliminate overtime pay here. And as we all know, more gun laws won’t solve the problem (here - removing my tongue from my cheek). Here is more zaniness from Roby (fourth bullet).
Roskam is defending his seat against Dem Michael Mason - to help Mason, click here.Here, Roskam basically lied about whether or not he knew former House Speaker Tom DeLay, aka, The Bugman (not a crime I realize, but I think it sends a message). As of 2008, he’s received over $100 grand in oil money and has fought against clean energy, of course (here). Roskam was under investigation for a $750,000 (!) trip to Taiwan in 2011 (also noted here that he failed to report about $103,000 in fundraising expenditures in ’05). Here, Roskam co-introduced a bill to block federal funding of universities “engaging in a boycott of Israeli academic institutions or scholars.” (um, let me see here, where is that dictionary? “Free speech”…what exactly is that definition again?). And yes, Dan Lipinski definitely should know better.
