The Washington Inquisitor
House of Representatives
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Ways and Means Democrats give Treasury until Oct. 28 to explain missing IRS tax-return statistics
Ten House Ways and Means Democrats asked Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent why the IRS’s 2026 filing season statistics have not been published. The IRS statistics page still lists 2025 as the latest…
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Leadership super PACs spent $344 million in two weeks and still had $327 million on Oct. 14
Pre-general FEC reports from Senate Leadership Fund, Senate Majority PAC, Congressional Leadership Fund and House Majority PAC show where $344 million went in early October, and how much remains for the final…
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Pritzker has supplied $10 million of his super PAC’s $10.9 million as it targets 10 House Republicans
FEC filings show Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has given Ready for the Fight $10 million of the $10.9 million it has raised, and the group has spent $7.1 million opposing 10 Republican…
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House party committees spent $57 million on coordinated ads in two weeks, most of it in 20 districts
The DCCC and NRCC each reported about $28 million in coordinated spending from Oct. 1 to 14, the first pre-general filings since the Supreme Court lifted party coordination caps. An Inquisitor analysis…
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Two House seats have been empty for six months, and no special election is coming
Texas’ 23rd and Florida’s 20th districts have had no member of Congress since April, and neither governor has called a special election. Every other House vacancy this Congress was filled by one.