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THE HILL MORNING REPORT: General election season underway with marquee Senate races set
On Wednesday, the liberal group Equity Forward Action will launch a pair of six-figure ad buys targeting Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), the top ranking woman in the House, and Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.), the chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
ROLL CALL: Abortion Rights Group Targets McMorris Rodgers, Walden on Family Separations
Equity Forward Action is launching six-figure TV ad buys Wednesday targeting House Republican Conference Chairwoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Energy and Commerce Chairman Greg Walden over the GOP-controlled Congress’ failure to pass legislation addressing family separations at the border.
POLITICO PULSE: Senate GOP want new bill to blunt ACA lawsuit
Equity Forward steps up pressure on Scott Lloyd. The group is running a full-page ad today in the Washington, D.C.-edition of the New York Times, again calling on HHS Secretary Alex Azar to fire the embattled director of the refugee resettlement office.
REWIRE: Another Anti-Choice Advocate Is Rising Through the Ranks at Trump’s HHS
Steven Valentine’s new Health and Human Services role was once held by abstinence-only advocate Valerie Huber, who now serves as a senior policy advisor at the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health.
POLITICO PULSE: Schumer convinced Kavanaugh would axe Roe vs. Wade
EQUITY FORWARD BASHES VALENTINE PROMOTION — Reproductive rights advocacy group Equity Forward is criticizing the promotion of Steven Valentine to chief of staff in the office of the assistant secretary for health because of his deep ties to anti-abortion groups, most notably SBA List.
NORTHERN VIRGINIA DAILY: Watchdog group seeks answers
A watchdog organization wants Front Royal resident E. Scott Lloyd, director of the federal Office of Refugee Resettlement, to address the state of detention facilities holding immigrant children.
DAILY KOS MORNING DIGEST: The surest way for indicted GOP congressman to get off the ballot? Plead guilty
Equity Forward Action is making a "six-figure" TV ad buy against Republican Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers. Their ad details the cruelty of the Trump administration's family separation policies against immigrants and asylum-seekers, and it blasts the incumbent for failing to stand up to Trump.
WASHINGTON STATE WIRE: Equity Forward Action launches six-figure ad buy targeting Cathy McMorris Rodgers
On Friday, Equity Forward Action, a “watchdog project” based out of New York City, announced a six-figure ad buy targeting 5th Congressional District Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers. The ad highlights the Trump Administration’s zero tolerance immigration policies.
POLITICO PULSE: What's in health officials' stock portfolios?
Inconsistency on regulations? Equity Forward seized on Azar's Thursday speech to the American Legislative Exchange Council, where the HHS secretary decried health care regulations that are "raising costs for American patients and depriving them of choices."
REWIRE: Trump Administration Will Continue Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program After All
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has decided to reverse course and continue funding grants for the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program (TPPP) for the next year.