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DCCC Targets 19 Republicans Over Spending Cuts, Ethics Issues

Rep. David Rivera (R-FL)

The DCCC is already targeting 19 Republicans from marginal districts with local radio ads.

For the most part, the ads criticize the members for supporting GOP spending cut proposals. But they’re also going after a couple of members — Reps. David Rivera (R-FL) and Mike Fitzpatrick (R-PA) — who remain under ethical clouds.

“Did you know Congressman David Rivera is under criminal investigation for receiving secret payments from his mother’s company?” says a narrator in the Rivera ad. “Tell Rivera to come clean so he can finally get to work for us.”

Fitzpatrick is under investigation for attending a fundraiser in the Capitol during the swearing in ceremony on day one of the 112th Congress.

A full list of targeted members follows, as does audio of the ad running against Rep. Sean Duffy (R-WI).

“Congressman Sean Duffy supports a plan in Congress that would cut education by 40 percent. And his plan would cut science and technology research by 40 percent, too. Research and development is how we get the new products that create new jobs. How does cutting that help us compete with China and India? “

Click below to listen to the ad:

Members targeted:

Rep. Lou Barletta (R-PA)
Rep. Charlie Bass (R-NH)
Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle (R-NY)
Rep. Steve Chabot (R-OH)
Rep. Chip Cravaack (R-MN)
Rep. Robert Dold (R-IL)
Rep. Sean Duffy (R-WI)
Rep. Blake Farenhold (R-TX)
Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick (R-PA)
Rep. Nan Hayworth (R-NY)
Rep. Joe Heck (R-NV)
Rep. Robert Hurt (R-VA)
Rep. Thad McCotter (R-MI)
Rep. Patrick Meehan (R-PA)
Rep. Dave Reichert (R-WA)
Rep. David Rivera (R-FL)
Rep. Jon Runyan (R-NJ)
Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL)
Rep. Allen West (R-FL)

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Brian Beutler

Brian Beutler is TPM's senior congressional reporter. Since 2009, he's led coverage of health care reform, Wall Street reform, taxes, the GOP budget, the government shutdown fight, and the debt limit fight. He can be reached at brian@talkingpointsmemo.com.

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