CLIENTS: GCI & the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee work to take back Congress in 2006

Just 15 House seats out of 435 made the difference between Democratic and Republican control of the House of Representatives.  The failures of the Republican leadership in Congress had put us on the wrong track: rising energy costs and dependence on unsustainable energy sources and foreign oil, a failing health care system, unacceptable gaps in homeland security and the quagmire in Iraq, skyrocketing national debt, and a slurry of ethics scandals that start with the Republican leadership.

GCI and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee worked together during the summer of 2006 to take back the House of Representatives and bring new leadership and a progressive agenda to Washington.  Real security, open government, honest leadership and solutions to some of our nation's most pressing problems begin on the streets and in neighborhoods across the country.   We conducted public education campaigns and raised funds the DCCC needs to run winning campaigns this fall.

Victory in November allowed Rep. Nancy Pelosi to become our country's first woman Speaker of the House and George Bush now has to answer for six year's worth of policy failures.  High on her agenda for a new Congress are proposals to cut interest rates on student loans in half, change the rules to end deficit spending, and raise the minimum wage.