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Two longtime Democrats, Rep. Jerry McNerney (D-CA) and Rep. Jim Langevin (D-RI), announced they would not seek reelection for another term in Congress, becoming the twenty-seventh and twenty-eighth Democrats to leave the House, putting their party’s chances of keeping the majority in greater peril.

The Republicans’ online fundraising platform, WinRed, reportedly raised $559 million in 2021, as the party and its candidates attempt to build a sizeable war chest heading into an election year to try and take back the House in November.

Democrats in battleground districts have reportedly been trying to persuade the House leadership to consider breaking up the president’s “marquee legislation,” the Build Back Better (BBB) spending bill, into “a series of politically popular provisions that would appeal to centrist voters and core Democrats alike.”

Amanda Adkins, a Republican candidate in Kansas’ Third Congressional District looking to unseat Democrat Rep. Sharice Davids (D-KS), told Breitbart News Saturday on SiriusXM that Americans are frustrated by the lack of strategy and planning by President Joe Biden’s administration.

The Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT), a non-partisan ethics watchdog organization, demanded an investigation into Rep. Elaine Luria (D-VA) “for failing to disclose past corporate positions on her Financial Disclosure Statements.”

Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), who is seen as a future primary challenger to Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), said it is “past time” for her and her colleagues to pass the “freedom to cheat” voter bills that would cripple Republican attempts across the country to increase election integrity.

Rep. Susan Wild (D-CA) has continuously claimed there was “a lot of economic progress” in 2021, and the economic crisis is being “greatly exaggerated” despite rising prices, rising inflation, and hiring slowing down across the county.

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) on Thursday maintained their stance on not changing the long-established Senate filibuster rule.

The House Republicans’ campaign arm, the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), announced a total of $140 million in last year’s off-year fundraising haul, obliterating their previous off-year record.

Democrat Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) leads a generic Republican candidate in the poll by three points but within the margin of error.

The Senate Republicans’ campaign arm, the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), announced their off-year record-breaking fundraising haul of $104.8 million in 2021.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) raised a record $72.4 million for the House GOP conference in 2021 during off-year fundraising efforts in a quest to take back the majority in the House.

New Hampshire’s First Congressional District Republican candidate Matt Mowers, looking to unseat vulnerable Democrat Rep. Chris Pappas, revealed to Breitbart News that he raised over $400,000 in the fourth fundraising quarter of 2021.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said the House Democrats are in “good shape” heading into the midterms and predicted the Democrats would remain in the House majority, despite the 26 congressmen who have announced plans to leave after the current term.

Embattled Democrat Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-NJ) announced his reelection bid for New Jersey’s redrawn Seventh Congressional District.

Democrat and U.S. Navy veteran Neil Smith announced he will attempt to unseat Democrat incumbent Rep. Eliane Luria (VA) in the June primary as she bids for a third term in a historically battleground district.

Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-CO) on Monday said he would not seek reelection, making him the twenty-sixth House Democrat to announce plans to leave the House after the current term, putting more strain on the party’s ability to keep their slim majority.

Senate Minority Whip John Thune (R-SD), the number two Republican and viewed as a successor to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, announced Saturday he would run for reelection, ending months of speculation.

Vulnerable Democrat Rep. Elaine Luria (D-VA) announced her reelection bid Thursday in Virginia’s redrawn Second Congressional District, a historically battleground district.

President Joe Biden’s job approval rating is underwater in 46 states, including the two typically solid blue states — California and Rhode Island — and tied in Maryland, according to the CIVIQS rolling job approval average.

Only 35 percent of respondents approved of President Joe Biden’s job performance, according to the CIVIQS rolling job approval average.

Rep. Brenda Lawrence’s (D-MI) retirement makes her the twenty-fifth Democrat to make plans to leave the House after the current term, thus putting more doubt on the House Democrats’ ability to keep the slimming majority after the midterm in less than a year. 

Rep. Elissa Slotkin’s (D-MI) reelection chances could be in trouble, as recent polling showed a generic Democrat is ten points behind in the polls against a generic Republican in the congressional district that she is running in.

Rep. Conor Lamb (D-PA), looking to make a statement in the crowded Democrat Senate primary in Pennsylvania, reaffirmed his pledge to end the filibuster if elected to the Senate.

Republicans lost some of their momentum in the latest unnamed congressional ballot poll against the Democrats from USA Today/Suffolk University, despite being favored to win back the House after the midterm elections later this year.

Democrat National Committee (DNC) employees voted to unionize after getting over two-thirds of eligible staff members to sign union cards, making the vote official on Tuesday, according to Business Insider.

Former California Rep. Harley Rouda announced he would suspend his congressional campaign after Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) announced she would run in the same district following the state’s redistricting process.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) staff are racing for the exits as retirement rumors about the longtime House Democrat continue to spread.

Longtime Democrat Rep. Bobby Rush (IL) will reportedly not seek reelection, further putting doubt on the House Democrats’ ability to keep the slimming majority after the midterm in less than a year.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) slammed Twitter’s “continued and dangerous efforts to silence Americans” on its platform following the permanent suspension of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green (R-GA) — vowing to “take action that protects Americans when they express their constitutionally safeguarded views” when the GOP retakes the majority. 

Less than a year away from the midterm elections, where the fate of the Senate majority lies, Democrats and Republicans want Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson (R) to run for reelection.

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán received a reelection endorsement from former President Donald Trump on Monday.

J.D. Vance, Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate seat from Ohio, told SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Saturday that the basic desire to live in a community safely and securely, while being able to provide for your family, is under assault by corporate and political leadership.

More than half of adults in the United States are fearful for what is to come in 2022, according to a recent Axios/Momentive poll.

Former CBS News anchorman Dan Rather was reminded of his past Wednesday night, receiving an onslaught of criticism after citing “truth” when mocking the popular phrase, “Let’s Go, Brandon.”

Due to redistricting, two Michigan House Democrats in neighboring districts will go head to head in the 2022 midterm primary.