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Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced today the expanded role of the Vice Chairs of the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee for the 112th Congress, Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida and Congressman Henry Cuellar of Texas.  Congresswoman Wasserman Schultz and Congressman Cuellar will be communicating with our Members and with the press on [...]

DCCC Chairman Steve Israel Names DCCC National Chairs for the 2012 Cycle   Off to a fast start for the 2011-2012 cycle, Chairman Steve Israel today named the DCCC’s five National Chairs:    Congressman Joe Crowley (NY) will serve as the DCCC National Chair for Finance;    Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL) will serve as [...]

Fla Dem Wasserman Schultz Says Dems Will Defeat Far-Right-Wingers’ Bush-Era Policies (CBS)  A Democratic Congresswoman said today the potential victory of Alaska Senate candidate Joe Miller and others supported by Tea Party activists as nominees for the Republican Party will pose a difficulty for the GOP going into the November election. Miller, who is in [...]

  By William E. Gibson, Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — South Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz will help lead a nationwide Democratic campaign this fall that will try to tie Republican candidates to extreme elements of the Tea Party movement. The Weston Democrat’s prominent role reflects her emergence as a rising party leader, and she said [...]

  By Bob Cusack and Jared Allen Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz considers Nancy Pelosi a mentor and role model and, in many ways, is following in the Speaker’s footsteps. While it remains to be seen if the Florida Democrat will ever be calling the shots in the lower chamber, there is little doubt she could [...]

By Aaron Blake Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) was handed perhaps the most important vice chairmanship in the Democratic Congressional Campaign Commmittee (DCCC) on Monday, taking on incumbent retention in the cycle ahead. Democrats are emphasizing their current members first in a cycle in which the party of the president typically loses seats. Wasserman Schultz [...]

By Anthony ManSun-Sentinal.comBroward Politics Blog U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Weston, will reprise her role as a leader of the House Democrats’ Red-to-Blue program, an effort to flip Republican-held seats to the Democrats. Wasserman Schultz co-chaired the program in 2006, when her party picked up enough seats to take control of the House away from [...]

January 29, 2008 By Brandon English The Stakeholder Washington, D.C. — Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chair Chris Van Hollen today announced the leadership for the Red to Blue program and named an additional chair to the Frontline Program. Representatives Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Artur Davis (D-AL), and Bruce Braley (D-IA) will chair the Red to [...]

The Jewish Daily Forward By Jennifer SiegelThe Jewish Daily Forward The Democrats already putting the GOP on notice that they’re not taking anything for granted in 2008: Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida will head the campaign to protect the party’s vulnerable members in the next elections, according to this press release sent out yesterday [...]

  By Jonathan E. KaplanThe Hill Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) will lead the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committees Frontline program, which is designed to help the most vulnerable Democrats win reelection.      DCCC Chairman Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) announced the decision yesterday in a memorandum that also said Democrats would organize early to raise money and [...]