News: House Majority Forward, the HMP-aligned organization, will launch a national cable ad Monday that attacks Republicans for threatening Medicaid. The HMF ad acts as the initial salvo in the Medicaid messaging wars ahead of the 2026 midterms, where House Democrats have forecasted that they will focus on health care access.
The ad centers on the recently adopted House GOP budget resolution, which the narrator says “opens the door to $880 billion in Medicaid cuts.”
The spot also argues that the potential Medicaid changes are “all to fund massive tax cuts for Elon Musk and billionaires.”
Next week, House Majority Forward will run similar ads in 20 battleground districts nationwide.
In other ad news: Liberal outside group Unrig Our Economy is running two new ads targeting vulnerable Reps. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa) and Juan Ciscomani (R-Ariz.) for supporting the House GOP budget resolution.
The ads accuse the lawmakers of supporting reductions to safety net programs while facilitating tax breaks for the wealthy.
Here’s how the Miller-Meeks ad opens:
“Why is it that billionaires keep getting big breaks while regular, hardworking people in Iowa struggle to pay their bills? You’d have to ask Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks.”
Fundraising scoop: The Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC held a fundraiser Wednesday night for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee that raised more than $1 million in dues for the House Democratic campaign group. The fundraiser was the largest ever CPC PAC event to benefit the DCCC. It’s a notable figure, given how many progressives have traditionally shied away from paying their DCCC dues in past cycles.
