DCCC Defends Health Care Law
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is out with a series of online ads hitting Republican lawmakers in key swing districts over the GOP effort to repeal the 2010 health care law.
The ad campaign is a mirror of the conservative American Action Network’s effort to scale back the law, including the now Supreme Court-approved individual mandate. The AAN launched an ad and mailer blitz targeted both Democrats and Republicans in pushing the for the law’s repeal.
It’s yet another sign that the forces for and against the health-insurance law are pouring resources into key district hoping the law could sway voters this November.
Here’s the ad and script that is targeted at Rep. Chris Gibson, a Republican running for a second-term in a redrawn Hudson Valley district that includes far more Democratic enrolled voters.
Carla knows the breast cancer screening she got saved her life. Carla doesn’t know that her Congressman Gibson may vote to repeal the law that added preventative coverage to Medicare. But he might…
Your Member of Congress may vote to repeal important health care benefits for everyday Americans. But he protected ‘generous’ health plans for Congress at taxpayer expense.
Tell Congressman Chris Gibson: he shouldn’t repeal our benefits if he wants to keep his’s
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is responsible for the content of this advertising.
Congress is set to return this week with Republicans pushing for largely symbolic votes on repealing the insurance mandate, which is set to take effect in 2014.
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