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MEMO: Rising energy costs dominated the ballot in 2025—and created a playbook for Democratic candidates in 2026
November 4, 2025
ICYMI: Soaring Power Bills from New York to Texas are Becoming a Liability for Republicans
Washington, D.C. - Bloomberg reported that surging utility bills in key battleground states are threatening to become a political liability for Republicans heading into upcoming elections.
September 2, 2025
NEW: Climate Power Launches 180 Digital Billboards Educating Americans about Trump and GOP Members’ Records on Disaster Funding
Washington, D.C. — Climate Power is launching 180 digital billboards educating Americans on Donald Trump and congressional Republicans’ records of putting lives at risk by voting against extreme weather-related disaster funding.
August 20, 2025
Texas State Representatives Ann Johnson and Armando Walle, and extreme weather survivors condemn Governor Abbott for holding flood relief hostage to push partisan redistricting scheme
TEXAS — Today, on the final day of Governor Greg Abbott’s failed special session, Texas State Representatives Ann Johnson and Armando Walle, and Keli Rabon and Kylie Nidever, two women who were impacted by the recent Kerr County flood, held a press conference calling out the Texas governor’s refusal to deliver urgently needed disaster relief to […]
August 15, 2025
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia, and Harris County Attorney Menefee Join Houston Leaders to Confront Climate-Driven Insurance Crisis
HOUSTON—U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), and Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee joined local leaders, advocates, and experts yesterday at the Kashmere Multi-Service Center for a roundtable on the growing economic strain caused by climate change-fueled insurance costs. The discussion occurred while severe storms raced across Houston with wind gusts up to 60 […]
August 5, 2025
Governor Abbott puts election rigging before flood relief in Texas special legislative session
Austin, Texas – On July 21, Texas lawmakers returned to Austin at Governor Greg Abbott’s request for a special legislative session on flood relief, emergency preparedness, mid-decade redistricting, and a plethora of other policy issues. Three days into the special session, Governor Abbott admitted to tying flood relief and preparedness with the hyperpartisan process of redistricting in a […]
July 25, 2025
Following Catastrophic Texas Flooding, Representatives Lizzie Fletcher and Marc Veasey Introduce Legislation to Provide Federal Funding for Recovery Efforts
Washington, D.C.—Rep. Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) and Rep. Marc Veasey (TX-33) led the Texas Democratic delegation in introducing the Texas Flood Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2025 to provide $15 billion in federal funding for recovery efforts following the devastating floods in Central Texas earlier this month. “Flooding in the Texas Hill Country has brought devastation […]
July 25, 2025
SHOT/CHASER: Trump’s Response To Texas Is the “Future of FEMA,” But Trump Abandoned Flood Victims
Washington, D.C. — Trump’s Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem defended the federal response to flooding in Texas, saying that it is how Trump envisions the future of disaster relief.
July 14, 2025
Trump’s Response to Severe Flooding Failed Texans, Put More Lives At Risk
Washington, D.C. — While visiting Central Texas after the severe flooding, which killed at least 120 people, Trump praised his administration’s response – but he failed Texans through his reckless cuts and policies.
July 11, 2025
DEJA VU: Senator Ted Cruz Vacations While Texas Suffers
Does it feel like 2021, or was that just the sound of Sen. Ted Cruz on vacation again while his home state suffers from extreme weather?
July 11, 2025
Don’t Buy the Spin: Trump Put Texas Flood Victims At Risk By Slashing Disaster Response
Washington, D.C. — During his visit to Texas today, Trump will try to spin his administration’s response to the severe flooding that has killed at least 120 people, but let’s be clear: it’s been a failure from start to finish.
July 11, 2025