House races

The National Republican Congressional Committee is hitting back over student loans, launching targeted Facebook ads against 16 House Democrats.

"Thinking about college? Think again. Kyrsten Sinema voted to raise student loan rates," one version of the ad says.

The ads come a day after the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee rolled out a paid Twitter campaign attacking House Republicans on the same issue.

Student loan rates are set to double from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent on July 1 if Congress can't agree on a plan.

House Republicans have pushed a plan that would allow varying interest rates based on current market conditions, with a cap at 8.5 percent.

President Obama has also proposed allowing varying rates but has insisted on lockin in those rates for the life of individual loans so students won't be hit with ballooning rates, and also wants lower rates on subsidized loans. Some congressional Democrats have called for extending the current 3.4 percent interest rate for a year or two to allow Congress to come up with a better long-term solution.

Both sides are looking to score political points off the stalemate — and leverage the issue to appeal argue to younger voters and their parents that the other party doesn't have their interests at heart.

House and Senate Democrats are going on the offensive on student loans, accusing House Republicans of refusing to keep interest rates on student loans low. Read more...

The newly elected South Carolina congressman seizes chance to offer advice, despite being "unworthy of offering my opinion."

House Majority PAC is launching its first paid attack on Rep. John Kline (R-Minn.), hammering him for his position in favor of a proposal that Democrats say will exponentially increase student loan rates.

House Republicans' campaign arm is attacking California Democrats over the cost of insurance under President Obama's healthcare law.

Just last week, Obama cited early rate filings in California to argue that the law is working. But on Tuesday, the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) hit back using the same pricing data.

House Republicans passed a bill to end an executive order halting deportations for immigrants who entered the U.S. as children.

Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) has his first opponent for reelection: conservative blogger and Navy veteran Jorge Bonilla (R).

Bonilla announced he'll challenge Grayson in a campaign video released Monday focused on a theme of self-reliance and small government.

"The central question of the 2014 election is this: Are we the people still capable of self-rule, or do we abandon the American revolution and concede that a small connected elite out of Washington, D.C., and New York is better capable of running our lives than we are ourselves?" Bonilla says in a campaign video announcing his bid. "This is America, guys. We can do better, we must do better and we will do better."

Alabama state Rep. Chad Fincher (R) will throw his hat in the ring for the House seat being vacated by Rep. Jo Bonner (R-Ala.), according to a local report. Read more...

National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-Okla.) is pledging to stay on offense in 2014, in hopes of expanding the party's 17-seat majority in the lower chamber.

Newark Mayor Cory Booker (D) is collecting signatures to run in the special election to replace Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.).