Members Say They’ll Give DCCC $400K
House Democrats pledged to pony up more than $400,000 in checks this week to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, after party leaders leaned on Members for sitting on hefty bank accounts.
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House Democrats pledged to pony up more than $400,000 in checks this week to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, after party leaders leaned on Members for sitting on hefty bank accounts.
“The district presents the GOP with one of the most likely pick-up seats in the nation,” Carl Forti, communications director for the National Republican Congressional Committee, wrote in a memo about
House and Senate campaign committees filed their May fundraising reports with the Federal Election Commission this week, providing the latest snapshot of party finances five months out from the November
In the most recent campaign finance reports, Swallow, a former state lawmaker, had spent almost $524,000 while Bridgewater, a venture capitalist, had shelled out about $209,000.
The insurance industry had been relying on Democrats to lead the drive for the legislation because Congressional Republicans and the Bush administration are wary of creating a permanent, new federal program
John Conyers (D-Mich.) who now runs a Congressional watchdog group, to draft the complaint.
So far this cycle, Markey — the third ranking Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee — has collected nearly $200,000 from corporate PACs, according to PoliticalMoneyLine.
The LOC Police Labor Committee plans to file an identical request with the Office of Compliance today.
Davis is waging a long-shot Democratic bid to wrest the Western New York 26th Congressional district seat from Reynolds, the powerful chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee.
Lipinski, the third-ranking Democrat on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, did little to bat down the retirement speculation as the conference on the highway bill got under way Wednesday
— Josh Kurtz Newsday Rates Queens, Long Island Members The editorial board of Newsday, Long Island’s most powerful newspaper, has rated Long Island and Queens’ Congressional delegation,
Now, additional reports coming to light indicate the problem of detainee abuse was not just isolated to the prison at Abu Ghraib.
In addition to the $1 million the DSCC received from Gore, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee was given $1 million and the Democratic National Committee took in $4 million.
Congressional Republicans continued to grow their cash advantage with six months to go before the November elections, April fundraising reports filed by party committees last week showed.
Larry Diedrich (R), according to reports filed with the Federal Election Commission on Friday. Herseth brought in $437,000 and spent $1.1 million from April 1 to May 12.
For example, McCain has been pressing a resolution for years that would allow Senators to use a procedural maneuver to strip out unauthorized earmarks and other spending from appropriations conference reports
At a policy committee meeting Wednesday that was ostensibly about “outsourcing” of jobs, Rep.
“They meet in the hall every now and then and talk strategy,” Cook reports. Assini and Smith are among the half-dozen Republicans vying to replace Houghton.
National Republican Congressional Committee Communications Director Carl Forti called the race the party’s “best [House] pickup opportunity in the country.”
“It’s a way to please the first lady, and perhaps the president,” said Gary Ruskin, the head of the Congressional Accountability Project. “It’s another pocket to fill.”