Under the headline NY'S DEADBEAT DEMS [1], the subtle folks over at the NY Post make note of the claim that
Two-thirds of New York state's House Democrats haven't paid their annual dues to the party election committee.
The names of Reps. Yvette Clarke (D-Brooklyn), John Hall (D-Hudson Valley) and Edolphus Towns (D-Brooklyn) appeared on the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's latest list of those who hadn't helped bankroll vulnerable campaigns.
John Bresnahan at Politico [2] provides some verification and further details.
The DCCC dues program is slated to raise more than $42 million for the committee, roughly one-third of its goal for the entire cycle. As of Wednesday, when a new chart tracking donations by Democratic lawmakers was circulated among the rank and file, slightly more than $25.8 million had been transferred to the DCCC from members’ reelection campaigns. Federal election rules allow unlimited transfers from members’ campaigns to the DCCC and the National Republican Congressional Committee.
I don't always agree with the DCCC's stances on stuff, but this is important. Members of Congress can give unlimited funds to the D Trip, which is something nobody else can do. With a battlefield as wide as this year's, and the party committee reaching out to small-dollar grassroots donors [3], there's really no reason for the Members themselves to not pony up.
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