Under the headline
NY'S DEADBEAT DEMS, 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 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, there's really no reason for the Members themselves to not pony up.