Sentences with phrase «fundraising by party committees»

The legislative leaders» control over fundraising by party committees also enhances their control over members of the Legislature, to whom they dole out the funds.

Not exact matches

Democratic email fundraising may not quite have reached the level of a Global Catastrophe yesterday, but it sure as hell got talked about: I heard an earful at a NARAL fundraiser last night, and various back - channel email lists and Facebook groups buzzed with people sick and tired of repetitive fundraising messages sent by campaigns, PACs and the party committees.

Transferring money from party committees to candidates is a commonplace fundraising tactic, which has been used by Senate Republicans and their donors in the past.

That's the final fundraising tally in the most expensive presidential election ever, according to reports filed Thursday with the Federal Election Commission by the rival campaigns and party committees.

Joint fundraising committees can be created by two or more candidates, PACs or party committees to share the costs of fundraising, and split the proceeds.

While monthly fundraising totals by campaign committees do not necessarily signal which party will win on Election Day, Democrats see the massive cash intake as a sign that grass - roots energy is on their side heading into November.

More than half the money given to the candidates in last month's special election to replace former state Sen. Dean Skelos was transferred by political party committees, a long - standing practice that is under new scrutiny following criminal investigations into New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's fundraising operation.

The structure of the committee consists, essentially, of the Chairperson (who according to current Democratic Caucus rules is a fellow member of the Caucus appointed by the party leader in the House), their staff, and other Democratic members of Congress that serve in roles supporting the functions of the committee (candidate recruitment, fundraising, etc.).

In 1964, for example, the Senate GOP's fundraising operations were pretty much dependent upon how much money the state party funded by Gov. Nelson Rockefeller decided to chip in; since then, the centralized Senate Republican Campaign Committee, a network of independent expenditure committees, and scores of single - member Albany fundraisers each year guarantee that no incumbent in a close race will lack for funds.

With official financial reports due at the Federal Election Commission by Jan. 31, the national party committees are beginning to release their fundraising figures for 2005.

By Chris Cillizza January 14, 2011; 5:18 PM ET Categories: Republican Party Save & Share: Previous: Michael Steele bows out of RNC Chair race, endorses Maria Cino Next: Afternoon Fix: Reince Priebus elected Republican National Committee chairman; Chris Christie to headline NRCC fundraising dinner

In this case, however, the choice of the mayor as a subject seems to have been made easier by virtue of the fact that his dealings with party committees are the only instance in recent memory in which a fundraising effort openly engaged in each of the types of activity that Sugarman's memo argued were suggestive of an attempt to use parties to «evade contribution limits and to disguise the true names of the contributors.»

Romney then travels to Washington on April 1 to speak to the National Republican Senatorial Committee annual fundraising dinner, followed by a trip to New York City the next day to raise cash for the New York County Republican Party.

One area where the two are essentially tied, however, is support among members of their own party — Obama is viewed favorably by 86 percent of Democrats, compared to 89 percent for Clinton — which may explain why both have been a big draw when it comes to hitting the fundraising circuit for Democratic candidates (and committees) this summer.

This quirk has given the party establishment here (loathed by supporters of Donald Trump) a boost of relevance as all three major party candidates are expected for a fundraising dinner Thursday night for the Republican State Committee, whose members, and leaders, will select the delegates.