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House Democrats' behind-the-scenes pitch for dues: Help us take on MAGA Inc.
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No Going Back PAC and Safety and Affordability PAC have respectively spent $50 million and $38 million on ads in House races, according to ad tracking firm AdImpact.
Key facts
- No Going Back PAC and Safety and Affordability PAC have respectively spent $50 million and $38 million on ads in House races, according to ad tracking firm AdImpact
- That makes them the fourth and fifth largest outside ad spenders in the country, after Democrats' House Majority PAC and Republicans' Congressional Leadership Fund and American Action Network
- House Democratic leadership is pointing to the colossal spending by President Trump's super PACs in their behind-the-scenes efforts to get members to pay their dues to the Democratic Congressional
- Some House Democrats want to require colleagues to pay their dues before seeking committee leadership roles, as The Washington Sun first reported
Summary
House Democratic leadership is pointing to the colossal spending by President Trump's super PACs in their behind-the-scenes efforts to get members to pay their dues to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Axios has learned. Some House Democrats want to require colleagues to pay their dues before seeking committee leadership roles, as The Washington Sun first reported. But other lawmakers, particularly in the Progressive and Black Caucuses, are "furious" about these suggestions, said a senior House Democrat, who told Axios that "members. don't like threats.