[FR_addict]

“64 Democrats — around one-third of the entire caucus — hadn’t paid anything to the DCCC, according to a party document provided to POLITICO. Another 109 members had paid only a portion of what they owe in dues, which are calculated based on seniority and committee assignments.”

The DCCC needs the money to help its members campaign for reelection and election against surging Republicans, who have made sure their party's coffers are full.
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“Reps. Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut and George Miller of California, two close allies, had paid less than $300,000 apiece. They each owe $450,000,” Politico reports.”

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How can you owe $450,000 dollars? This sounds like you have to buy committee assignments. Is it the same way in the Republican Party in Congress?

No wonder we are in trouble as a nation. Openly buying Congressional assignments. A Freshman Congressman could not afford this unless he is wealthy on his own. I'm disgusted.

[listenhillary]

The slacking members got Chikn-fil-a’d

From http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0712/78833.html

in early June, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) tried to shame her members into giving, distributing notes to each of them with a request for cash and asking them if they are part of “the team
(snip)
One by one, the pictures of House members adorning the lobby of Democratic Party headquarters have come down, turning neat rows of framed photos into a disjointed mess — “splattered,” as one aide described it.

The half-dozen or so lawmakers whose mugs have vanished in recent weeks weren’t indicted in court or slapped with an ethics violation. But their transgression is still deadly serious in the eyes of top party leaders: ignoring pleas to kick in cash for Democrats’ increasingly uphill slog to take back the House.

[Venturer]

Dues -———which are calculated based on seniority and committee assignments.”
If they owe $450,000 in dues, what are their dues?

Dues calculated on Seniority and Committee assignments.

That sounds to me like some committee’s are much more enriching to their coffers than others. Their seniority allows them to be richer than a new man,because they have received more of the grease smeared on them by lobbyists.

IMO we need a do-over.

We need to toss every incumbent thief and crook the hell off the Hill.EVERY means both parties.

How can anyone read of dues owed the DCCC of $450,000 dollars and not think of where they stole this money from in the first place.

[melancholy]

A Freshman Congressman could not afford this unless he is wealthy on his own. I'm disgusted.

Imagine if a "green," very young Freshman Congressman from the majority party, could buy a Chairmanship, say, the Senate Intelligence Committee?