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DEAN UNDER FIRE FROM PARTY DEMS; NEARLY ALL CASH SPENT Mon Jan 30 2006 10:52:31 ET Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill are privately bristling over Howard Dean’s management of the Democratic National Committee and have made those sentiments clear after new fundraising numbers showed he has spent nearly all the committee’s cash and has little left to support their efforts to gain seats this cycle, ROLL CALL reports. Congressional leaders were furious last week when they learned the DNC has just $5.5 million in the bank, compared to the Republican National Committee’s $34 million. Senate and House Minority Leaders Harry...

Wednesday, February 01, 2006 Ouch! Where'd the money go Howard?!  January 31st marks a filing deadline for the FEC. Now that we have the actual numbers, Dean really does have a lot to answer for: RNC DNC Beginning Cash on Hand (12/01/05) $31,993,325 $7,330,642 Total Receipts (ending 12/31/05) $10,140,749 $3,054,075 Total Disb $8,162,820 $4,522,837 Ending Cash $33,971,254 $5,861,880 RNC had 4 times as much money to begin with in December, received 3 times as much in donations, spent twice as much as the DNC and has 5 times as much cash on hand. Ouch, is all I can say. Scanned...