{"id":1424776,"date":"2022-04-07T22:59:52","date_gmt":"2022-04-08T02:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1424776"},"modified":"2022-04-07T22:59:58","modified_gmt":"2022-04-08T02:59:58","slug":"republican-aligned-groups-continue-to-double-fundraising-of-democrat-aligned-groups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-aligned-groups-continue-to-double-fundraising-of-democrat-aligned-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"Republican-Aligned Groups Continue to Double Fundraising of Democrat-Aligned Groups"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frepublican-aligned-groups-continue-to-double-fundraising-of-democrat-aligned-groups%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1424776&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">While Republicans and Democrats fight for control of the House of Representatives,\u00a0Republican-aligned groups continue to bring in massive fundraising hauls and in some cases, double the size of\u00a0Democrat-aligned groups.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Congressional Leadership Fund (CLF) and the related American Action Network (AAN) \u2014 two groups\u00a0that support House Republicans and their policies \u2014 announced they posted the best first-quarter fundraising haul in the history of the groups.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>CLF raised over $37.5 million in the first quarter, which is more than seven times the group\u2019s Q1 haul in 2020 when it raised $5.4 million, and more than double what the\u00a0Democrat-aligned groups were able to raise.\u00a0CLF also has\u00a0$93.5 million in cash on hand, three times the group\u2019s previous record from 2020, when CLF had $30.4 million on hand. And\u00a0CLF and AAN together raised $145 million so far this cycle.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20501381\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/04\/wi\/ap\/03\/election-2022-ohio-primary-explainer-votes-voting-march-13-2020-cleveland-uncertainty.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>A man votes during early voting March 13, 2020, in Cleveland. (AP Photo\/Tony Dejak)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>House Majority PAC (HMP)\u00a0and House Majority Forward (HMF) \u2014\u00a0two groups\u00a0that support House Democrats and their policies \u2014 only <a href=\"https:\/\/punchbowl.news\/archive\/4-7-22-punchbowl-news-am\/\">reportedly<\/a> pulled in\u00a0$16 million in the first quarter. HMP reported just under\u00a0$45.8 million cash on hand at the end of February, showing that the groups could be in a bad position going into the election season.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_20318546\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/03\/wi\/ap\/22\/virus-outbreak-congress-uninsured-capitol-building-is-sunrise-capitol-hill-washington-monday.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-20318546 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/virus-outbreak-congress-uninsured-capitol-building-is-sunrise-capitol-hill-washington-monday-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"The Associated Press\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>The U.S. Capitol building is seen before sunrise on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, March. 21, 2022. (AP Photo\/Gemunu Amarasinghe)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cCLF continues to obliterate every record, equipping us with the firepower to expand the map into Democrat territory,\u201d said CLF President Dan Conston, responding to the\u00a0record-breaking numbers.\u00a0\u201cWith a growing warchest and palpable voter enthusiasm, we are well-positioned to hold Democrats accountable for their disastrous agenda and elect a new Republican Majority in November.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, as Conston mentioned, this is not the first time\u00a0Republican-aligned groups raised mountains of cash.\u00a0In total fundraising efforts last year, CLF and AAN raised a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/03\/11\/dccc-chair-sean-patrick-maloney-shows-concern-over-republican-groups-fundraising-better\/\">combined<\/a>\u00a0$110 million, doubling the\u00a0combined\u00a0$55 million\u00a0raised by HMP and HMF.<\/p>\n<p>In fact,\u00a0Democrat Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) chair Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY) has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/03\/11\/dccc-chair-sean-patrick-maloney-shows-concern-over-republican-groups-fundraising-better\/\">shown<\/a> concern over Democrat-aligned groups being outraised.\u00a0Maloney <a href=\"https:\/\/punchbowl.news\/archive\/4-7-22-punchbowl-news-am\/\">told<\/a> Punchbowl News that CLF\u2019s fundraising is \u201csignificant and we take it very seriously. But you\u2019d much rather have the firepower at the candidate level or at the campaign committee level.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know what we\u2019re up against. We\u2019re the underdogs,\u201d he added. \u201cPart of that is we\u2019re taking on big oil and Big Pharma, trying to get you lower prescription drug prices, trying to do something about the price of gas and the Republicans won\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>Jacob Bliss is a reporter for Breitbart News. You can follow him on <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jacobmbliss\"><i>Twitter<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While Republicans and Democrats fight for control of the House of Representatives,\u00a0Republican-aligned groups continue to bring in massive fundraising hauls and in some cases, double the size of\u00a0Democrat-aligned groups. 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