Democrats' spending gives edge to GOP
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The national Democratic Party has spent millions on consultants, Internet services, catering and building state parties, entering the weeks before Election Day with only about one-fifth as much as the Republicans for races that could decide control of Congress.
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National Democratic Party committees raised nearly $60 million in the first four months of this year, one-fourth more than two years ago and twice as much as they collected during the same period in 2003.
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House and Senate candidates have spent at least &#36;487 million this election cycle, &#36;130 million more than congressional candidates had poured in by this point in the 2002 races.
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Republicans vacating the Capitol are dumping a big spring cleaning job on Democrats moving in. GOP leaders have opted to leave behind almost a half-trillion-dollar clutter of unfinished spending bills,
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It is a well-worn axiom that money follows power. And that was certainly borne out by the mid-year campaign finance reports just filed by all U.S. House members Ã¢ÂÂ which exhibit the strengthened fundraising clout of the Democrats since they captured the majority of seats in last yearÃ¢ÂÂs elections.
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Democrats in the House and Senate have overwhelmingly outraised their Republican counterparts in the past three months.
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The DemocratsÃ¢ÂÂ capture of a House majority in the 2006 elections has translated into a fundraising boon for the partyÃ¢ÂÂs national House campaign organization, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC). The committee brought in $8.6 million in September alone, according to its most recent report to the Federal Election Commission (FEC), more than tripling the $2.6 million in receipts reported by its partisan counterpart, the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC).
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Democrats are pressing ahead with long-sought budget hikes for domestic programs but are running into veto threats from President Bush, who's trying to regain his footing on spending.
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Republican campaign committees had a  significant $18 million financial advantage on Democrats  heading into the final months of the November 7 election battle  for control of Congress.
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National Democratic Party committees closed a fundraising gap with their Republican counterparts in June, raising more money and improving their cash on hand, according to reports filed Thursday.
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Republicans expand their margin of control, even as bitter fights over judiciary and spending remain. By Gail Russell Chaddock | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.
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The campaign fundraising figures reported by individual House and Senate candidates do not tell a complete or necessarily accurate story of the levels of campaign spending in their races. That is because outside playersÃ¢ÂÂ spending also is a major factor in virtually all of the most competitive races Ã¢ÂÂ including the money put in by the national partiesÃ¢ÂÂ campaign committees.
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WASHINGTON - With massive get-out-the-vote drives, Republicans made a final push Tuesday to tighten their grip on control of Congress while Democrats looked for a surge of support that would give them a shot of at least taking back the Senate.
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Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON &#8212; As the nation's trial lawyers again funneled tens of millions of dollars to Democrats and their causes in the last election, Republicans were crafting a strategy to choke off that money for future campaigns.
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Republicans act quickly, showing a postelection confidence, while Democrats struggle to regroup.
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Democrats had great success in state legislative races this year, even as they performed poorly in the presidential race and campaigns for Congress. Many Democratic gains came in the heart of Republican territory.
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Democrats continued their fundraising dominance over Republicans in November, at least in  the two national party committees that are recruiting donors for the most competitive of the 35 Senate races on November's ballots.