RNC Possibly Breaks Law in Record March Fundraising; But the DNC raises 2mil more!

[Clio the Leo]

RNC Deal May Have Violated Funding Limits

The RNC at the end of last year "struck a deal with the Michigan Republican Party that if the state party could raise what turned out to be a half a million dollars for the RNC from its donors, the committee would immediately give the money back, in a scheme apparently devised to increase the RNC's 2009 fundraising numbers," the Daily Caller reports.

According to a former RNC offiical, the possible motivation for such a deal was so contributors "would be able to give more money to the Michigan state party than the federal limit of 10k."

Meanwhile, the Washington Post reports the RNC reported a record haul for March.

Read more: http://politicalwire.com/archives/2010/04/07/rnc_deal_may_have_violated_funding_limits.html#ixzz0kQ12zmUS

But wait, it gets better...

DNC Beats RNC in Fundraising Last Month

Although the RNC raised more than $11 million in March -- mainly because of the health care battle in Congress -- the DNC raised even more, pulling in more than $13 million.

Read more: http://politicalwire.com/archives/2010/04/07/dnc_beats_rnc_in_fundraising_last_month.html#ixzz0kQ1I1cmx