Roll Call ($) reports that the Republican National Committee — which has far outstripped Howard Dean’s DNC in fundraising — will lend support to the cash-poor National Republican Congressional Committee:
Republican Congressional Committee are set to form a joint fundraising committee with the goal of supporting GOP House candidates on the fall ballot, Roll Call learned late Friday. According to a Republican strategist familiar with situation, the joint RNC-NRCC fundraising committee is set to be up and running in the coming days. Lobbyist Bill Paxon, a former NRCC chairman and ex-New York Congressman, will head the joint fundraising committee. The strategist described this new joint fundraising committee as a way for House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio), NRCC Chairman Tom Cole (Okla.) and the RNC to collaborate on providing funds for GOP House candidates, both incumbents and challengers.
By the end of April, the DCCC had an advantage of $45.3 million to $6.7 million in cash on hand. In contrast, the RNC held an edge of $53.6 million to $4.4 million in cash on hand at the end of May. The House Republican campaign committee can probably use all the help it can get to improve their prospects.
