Tom Steyer to pull funding from Democratic Party committees: Report

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Democratic mega-donor Tom Steyer will halt donations to the national Democratic Party committees after members of the caucus voted to re-open the federal government despite failing to secure an immigration deal for Dreamers.

“I don’t have a litmus test on any one thing, but I do have a litmus test for elected officials standing on principle and doing the right thing, looked at holistically,” Steyer told Fortune in an article published online Thursday. “And I want to say that after the DACA vote, I have decided not to give anything to the national party committees.”

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