After three months of prodigious fundraising this year, House Democrats and Republicans both carry the same amount of debt — about $8 million — at the start of the 2012 election cycle.
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee announced Thursday morning that it had cut its debt by more than half in the past three months, down from $19.5 million in the red at the beginning of the year. House Democrats’ chief campaign arm also raised slightly more than its GOP counterpart, bringing in $19.6 million over the course of the first three months of the year and reporting $4.6 million in the bank.
The National Republican Congressional Committee, however, has almost twice that amount on hand with $9 million in its cash reserve, according to a committee spokeswoman. The committee raised $18.1 million during the first quarter.
House Democratic Caucus Chairman Xavier Becerra and Rep. Joseph Crowley, vice chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, address a news conference immediately after the closed caucus meeting.
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