Jul 4 2012
Fundraisers for GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney as well as for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee report significant tallies in the days since the Supreme Court's health law decision.
Denver Post: Romney Banks $100k From Coloradans In 24 Hours After Health Care Ruling
GOP Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney raised $100,000 just from Coloradans alone in the 24 hours after the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the constitutionality of the individual mandate. The Romney Victory campaign raised $4.6 million nationwide from more than 47,000 donations, after the ruling, campaign officials said (Sherry, 7/2).
Roll Call: DCCC Fundraising Surges Since Supreme Court Decision On Health Care
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee raised $2.3 million since the Supreme Court's landmark decision Thursday ruling the Affordable Care Act constitutional. In a press release, the DCCC said the average contribution was $35 and that "Saturday was the single biggest grass-roots fundraising day in DCCC history" (Miller, 7/3).
This article was reprinted from kaiserhealthnews.org with permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Kaiser Health News, an editorially independent news service, is a program of the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonpartisan health care policy research organization unaffiliated with Kaiser Permanente. |