Backlash Grows Over McConnell's Campaign Spending Measure

In a letter sent to leaders in both House and Senate late Thursday, 115 House Democrats said that "such a change to the current rules governing political party spending would greatly increase the power of a select group of wealthy donors who are capable of contributing large sums to the political parties."

Urging the leaders to reject McConnell's idea, the letter -- circulated by Reps. Ted Deutch (D-Fla.) and John Sarbanes (D-Md.) -- said that including the measure in the year-end bill "would only further surrender the party apparatus to the influence of millionaires and billionaires."