“D.N.C. Lifts Ban on Convention Fund-Raising”

Maggie Haberman for the NYT:

The Democratic National Committee will lift its ban on donations from political action committees and lobbyists for it convention fund-raising and for the accounts it shares with presidential campaigns, highlighting the coming shift within the party as it moves from being led by an incumbent president to its next nominee.

The committee’s current policies, put in place by President Obama’s team when he was the nominee in 2008, reflected his desire to change the culture of Washington. Under those rules, the party committee could not accept money from PACs or lobbyists, even so-called leadership PACs of major elected officials….

Allowing PAC and lobbyist donations to the joint fund-raising committee was something that Hillary Rodham Clinton’s campaign encouraged, people briefed on the discussions said. Mrs. Clinton has spoken openly about her frustration with the way that Jeb Bush, one of her Republican rivals, raised funds for his so-called super PAC by delaying his formal campaign declaration, even as he toured the country as an all-but-official contender.

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