Another day, another NRCC self-face-punch
The NRCC hilariously accused Colleen Deacon of a “quid pro quo” for accepting campaign contributions from Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, somehow claiming that this has surrendered her independence. This ridiculous argument could also be applied to John Katko, who has accepted $10,000 from Speaker Paul Ryan’s leadership PAC. Does that mean Ryan has purchased Katko’s legislative priorities?
Perhaps not, but you know what does? The likelihood that John Katko signed a contract with the NRCC that explicitly turns over his legislative agenda to the NRCC in exchange for campaign cash.
“Why does the NRCC keep hitting their own members?” asked Matt Thornton, Communications Director for the DCCC. “Does John Katko agree with his party throwing stones while living in a giant glass house?”
Let’s not forget that all of the members of the NRCC’s “Patriot Program” presumably signed that same contract.
And here are the other people who, using the NRCC’s logic, Speaker Paul Ryan has purchased:
| Recipient Name | Disbursement Date | Amount |
| AUSTIN SCOTT FOR CONGRESS | 5/16/2016 | $5,000.00 |
| AUSTIN SCOTT FOR CONGRESS | 5/16/2016 | $5,000.00 |
| BENISHEK FOR CONGRESS INC. | 5/18/2015 | $5,000.00 |
| BILL JOHNSON FOR CONGRESS | 9/17/2015 | $5,000.00 |
| BILL SHUSTER FOR CONGRESS | 3/17/2016 | $5,000.00 |
| BLUM FOR CONGRESS | 12/23/2015 | $5,000.00 |
| BLUM FOR CONGRESS | 2/8/2016 | $5,000.00 |
| BYRNE FOR CONGRESS | 12/15/2015 | $5,000.00 |
| CARLOS CURBELO FOR CONGRESS | 3/22/2016 | $2,500.00 |
| CARLOS CURBELO FOR CONGRESS | 3/11/2015 | $5,000.00 |
| CARLOS CURBELO FOR CONGRESS | 6/22/2015 | $2,500.00 |
| CHUCK FLEISCHMANN FOR CONGRESS | 5/2/2016 | $5,000.00 |
| CHUCK FLEISCHMANN FOR CONGRESS | 5/2/2016 | $5,000.00 |
| COFFMAN FOR CONGRESS 2016 | 9/17/2015 | $5,000.00 |
| COFFMAN FOR CONGRESS 2016 | 3/11/2015 | $5,000.00 |
| COLLINS FOR CONGRESS | 3/17/2016 | $5,000.00 |
| COLLINS FOR CONGRESS | 3/21/2016 | $5,000.00 |
| COMSTOCK FOR CONGRESS | 3/21/2016 | $5,000.00 |
| COMSTOCK FOR CONGRESS | 5/18/2015 | $5,000.00 |
| CRESENT HARDY FOR CONGRESS | 12/17/2015 | $5,000.00 |
| CRESENT HARDY FOR CONGRESS | 3/11/2015 | $5,000.00 |
| CULBERSON FOR CONGRESS | 2/17/2016 | $5,000.00 |
| DAVIDSON FOR CONGRESS | 4/19/2016 | $5,000.00 |
| DENHAM FOR CONGRESS | 5/31/2016 | $5,000.00 |
| DENHAM FOR CONGRESS | 5/18/2015 | $5,000.00 |
| DIANE BLACK FOR CONGRESS | 4/13/2016 | $5,000.00 |
| DOLD FOR CONGRESS | 5/31/2016 | $5,000.00 |
| DOLD FOR CONGRESS | 3/11/2015 | $5,000.00 |
| DONOVAN FOR CONGRESS | 9/26/2015 | $5,000.00 |
| DONOVAN FOR CONGRESS | 3/11/2015 | $5,000.00 |
| DOUG LAMALFA COMMITTEE | 5/2/2016 | $5,000.00 |
| DOUG LAMALFA COMMITTEE | 5/2/2016 | $5,000.00 |
| DUFFY FOR CONGRESS | 9/25/2015 | $5,000.00 |
| DUFFY FOR CONGRESS | 6/22/2015 | $5,000.00 |
| ELECT BLAKE FARENTHOLD COMMITTEE | 2/16/2016 | $5,000.00 |
| ELECT BLAKE FARENTHOLD COMMITTEE | 2/16/2016 | $5,000.00 |
| ELISE FOR CONGRESS | 3/11/2015 | $5,000.00 |
| ELISE FOR CONGRESS | 5/18/2015 | $5,000.00 |
| FRENCH HILL FOR ARKANSAS | 12/15/2015 | $5,000.00 |
| FRIENDS OF DAVE JOYCE | 1/13/2016 | $5,000.00 |
| FRIENDS OF DAVE REICHERT | 3/17/2016 | $5,000.00 |
| FRIENDS OF DAVE REICHERT | 3/17/2016 | $5,000.00 |
| FRIENDS OF ERIK PAULSEN | 3/21/2016 | $5,000.00 |
| FRIENDS OF ERIK PAULSEN | 3/21/2016 | $5,000.00 |
| FRIENDS OF FRANK GUINTA | 3/11/2015 | $5,000.00 |
| FRIENDS OF JASON CHAFFETZ | 5/9/2016 | $5,000.00 |
| FRIENDS OF JOE HECK | 1/6/2016 | $5,000.00 |
| FRIENDS OF MIA LOVE | 3/11/2015 | $5,000.00 |
| FRIENDS OF SAM JOHNSON | 12/15/2015 | $5,000.00 |
| FRIENDS OF TODD YOUNG | 6/22/2015 | $5,000.00 |
| GARY PALMER FOR CONGRESS | 12/23/2015 | $5,000.00 |
| GLENN GROTHMAN FOR CONGRESS | 3/25/2015 | $5,000.00 |
| GLENN GROTHMAN FOR CONGRESS | 6/22/2015 | $5,000.00 |
| HOOSIERS FOR ROKITA INC. | 12/15/2015 | $5,000.00 |
| HUDSON FOR CONGRESS | 12/23/2015 | $5,000.00 |
| HUDSON FOR CONGRESS | 2/24/2016 | $5,000.00 |
| HUDSON FOR CONGRESS | 5/31/2016 | $5,000.00 |
| HURD FOR CONGRESS | 9/26/2015 | $5,000.00 |
| HURD FOR CONGRESS | 3/11/2015 | $5,000.00 |
| JAIME FOR CONGRESS | 3/17/2016 | $5,000.00 |
| JAIME FOR CONGRESS | 3/17/2016 | $5,000.00 |
| JENKINS FOR CONGRESS | 12/15/2015 | $5,000.00 |
| JENKINS FOR CONGRESS | 3/31/2016 | $5,000.00 |
| JOE WILSON FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE | 12/15/2015 | $5,000.00 |
| KATKO FOR CONGRESS | 3/21/2016 | $5,000.00 |
| KATKO FOR CONGRESS | 3/11/2015 | $5,000.00 |
| KELLY FOR CONGRESS | 5/18/2015 | $5,000.00 |
| KRISTI FOR CONGRESS | 3/8/2016 | $5,000.00 |
| LAHOOD FOR CONGRESS | 3/9/2016 | $5,000.00 |
| LAHOOD FOR CONGRESS | 5/18/2015 | $5,000.00 |
| LAMBORN FOR CONGRESS | 4/20/2016 | $5,000.00 |
| LANCE FOR CONGRESS | 9/26/2015 | $5,000.00 |
| LOUDERMILK FOR CONGRESS | 4/14/2016 | $5,000.00 |
| LYNN JENKINS FOR CONGRESS | 4/21/2016 | $5,000.00 |
| MARTHA ROBY FOR CONGRESS | 3/11/2015 | $5,000.00 |
| MCHENRY FOR CONGRESS | 1/6/2016 | $5,000.00 |
| MCSALLY FOR CONGRESS | 3/17/2016 | $5,000.00 |
| MCSALLY FOR CONGRESS | 3/11/2015 | $5,000.00 |
| MIKE BISHOP FOR CONGRESS | 9/17/2015 | $5,000.00 |
| MIKE BISHOP FOR CONGRESS | 4/20/2016 | $5,000.00 |
| MIKE BOST FOR CONGRESS | 3/11/2015 | $5,000.00 |
| MIKE BOST FOR CONGRESS | 6/22/2015 | $5,000.00 |
| MOOLENAAR FOR CONGRESS | 4/22/2016 | $5,000.00 |
| MOONEY FOR CONGRESS | 2/1/2016 | $5,000.00 |
| MOONEY FOR CONGRESS | 5/18/2015 | $5,000.00 |
| PAT MEEHAN FOR CONGRESS | 1/6/2016 | $3,017.00 |
| PAT MEEHAN FOR CONGRESS | 1/6/2016 | $1,982.00 |
| PAT MEEHAN FOR CONGRESS | 2/16/2016 | $1,982.00 |
| PAUL COOK FOR CONGRESS | 12/15/2015 | $5,000.00 |
| PAUL COOK FOR CONGRESS | 3/14/2016 | $5,000.00 |
| PITTENGER FOR CONGRESS | 5/6/2016 | $5,000.00 |
| POLIQUIN FOR CONGRESS | 9/17/2015 | $5,000.00 |
| POLIQUIN FOR CONGRESS | 3/11/2015 | $5,000.00 |
| RANDY HULTGREN FOR CONGRESS | 12/23/2015 | $5,000.00 |
| RATCLIFFE FOR CONGRESS | 1/20/2016 | $5,000.00 |
| RIBBLE FOR CONGRESS | 9/25/2015 | $5,000.00 |
| RIBBLE FOR CONGRESS | 1/7/2015 | $2,500.00 |
| RIBBLE FOR CONGRESS | 6/22/2015 | $2,500.00 |
| RICK W. ALLEN FOR CONGRESS | 5/3/2016 | $5,000.00 |
| ROB BISHOP FOR CONGRESS | 5/19/2016 | $5,000.00 |
| RODNEY FOR CONGRESS | 2/26/2016 | $5,000.00 |
| RODNEY FOR CONGRESS | 5/18/2015 | $5,000.00 |
| ROTHFUS FOR CONGRESS | 12/31/2015 | $5,000.00 |
| RYAN COSTELLO FOR CONGRESS | 3/11/2016 | $5,000.00 |
| RYAN COSTELLO FOR CONGRESS | 5/18/2015 | $5,000.00 |
| SANFORD FOR CONGRESS | 12/15/2015 | $5,000.00 |
| STEVE CHABOT FOR CONGRESS | 1/6/2016 | $5,000.00 |
| STEVE KNIGHT FOR CONGRESS | 5/9/2016 | $5,000.00 |
| STEVE KNIGHT FOR CONGRESS | 5/18/2015 | $5,000.00 |
| STEVE RUSSELL FOR CONGRESS | 3/8/2016 | $5,000.00 |
| STEVE RUSSELL FOR CONGRESS | 3/8/2016 | $5,000.00 |
| STIVERS FOR CONGRESS | 5/25/2016 | $5,000.00 |
| TEXANS FOR LAMAR SMITH | 1/6/2016 | $5,000.00 |
| TIM MURPHY FOR CONGRESS | 12/29/2015 | $5,000.00 |
| TOM MACARTHUR FOR CONGRESS | 4/8/2016 | $5,000.00 |
| TROTT FOR CONGRESS | 12/18/2015 | $5,000.00 |
| VALADAO FOR CONGRESS | 3/17/2016 | $5,000.00 |
| VALADAO FOR CONGRESS | 3/11/2015 | $5,000.00 |
| VOLUNTEERS FOR SHIMKUS | 1/28/2016 | $5,000.00 |
| WALBERG FOR CONGRESS | 4/20/2016 | $5,000.00 |
| WALBERG FOR CONGRESS | 5/18/2015 | $5,000.00 |
| WENSTRUP FOR CONGRESS | 3/15/2016 | $5,000.00 |
| WESTERMAN FOR CONGRESS | 12/18/2015 | $5,000.00 |
| YOUNG FOR IOWA | 3/21/2016 | $5,000.00 |
| YOUNG FOR IOWA | 3/11/2015 | $5,000.00 |
| ZELDIN FOR CONGRESS | 4/25/2016 | $5,000.00 |
| ZELDIN FOR CONGRESS | 3/11/2015 | $5,000.00 |
| ZINKE FOR CONGRESS | 12/18/2015 | $5,000.00 |
| VIRGINIA FOXX FOR CONGRESS | 5/18/2016 | $5,000.00 |