Blue Dogs Fundraising Falls

The fiscally conservative Blue Dog Coalition, of which Rep. Jim Matheson is part of the leadership team, took in just $12,500 from three donations in the month of September.   

The Center for Public Integrity reports that number is even lower than the slow fundraising the group experienced in July of this year. 

Our analysis of the fiscally conservative and increasingly influential Blue Dog Coalition and its funding noted that the group's political action committee had averaged more than $176,000 in receipts from other PACs over the first half of 2009. Their monthly haul dropped to a surprisingly low $27,000 in July, rebounded somewhat in August, and but then dropped again to just $12,500 in September.

The group brought in $1.1 million in the first six months of this year.  Politico quips:

House Blue Dogs used their influence on the House Energy and Commerce Committee earlier this summer to shape the health care bill -- and their fundraising numbers reflected their outsized influence. But it seems their totals are coming back to Earth.