The Huffington Post reports those Democrats, despite voting against party orthodoxy, pulled in $1.3 million in aid from the organization since the start of 2009.
Matheson isn't near the top of the list, pulling in just $44,000. However, the support from the organization makes sense from a political standpoint.
The extent of that support is disproportionate to the help the DCCC is offering House members and candidates at large. During the same period that the committee funneled $1.3 million to those 17 anti-Holder lawmakers, it sent just over $9.1 million to all House Democratic candidates.
That breakdown may seem counterproductive -- why reward the party's least orthodox members? -- but for party strategists, it reflects a political reality. Those 17 members hail from some of the most closely contested districts in the country, meaning that they, more than their colleagues, need the support.
"The only way you're going to have Congress not bringing up Eric Holder contempt resolutions, [and] instead bringing up middle-class jobs bills, is to have the majority in Democratic control," said a Democratic Hill aide.
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Look at what votes he made the last week prior that helped set up what happened Sunday March 21, 2010. For those that wanted the bill to pass, he voted against it, for those that wanted it to fail, he voted to suspend the rules so it could pass. Time to vote Rep. Matheson out.
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2010/ROLL_100.asp
Look at votes 129, 130, as well as votes 159, 160, 162 and 163
He did the same thing months before:
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2009/ROLL_800.asp
Look at votes 881, 882, 884, 885, 886, 887
Jim Matheson votes with Nancy Pelosi when she needs the vote. in 2010 There were 39 democrats that voted to stay and vote about the "Bush" Tax cuts. One more and they would not have left without discussing it. Yes, Matheson wrote a letter saying he wanted the cuts, but then he voted with Nancy Pelosi to dismiss and not discuss it. One vote would have made the difference. It did and it was Matheson voting with Nancy Pelosi, and not representing Utah.