Spending: Spending Decisions and Election Commission

spending: The fundraising surge and curtailed spending left the President atop a nearly 40.8 million campaign war chest, a report filed Monday with the Federal Election Commission shows, according to CNN. In an unprecedented move, Trump's aides also have moved to consolidate their control over the national party, giving them sway over the spending decisions of the Republican National Committee. Trump raised 30.3 million during the January-to-March fundraising quarter and spent just 8.8 million, a sharp drop from his campaign's heavy spending at the end of 2018 when he crisscrossed the country, working to boost Republican congressional candidates in the midterm elections. Taken together with the war chests of the party and an affiliated committee, Trump and the party started April with more than 80 million in cash reserves. Vermont Sen. No Democrat comes close to Trump's fundraising. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.