Convention Funding July 15, 2016July 14, 2016 Here’s a piece that decries all the “big money” that goes to fund the conventions. (“Convention Cash More Controversial Than Ever.”) I share much of the dismay. But the author might have noted that it was the Republican justices whose 5-4 McCutcheon ruling removed the “aggregate” limit on federal campaign contributions.* The Republican-controlled Congress that killed public funding of the core convention expenses. The Republican Congress that multiplied 24-fold what donors can give the party committees (10-fold in the case of RNC and DNC plus 7-fold each in the case of the Senate and House campaign committees.) Just saying. Click here. *Uncapping the arguably-already-too-large $123,200 ceiling per individual for the 2015-2016 cycle so that it effectively exceeds $5 million.