Bush, Conaway team up for NRCC

WASHINGTON –President Bush is getting into the fundraising swing of things for the cash-strapped National Republican Congressional Committee.

Bush is scheduled to head to the Midland home of U.S. Rep. Mike Conaway next Thursday to raise funds for Congressional Trust 2008, a joint NRCC and Republican National Committee fund.

“We hope to feed into as many races as we can,” Conaway told PolitickerTX.com today. “We’re gonna try to get every buck we can.”

A Conaway aide wouldn’t say how much the event was expected to raise, but a photo and private meeting with the commander in chief will cost attendees $57,000.

Conaway explained that the event, which is also being headlined by U.S. Reps. Mac Thornberry (R-Clarendon) and Randy Neugebauer (R-Lubbock), will help bring in funds for the NRCC just as the committee is trying to hit the airwaves with ads in targeted districts across the country.

Bush will be hosting another Congressional Trust event a few days later in Alamo Heights, the San Antonio Express-News reported earlier this week.

Conaway, a second term congressman, has been busy on the fundraising circuit. So far this cycle the Midland Republican has supplied the NRCC with $300,000 and GOP House members and candidates with $200,000. This evening Conaway is hosting a Washington D.C. fundraising event with a group of PACs that will distribute a combined $220,000 to 46 members.