Pence PAC snags top fundraisers for first donor event

Vice President Pence will be joined by top Republican fundraisers later this month at a reception for his recently established political action committee. 

Politico reported that the vice president has attracted the presence of GOP congressional leaders, including House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.).

The fundraising reception for his Great America Committee PAC will cost attendees $5,000 a piece and will take place in Washington, according to an event invitation viewed by Politico. 

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While nothing is unusual about vice presidents raising money for their party or for their president’s reelection campaign, it is highly unusual for a vice president to create his own PAC.

Great America Committee is the only sitting vice president to start such a committee of his own, and is expected to use the organization to back Republican candidates in the 2018 midterm elections that are supportive of President Trump.