National Congressional Club

For The National Conservative Club, see National Conservative Club (club).

The National Congressional Club was a political organization controlled by Senator Jesse Helms (R-NC) through the mid-2000s. It was described as a "vast and sophisticated enterprise."^[1] As a political fundraiser, Helms had few rivals.^[1] The National Congressional Club, had "computerized lists of hundreds of thousands of contributors" and a "state-of-the-art" direct-mail operation that raised millions for Helms and other conservative candidates.^[1] Almost seventy percent of its regular contributors were from outside North Carolina.^[1]

Footnotes

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Barnes, Bart; Matt Schudel (5 July 2008). "N.C. Senator's Hard-Line Conservatism Helped Craft Republican Social Agenda". Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/04/AR2008070401185.html?hpid=topnews. Retrieved 2008-07-12.