Super PAC linked to McConnell raises $7.1M in third quarter

The Senate Leadership Fund (SLF), which is linked to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and its affiliated One Nation nonprofit have raised $7.1 million in the third quarter, Politico reported.

The leading Senate GOP outside groups have raised $24.1 million in this election cycle, according to the news outlet.

The groups also have $6.1 million in pledges for the fourth quarter, Steven Law, who leads SLF and One Nation, said.

He told Politico that donors are “very fired up,” adding that they are unhappy with the “glacial pace of Washington, but they are not willing to walk away with the investment they’ve made.”

“I think if we get tax reform we are going to have a blockbuster year,” he said.

“If Congress doesn’t get it done there is nothing we will be able to do to rescue these members for the hole they will have dug for themselves,” Law added.

Law also referred to former White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon as a “noisy sideshow,” after Bannon declared a “season of war” against the GOP establishment.

McConnell is expected to meet Monday with President Trump at the White House to discuss the fall agenda.

The meeting comes after Trump has attacked McConnell in the past, putting blame on the Senate majority leader for the upper chamber’s failure to repeal and replace ObamaCare.