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Dialing for dollars: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Democrat of California

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) Attention, Democratic lawmakers: Your party needs money for the midterms.

Thats what Nancy Pelosi, the House minority leader, told colleagues on Tuesday, according to Politico. She said theres an urgent need to give money to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in the final days before next weeks elections. Politico reported on a caucus-wide, members-only conference call in which Pelosi and DCCC Chairman Steve Israel stressed members needed to quickly pay their party dues so Democrats would have cash for last-minute ads and get-out-the-vote programs.

Pelosi and John Boehner, the House speaker, are both hitting the road this week for the home stretch before the midterms, National Journal writes. Boehner, the Ohio Republican, will be in West Virginia on Wednesday to campaign for state Sen. Evan Jenkins in his bid to unseat Democrat Rep. Nick Rahall. Boehner was in Illinois on Tuesday, campaigning for state Rep. Mike Bost. Pelosi will be in her hometown of San Francisco on Thursday for a gathering of major donors. Her staff said she may also travel to Florida, New York and Puerto Rico before Tuesdays elections.

Clinton in Colorado: Democrats are pulling out all the stops, including appearances by former President Bill Clinton, in their uphill battle to keep the Colorado governors mansion and one of the states two Senate seats. USA Today writes President Barack Obamas unpopularity is weighing down both Gov. John Hickenlooper and Sen. Mark Udall. Clinton appeared at Denver-area rallies Monday night and Tuesday morning, calling on voters to reject Republicans and keep the Democrats in office. Last week, a USA Today/Suffolk University poll showed Republican Cory Gardner leading Udall 46% to 39%.

Reconsidering reconciliation: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday it would take 60 votes in the Senate to repeal Obamacare, despite previously suggesting the law could be erased with a simple majority. McConnell, a Kentucky Republican who will be majority leader if the GOP wins the Senate, previously suggested the so-called reconciliation process could be used to repeal Obamacare. That process requires just 51 votes. McConnell said no one thinks President Obama would sign full repeal. But, as the Hill reports, McConnell did say the GOP will adopt a piecemeal approach to rolling back the law if Republicans win the majority. He listed the individual mandate to buy insurance and the medical-device tax as targets.

Shift for business groups: The Wall Street Journal reports business groups gave more money to Republican candidates than to Democrats in seven of the most competitive Senate races in recent months. Thats a significant shift, the Journal explains. Political-action committees created by businesses had given 61% of their donations in those races to Democrats this election cycle through June. That reversed in the closing months of the campaign, with just 42% going to Democrats and 58% to Republicans in the July-to-September quarter, according to a Journal analysis of Federal Election Commission filings.

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Capitol Report: Democrats have urgent need for cash, Nancy Pelosi says