GOP Shutdown Tactics Helped Drive Democrats' Fundraising Record

In the week before congressional Republicans forced a 16-day government shutdown, the principal campaign committee for House Democrats raised $2 million from 90,000 online donors on its way to a smashing fundraising month.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee raised $8.4 million in September, a record amount for the month in an off-election year and much higher than some election-year monthly totals, according to a DCCC aide. The National Republican Congressional Committee has not yet released its September numbers.

The House GOP actions driving the shutdown played perfectly into the online...