Boehner Won’t Call On NRCC To Stop Fundraising Off Benghazi

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, walks to the weekly House Republican Conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 12, 2014. After months of railing against President Barack Obama's health care overh... House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, walks to the weekly House Republican Conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 12, 2014. After months of railing against President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, Republicans scored a key victory in a hard-fought congressional race in a Florida special election Tuesday that largely turned on the federal health care law and that had been closely watched as a bellwether of midterm elections in November. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) MORE LESS
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Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) dodged several questions Thursday about whether his party’s congressional campaign arm should be using the upcoming Benghazi select committee to raise funds.

At his weekly Capitol press conference, he maintained that his party’s “focus is on getting the truth” of the 2012 tragedy that left four Americans dead.

The National Republican Congressional Committee faced some criticism Wednesday after it sought to raise money from donors over the upcoming investigation. The panel’s chairman, Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC), said the issue shouldn’t be used for fundraising.

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