Congress eliminates public funding of party conventions

[NewYorkExpress]

Congress should consider eliminating the Conventions altogether. There's no reason why the Presidential and VP nominee's speeches can't occur on the road... in a swing state if necessary.

[NewYorkExpress]

Congress should consider eliminating the Conventions altogether.

If the parties fund the conventions on their own, then what authority does Congress have to eliminate them?

Whether they should consider it and whether they actually can are two different things.

[NewYorkExpress]

Congress should consider eliminating the Conventions altogether.

If the parties fund the conventions on their own, then what authority does Congress have to eliminate them?

Whether they should consider it and whether they actually can are two different things.

OK, let me rephrase: Why should Congress care if a political party wants to put on an expensive, but privately funded, political convention?

Because most Congressmen and women are members of a political party...