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House committees battle in final campaign ads spending blitz (Shane D'Aprile, 10/25/10, The Hill)

As the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) pours another $10 million into independent expenditure (IE) ads targeting vulnerable House Democrats, the committee is upping its presence in a handful of districts where its Democratic counterpart has yet to spend or has spent only marginally to defend its incumbents.

One spot where the NRCC has spent big while the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) has remained on the sidelines to this point: New Hampshire's 1st congressional district, where Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (D) was the target of another major IE buy from the NRCC over the weekend.