This is what happens to Joe Biden’s re-election campaign funds
TheStreet’s Conway Gittens brings you the biggest news of the day, including what investors are watching and what happens now to all the money President Biden raised?
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00:00I'm Conway Gittins reporting from the New York Stock Exchange.
00:02Here's what we're watching on the street today.
00:04Volatility is expected to be the name of the game, with the Nasdaq and the S&P 500 coming
00:10off their worst weeks since April.
00:13Investors will also have a lot of earnings to consider this week, with one-third of the
00:17S&P 500 reporting results.
00:20You can also throw politics in the mix, with investors trying to figure out what President
00:25Biden's exit from the White House race could mean for the future.
00:29Sticking with the intersection of money and politics, there's a $96 million question hanging
00:35in the air.
00:36What happens to the bundle President Biden's re-election campaign has yet to spend now
00:41that he's out of the race?
00:43Since Vice President Kamala Harris was already on the ticket, she has access to that money.
00:48In addition, her campaign already raised more than $50 million in the hours immediately
00:54after President Biden backed her to take his place in the race.
00:58But Harris does not automatically replace her boss, which means another contender could
01:03step in to challenge Harris.
01:05If they do, they won't have access to any of that cash, which essentially means they'll
01:10be starting from zero.
01:12There are some exceptions, of course.
01:14If a member of the Senate or the House takes over for Biden, leftover money from their
01:18previous campaigns can be transferred to the presidential campaign.
01:23There's also the role of the Democratic National Committee and state parties, which have about
01:28$144 million in their coffers.
01:31The DNC and the candidate can coordinate messaging and ad buying across various states.
01:36But that's not the case with another source of money.
01:39Deep-pocketed outside spending groups like superpolitical action committees are prohibited
01:44from coordinating ad buys with the campaign.
01:48All these rules mean Democrats have to scramble.
01:51The Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee already have a lead with $285 million
01:57in the bank as of the end of June.
01:59That's $45 million more than the Democrats.
02:03That'll do it for your daily briefing.
02:04From the New York Stock Exchange, I'm Conway Gittins with The Street.