New, better, improved convention party lists!
Just as we were preparing to launch this new website, we got another juicy email from one of our anonymous sources, containing an updated list of convention parties and events as compiled by the top Washington lobbying firm, Quinn Gillespie & Associates.
Click here for the updated version of the Democratic convention party events and here for the Republican. They show some new details about events already reported and also some new ones. For example:
- On Wednesday, August 27, a party called “Sharing Miracles,” at the Denver Aquarium, hosted by Hon. Billy Tauzin, former member of Congress and President and CEO of Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA).
- Twin receptions, one at the Democratic Convention, on Tuesday, August 26, at the Ritz Carlton ballroom, the other at the Republican Convention, on Wednesday, September 3, at Carlson Hangar in the St. Paul Airport, called “A Toast to Travel, Hospitality and Real Estate Across America,” with sponsors including Mariott, Starwood, TIA, IFA, Carlson, National Real Estate Organizations, American Hotel & Lodging Association, American Resort Development Association, Asian American Hotel Owners Association, Distilled Spirits Council, DLA Piper, NAREIT, National Business Travel Association, Printing Industries of America and the Travel Business Roundtable.
- A “Celebration of Free Speech,” on September 2, at the Republican Convention, sponsored by the National Association of Broadcasters.
We’ll be adding these events to our searchable database as soon as our army of interns/revelers can get them in there. In the meanwhile, you can page through these pdfs to find these new nuggets.
You’ll soon see that the list of Democratic parties is a bit, well, heftier, than those listed for the Republican events. We don’t know for sure if that’s because there are more parties in Denver than in the Twin Cities, or whether the lobbying firm has just done a better job at collecting invites for Denver parties. But we’ll keep watching.
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Beneficiary: congressional candidate, lawmaker, or entity which collects funds raised at party
Host: person who is hosting party-often, but not always, a registered federal lobbyist
Venue Name: where the party is
Entertainment Type: type of gathering, such as "breakfast," "ski trip," "bowling"
Other Lawmakers Mentioned: lawmakers mentioned on invitation who are used as a draw for the event
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markg8 said...
I imagine there are fewer lobbyist parties at the Repub convention for the same reason there were so few attendees to the IL Republican convention compared to the Dem one the day before (150 vs. 1700) last week in the state capitol Springfield. Republicans just aren’t very popular these days.
It sure would be nice to get some choice quotes from the likes of Judy Biggert (IL-13) talking to her big money contributors at the convention.
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