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Partytime • POSTED - 11.06.08 BY nancy

Energy industry partying

Thanks to the Society of Environmental Journalists, which ran a piece urging its members to make use of the wealth of information at Party Time:

Legend has it that some Hill staffers have been able to subsist for months merely by attending receptions and schmoozing hors d’oeuvres. It may be occasionally possible for a journalist to stake out such functions and even infiltrate them - but the WatchDog urges caution at those costing $5,000/table. Journalists trying to crash posh shindigs at the Dem and GOP conventions this summer got the cold shoulder from security.

If you ever DO get an invitation: by all means, post it to the database.

Yes, please do. And while we’re talking about it, here are some parties that you environmental journalists might be interested in:

  • parties hosted by groups with “mining” in their name. Click here.
  • ditto for “petroleum.” Click here.
  • and those with “energy,” click here.
  • and we can’t forget “electric.” Click here.

Here at Party Time, we encourage you to have fun. Click around–you never know what you’ll find.

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PARTYFINDER™ Hints

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

Sunlight's Party Time is a project to track parties for members of Congress or congressional candidates that happen all year round in Washington, D.C. and beyond.

We also post information we receive about parties where members of Congress are expected to participate—such as convention or inaugural parties.

Since we don't hear about all the parties, you can also tell us if you know where the party is and we don't.