Busy, busy fundraising
Is that the end of the fundraising quarter I hear approaching? Or is March just a great time for partying? Click on our handy calendar feature and you’ll see that campaign donors’ dance cards must be awfully full, with so many functions to attend this month. And I can attest that behind the scenes, our Party Time workers are trying hard to get all of the invitations up on our website as fast as we receive them–but that there are many more to come.
Typically lawmakers speed up fundraising at the end of the quarter. But this is the first quarter in a non-election year–not a time you’d think would be crucial for stacking up dollars. Yet as my colleague Bill Alison writes over in Real Time, even longtime lawmakers like Sen. Chris Dodd may already be feeling nervous about a tough election. Dodd has a fundraiser scheduled for tomorrow evening, March 18, at a location “TBD.” Alas, we have to wait until April 15 to find out how much cash lawmakers raised during the first three months of the year.
TweetPARTYFINDER™ 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. (read more)
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.
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