Link between fundraising and financial reform?
The Sunlight Foundation Reporting Group has matched Party Time invitations with the Center for Responsive Politics’ lobbying database and found that its possible that there have been more than 440 fundraisers for members of the Senate and House which were hosted by financial services industry lobbyists from January 2009 to the present.
Check out the work by Anupama Narayanswamy here and view a spreadsheet of all the found matches.
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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
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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