ProPublica and Washington Post use Party Time data
At two Bruce Springsteen concerts in DC last year there were more than a dozen fundraisers held for members of Congress, according to a Washington Post article today.
Reporters at the nonprofit investigative journalism organization ProPublica and the Post wrote about these fundraisers using Party Time data and combined it with campaign finance and lobbying reports, identifying some of the organizations involved with these fundraisers.
Here’s a complete list of all the fundraiser fliers for the concerts Party Time collected last year:
Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., May 2009.
Democratic Congressional Committee/Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., May 2009.
Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger, D-Md., May 2009.
Rep. John Barrow, D-Ga., Nov 2009.
Rep. Ron Kind, D-Wisc., May 2009.
Rep. Patrick Murphy, D-Pa., May 2009.
Rep. Joseph Crowley, D-N.Y., May 2009.
Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Neb., Nov 2009.
Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., Nov 2009.
Rep. John Carter, R-Tex., Nov 2009.
Rep. Ed Towns, D-N.Y., Nov 2009.
Rep. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa., Nov 2009.
Rep. John Hall, D-N.Y., Nov 2009.
Rep. Baron Hill, D-Ind., May 2009.
Rep. Leonard Lance, R-N.J., May 2009.
Rep. Ed Towns, D-N.Y., May 2009.
Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., May 2009.
Rep. Tom Harkin D-Iowa., May 2009.
Elham contributed to this report.
Tweet 0 CommentsWrapping up September Health Care Fundraisers
We’re rounding out September with six more health care related fundraisers including three events that were planned yesterday (and the parties I blogged about here and here). We now have invitations to at least seventeen health care fundraisers for the month.
Today, Jocelyn Hong is hosting lunch for Rep. Baron Hill (D-IN) at the 21st Century Townhouse. This is Hong’s fifth fundraiser in eight days.
Matt Sulkala, David Thomas, Israel Klein, Paul Brathwaite and Laura Harper are just a few of the hosts listed on Rep. Glenn Nye’s (D-VA) “Young Professionals Birthday Beers” bash tonight at 201 Lounge.
Brathwaite and Klein (of the Podesta Group) represent Covidien–”a $10 billion global health care products leader.” Laura Harper represents Blue Cross Blue Shield and Matt Sulkala lobbies for industry group PhRMA. David Thomas, a lobbyist with Mehlman Vogel Castagnetti Inc, represents pharmaceutical companies such as Merck, AstraZeneca, Abbott Laboratories, Biogen and Forest Laboratories and PhRMA.
JD Derderian, who represents US Oncology, is hosting a reception for Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA) at the Stanton Park Group offices on the 29th.
Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) and Sens. Bob Bennett (R-UT) and Jim Inhofe (R-OK) are closing out September with receptions on the 30th with at least 14 health care lobbyist hosts between their three invitations (you can find those lobbyists’ names below).
To see clients for lobbyists hosting events click on individuals’ names: Louis Dupart, JD Derderian, Laura Harper, Mark Rayder, Hunter Bates, Nelson Litterst, Jocelyn Hong, Matt Sulkala, David Thomas, Israel Klein, Paul Brathwaite, Adam Olsen, George Baker, Doyce Boesch, Rick Murphy, Bill Brewster, John Bode, David Jones, Joel White Erin Graefe, Beth Jafari,Billy Piper, Charlie Harman.
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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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