If you’re still in town, there’s a relatively cheap opportunity to schmooze chiefs of staff for several powerful GOP senators tomorrow at a “Dog Days of Summer Cookout” benefiting the National Republican Senatorial Committee’s offices.

The cost is just $100 per individual–a bargain compared to most fundraisers we document here at Party Time–and the attire is casual.

The chief-of-staff lineup includes Jackie Cottrell, who works for Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS); Rick Dearborn, for Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL); Beth Jafari, for Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX); Billy Piper, for Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-TX); T.A. Hawks,  for Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS); Kyle Ruckert, for Sen. David Vitter (R-LA); Michael Schwartz, for Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK); Ryan Thompson, for Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK); David Young, for Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA); and Matt Zabel, for Sen. John Thune (R-SD).

I got another, “sorry, but this is a private party,” when I tried to go a party for the Alabama delegation, including Gov. Bob Riley and Mike Hubbard, Alabama Republican Party chairman, sponsored by Alabama Power. I’m not sure why. Given how few people had shown up at that point–maybe two dozen about 45 minutes into the scheduled party time–they could have used some help eating the food and drinking the drinks.

Alabama Power is a subsidiary of Southern Company, a major federal campaign contributor that the Center for Responsive Politics profiles here. Riley received $50,000 from Alabama Power for his inaugural festivities, according to the Mobile Register. The company operates a nuclear plant in Alabama and is pushing for more federal support for nuclear energy, according to the Birmingham Business Journal. Southern Company is also the top campaign contributor to Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions.