Get out the pointy hats and the balloons because it’s time to celebrate some birthdays! Party Time would like to say Happy Birthday to Reps. Bobby Scott, D-Va., and Gwen Moore, D-Wis., both of who will be celebrating their birthdays next week with some fundraisers.

Individuals attending the birthday fundraisers on April 12 and April 13 will have to cough up $200 for Scott’s party and $250 for Moore’s while requested donations from PACs is $2,500 and $5,000, respectively. The venues for the events are familiar Party Time locations, the Erickson & Co. Townhouse for Scott, and the home of John Weinfurter for Moore.

Weinfurter’s home is a known hotspot for Democratic fundraisers, especially for members of Congress from Wisconsin or Massachusetts. Moore’s party at the residence promises to be quite the event, where the honorary hosts include fellow members of Congress from Wisconsin Herb Kohl, Ron Kind, and Tammy Baldwin (no stranger to Weinfurter’s home herself), Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., and ranking member of the House Budget committee, Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., according to the invite.

But the party isn’t just noteworthy for the members of Congress who may be present but also because of those who are holding the event. It’s an exhaustive list including the PACs of Bank of America, Assurant, and DRS Technologies, as well as a slew of individual lobbyists. These companies—including DRS’ parent Finmeccanica SpA—are well-established supporters of Congresswoman Moore. According to the Center for Responsive Politics, all three were top donors to her 2010 campaign.

These types of birthday celebrations aren’t unknown in the D.C. fundraising circuit. A search of the Party Time database reveals over a hundred such fundraising events in the last three years. Some members of Congress appear to have these birthday fundraisers every year. Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Ill., who recently scheduled such a celebration a few weeks ago, has been the beneficiary of birthday fundraisers every year going back to at least 2008. Other members of Congress who like to hold  annual birthday fundraisers include Rep. Larry Kissell, D-N.C.,  Rep. Jerry Costello, D-Ill., and Rep. Joe Baca, D-Calif.

Over the next few days, quite a few members of Congress are using getaways and sports events to stock their re-election accounts.

Two members have booked suites at basketball arenas and two others have planned ski outings. One senator, Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, will be fundraising at the Lady Gaga concert in D.C. tonight, according to the invitation.

Freshman congressman Patrick Meehan, R-Pa., has invited donors to a suite at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia for a college basketball game between Villanova and St. Johns on Saturday.

A seat with the former National Hockey League referee costs much more than it would normally. A mid-level suite at the arena can be had for between $3,000 and $3,750, depending on how many people squeeze in. The freshman congressman is requesting that each PAC contributes $1,500 for a spot, while each individual can get in for $750, according to the invitation.

Philadelphia area donors contributed more than $1.5 million, about half of his total fundraising, to his campaign last election, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.

Rep. Jesse Jackson, R-Ill., will also be holding a basketball fundraiser — watching his hometown Chicago Bulls play the Wizards at the Verizon Center on Monday, according to the invitation. Jackson is charging $1,500 for a ticket.

Meanwhile, congressman Ron Kind, D-Wis., will be joined by donors for a ski and spa retreat in Park City, Utah, according to the invitation, which highlights his position on the powerful Ways and Means Committee and as a leader of the Democrats’ Blue Dog Coalition. The donation ($2,500 for individuals, $5,000 for PACs) goes towards Kind’s leadership PAC.

Jackson Hole, Wyo., a popular ski retreat, also appears to be the site of a congressional fundraiser this weekend, with the fourth annual “Winter Snow Fling” for Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo. PACs can become “primary ski pass” sponsors for $5,000, according to the invitation.

What’s all the hoopla about? Several lawmakers are cashing in on the slew of upcoming Wizards basketball games at the Verizon Center.

These lawmakers aren’t the first to get into the spirit of basketball season. Basketball games have been popular fundraising sites in the past.

As news reports surfaced today that two Illinois donors with ties to Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. promised to raise $5 million for former Gov. Rod Blagojevich plus $1 million from Indian community donors if Jackson was appointed to President Back Obama’s U.S. Senate seat, Jackson continued to deny any knowledge of pay-to-play schemes. While it’s too early to tell what the findings of any investigation will be, the episode if nothing else demonstrates how lawmakers have a hard time distancing themselves from scandal when they’ve partied with suspects.

Take a gander at  these fundraisers in the Party Time database for Jackson, three in the last month alone. There’s this annual “roast” for the congressman. There’s also not one but two birthday celebrations–this one in Washington D.C, at the offices of the lobbying firm the Twenty First Century Group hosted by lobbyists Cynthia Wilkinson and Jocelyn Hong. Then there’s this one in Chicago at the restaurant 312.

According to today’s New York TImes story about the investigation of the congressman, one of the donors under scrutiny, Raghuveer Nayak, “has been a sponsor of the congressman’s annual “birthday bash” fund-raiser” in Illinois. It’s probably the same party. Jackson has said that he spoke with Nayak about the senate seat but did nothing illegal. “I pray for him,” he told the Chicago Sun-Times. Jackson is basically saying that he’s not his fundraiser’s keeper–but investigators appear to be taking a closer look.