Money ain’t a thang for Jay-Z and it won’t be for several lawmakers who are hoping to cash in on the rapper’s upcoming concert at the Verizon Center.

Rep. Andre Carson (D, IN-7), Rep. John Larson (D, CT-1), Rep. Sanford Bishop (D, GA-2), Rep. Ed Towns (D, NY-10), and Rep. Yvette Clarke (D, NY-11), will all host fundraisers at the Jay-Z concert on March 3. Of the five, only Clarke and Towns draw logical connections to the rapper, who is described as a “fellow Brooklyn native” in Clarke’s invitation and “Brooklyn’s own” in Towns’ invitation.

With half a dozen golfing fundraisers this weekend from Virginia to Montana, lawmakers must be hoping for good weather.

Reps. Ed Royce (R-CA), Glenn Nye (D-VA), and Tom Rooney (R-FL) will be hosting events involving golf in the Commonwealth of Virginia and they are asking for contributions ranging from $1,000 per individual to $5,000 per team of four. Nye’s event features “special guest” NFL hall of famer Bruce Smith. Senator Baucus (D-MT) is hosting his 10th Annual Fly Fishing & Golf event in his home state this weekend. He’s asking for contributions of $5,000.

Rep. John Larson (D-CT) and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) will be splitting their time this weekend at the MGM Grand’s spa in Foxwoods and the Lake of Isles Golf Course to benefit Larson’s Synergy PAC. Donors can join them in North Stonington, Connecticut for contributions of $5,000.

Finally, Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY) is offering PACs and individuals the opportunity to attend the US Open with him at Bethpage Black for $5,000 each.

Six golfing events in one weekend may seem like a lot—but if summers past are any indication of things to come, our legislators are just getting started.

When the Boston Red Sox come to Washington on June 23rd for a friendly interleague series with the Nationals, a half dozen members hailing from the Northeast will be trying to cash in with fundraisers. And another four lawmakers hailing from states as far away as Florida and California are also taking their donors out to the ball game. (Click here to see list.)

Red Sox fans are sure to show up in droves to watch Kevin Youkilis knock one out of Nationals Park, and Reps. John Larson (D-CT), Patrick Kennedy (D-RI), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Jim Langevin (D-RI), and John Tierney (D-MA), all are all getting in on the game.

Larson is offering a grand slam for his donors. His idea is simple; a $5,000 check made out to “Larson for Congress” will not only pick up donors two tickets to game two, it will land them in the President’s Club for a batting practice viewing.

Reps. Steven Kagen (D-WI), Wally Herger (R-CA), Cliff Stearns (R-FL), and Adam Schiff (D-CA) are also eager to head to the park. Kagen has raised cash at baseball games before (see this invitation from May 2008); now he’s asking for $5,000 to net a buyer four tickets to game three of the upcoming series. Herger’s fundraiser will be his second at Nationals Park for the month of June. Schiff refers to his festivities as an evening “of hot dogs and homeruns” during the three game series. Stearns is raising cash for his leadership PAC, known as “The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism Fund.”

Legislators who missed out on tickets needn’t worry. They can follow Rep. John Tierney’s (MA-6) example and host pre-game celebrations well in advance of the actual series; he still asks for $5,000 for a “host,” and $2,500 from PACs.

Rep. John Larson, Democrat from Connecticut, had a busy day today. In his datebook was this “insurance industry” fundraising breakfast. And he was also one of four lawmakers to introduce this bill, the 2009 Fair Elections Now Act, which would bring public financing to federal elections.

Supporters argue that if this bill passes, it would make the need for breakfasts like this one mostly moot. Lawmakers who participate would qualify for public funds to run their races if they first raised a set amount of small contributions from their community and agreed to take no large contributions from wealthy interests. Such candidates would get a four to one match on the small donations they raise up to a limit.

Trolling through the Party Time database, we quickly see that all four sponsors of this legislation have a lot of fundraising parties on their calendars. Here are Larson’s. Sen. Arlen Specter got special mention from us the other day for having a dozen fundraising parties scheduled for March alone. Sen. Dick Durbin has these parties for himself, but as a congressional leader also appears at many fundraisers for other lawmakers. And here are some parties for Rep. Walter Jones.

So the question before us is–are these lawmakers tired of all this partying?

Following up on yesterday’s post on how Sen Arlen Specter is the top congressional partier this month, with a dozen fundraisers, here are some other lawmakers who stand out for multiple parties this frenzied month:

Rep. Debbie Halvorson (D, IL), with seven parties;

Sen. Jim DeMint (R, SC), with six parties;

Rep. Thad McCotter (R, MI), with six parties;

Rep. John Larson (D, CT), with six parties;

Sen. Mark Souder (R-IN), with five parties;

Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI), with five parties;

Rep. John Sullivan (R-OK), with five parties; and

and Rep. Mike Coffman (R-CO), with five parties.

What’s most striking, however, is how spread out among lawmakers and PACs the fundraising invitations we’ve collected are. Out of 427 invitations collected as of today, 269 are for different people or PACs. So that’s an average of 1.5 parties per person or organization.