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?