Mo’ Money, No Problems
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.
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Next up in the annals of fundraising while grooving (see here and here), at least three lawmakers are planning fundraisers at a Beyoncé concert on June 24 at the Verizon Center in Washington DC.
Reps. Sanford Bishop (D-GA) and GK Butterfield (D-NC) are both asking for $2,500 per ticket, while Rep. Andrew Carson (D-IN) offers a relative bargain–$2,500 for two tickets, just $1,500 for individuals.
Of course running for Congress is an expensive business. Lawmakers try to raise cash wherever they can, and in the words of Beyonce in her Destiny’s Child days, are essentially asking lobbyists to pay their bills:
Can you pay my bills?
Can you pay my telephone bills?
Do you pay my automo’ bills?
Beyoncé’s final American “I am…” tour performance at the Encore Theater in Las Vegas is scheduled for July 30th-August 2nd. Even though the concert is taking place in Vegas, we haven’t come across planned fundraisers for that event yet.
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