Basketball Bucks
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.
0 CommentsBecerra skips his ice cream fundraiser
Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA) skipped his ice cream fundraiser yesterday in favor of working on the health care reform bill, reports the Huffington Post’s Arthur Delaney:
The Huffington Post visited the event as part of its effort to cover totally normal, plain-vanilla lobbying around the Hill. Of the nine fundraisers known to be happening Thursday, this was the only one that held the possibility of vanilla ice cream. It was a really hot day.
This reporter was politely denied access to the event. Arriving guests, including a lobbyist for the Independent Community Bankers Association, and another from the United Auto Workers, refused to bring any ice cream outside.
According to the Center for Responsive Politics, the top donors to Becerra’s 2010 campaign committee are in the health care and insurance industries. Becerra is a member of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health.
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