fundraisingCongress' Bad Romance with Fundraising Submitted by Monica Rober on Fri, 08/13/2010 - 11:54am.
Members of Congress are notorious for their constant need to raise campaign contributions. And as elections have become increasingly expensive, candidates have had to find innovative ways to keep the cash flowing to their campaign coffers. As we previously mentioned, a number of members of Congress have taken to using concerts as a venue to raise money.
Carly Fiorina Fundraising with BP, Halliburton Lobbyists Submitted by Adam Smith on Mon, 06/28/2010 - 4:22pm.
Posted in: Carly Fiorina | fundraising
Carly Fiorina will be holding three fundraisers in Washington, D.C. tomorrow with lobbyists for BP, Exxon Mobile, Halliburton, AT&T, and others. Some of our analysis of who will be attending is below, and you can find even more from PoliticalPartyTime.org.
Of tweens, lobbyists, and campaign cash Submitted by Adam Smith on Tue, 06/01/2010 - 2:32pm.
We at Public Campaign Action Fund love a good concert as much as the next person, so we're not going to bash people for going to see Taylor Swift at the Verizon Center in DC tomorrow. I was perusing the upcoming Congressional fundraisers over at PoliticalPartyTime.org and noticed that a few lobbyists and members of Congress will be in attendance--for fundraisers.
The Pressure of Fundraising Submitted by Monica Rober on Thu, 03/11/2010 - 9:53am.
Politico spoke to a dozen freshman congressmen about the pressures of fundraising and found that nearly all lament the arduous process.
Big Donors to Speaker Pelosi: Pass Fair Elections Submitted by Johnny Papagiannis on Wed, 02/17/2010 - 12:17pm.
The New York Times political blog, The Caucus, reports that big donors have wriiten a letter to Speaker Pelosi (D-Calif.) that says enough is enough - it's time to pass Fair Elections style campaign reform.
Rep. Lungren Puts the "Fun" in Fundraising Submitted by Johnny Papagiannis on Fri, 11/20/2009 - 12:34pm.
Posted in: california | Fair Elections Now Act | fundraising | Public Financing | Rep. Daniel Lungren
In July of this year, Rep. Dan Lungren (R-Calif.) stated his vehement dislike of fundraising at the House Administration Committee hearing for the Fair Elections Now Act (H.R. 1826).
Methinks he doth protest too much.
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