Under The Influence: D.C.'s Hottest Spots for Fundraisers http://undertheinfluence.nationaljournal.com/2008/12/pay-and-play.php?rss=1 en Copyright 2009 Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:05:15 GMT http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification D.C.'s Hottest Spots for Fundraisers As we reported in this week's National Journal, it turns out that the most popular spots for D.C. political fundraisers are all helpfully located near the Capitol. The Sunlight Foundation and its Party Time project gathered 2,117 invitations to parties that helped finance campaign committees and leadership PACs in 2008 and sorted them by locale. No. 1 is the National Republican Club of Capitol Hill, which hosted 248 parties. Johnny's Half Shell comes in second, and third is the National Democratic Club. See the full list here.

Members can easily run "from a fundraising event where they're collecting checks from lobbyists with a stake in an issue straight to the House or Senate floor to vote about that very subject," said Nancy Watzman, director of the Party Time project. "It shows how blatant it all is." See the map of where the restaurants are located here.

                                                                                                                    -- Bara Vaida

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