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Documenting the Political Partying Circuit
From the early hours of the morning until late in the evening, politicians are partying. Sunlight's PARTY TIME can help you find out who is partying, where and when.

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Upcoming Fundraisers:

If you would like to display upcoming events from PoliticalPartyTime.org on your blog or web site, simply copy the code below. This widget contains information on all the upcoming parties we have in our database.

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Upcoming Leadership PAC Fundraisers:

If you would like to display upcoming Leadership PAC events from PoliticalPartyTime.org on your blog or web site, simply copy the code below. Leadership PACs are political action committees affiliated with lawmakers that are separate from campaign committees. Lawmakers typically use them to dole out contributions to members of their party to help build their power. They may also use them to cover expenses associated preparing for a campaign for higher office. To find out more, read here: http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/industry.php?txt=Q03&cycle=2010

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Fundraisers by Candidate State:

If you're tracking your home state's delegation--and the candidates seeking to unseat them--this is the widget for you. Monitoring fundraising events can give local reporters a leg up on the competition by indicating a campaign's financial health before official campaign finance reports are released. You can make this widget whatever size fits your site by changing the width and height attributes below.

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PARTYFINDER™ Hints

Beneficiary: congressional candidate, lawmaker, or entity which collects funds raised at party

Host: person who is hosting party-often, but not always, a registered federal lobbyist

Venue Name: where the party is

Entertainment Type: type of gathering, such as "breakfast," "ski trip," "bowling"

Other Lawmakers Mentioned: lawmakers mentioned on invitation who are used as a draw for the event

Note: You may wonder why you often see repeat entries for the same party. Sometimes we receive the same invitation from more than one source. We are working on eliminating these duplicates.

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