{"id":238442,"date":"2010-01-26T19:49:02","date_gmt":"2010-01-27T00:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"tag:www.opensecrets.org,2010:\/news\/\/8.1335"},"modified":"2010-01-27T02:12:33","modified_gmt":"2010-01-27T07:12:33","slug":"track-how-political-candidates-raise-money-with-new-feature-from-party-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/238442","title":{"rendered":"Track How Political Candidates Raise Money with New Feature from ‘Party Time’"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

\"letsparty.jpg\"<\/span>Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) does hers<\/a> dog sledding style.<\/p>\n

Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) prefers his<\/a> with candles.<\/p>\n

And Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) simply lets the booze flow<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As politicians crank their fund-raising machines ahead of 2010 midterm elections, OpenSecrets.org<\/a> is now tracking the often lavish gatherings through which they raise their dough.<\/p>\n

The information, provided by the Sunlight Foundation<\/a>‘s Party Time project<\/a>, appears within OpenSecrets.org’s hundreds of congressional member candidate profiles<\/a>. This allows OpenSecrets.org readers to not only follow who’s spending and receiving political cash, but how — and in real time.<\/p>\n

You’ll learn, for example, that Rep. Frank Lucas (R-Okla.) is ringing in his 50th birthday tonight with a swank party<\/a> in downtown Washington, D.C., at the Associated General Contractors of America’s townhome. Tickets cost $1,050 (political action committee) or $550 (individual), with the money benefitting Lucas’ reelection committee.<\/p>\n

And the Associated General Contractors? The party hosts aren’t<\/a> exactly<\/a> small fry in the world of federal lobbying.<\/p>\n

Neither is Cornerstone Government Affairs<\/a>, one of the more notable lobbying firms in the nation’s capital. <\/p>\n

The group, which boasts lobbying clients ranging from Wal-Mart<\/a> to the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America<\/a>, on Monday hosted a $1,000-per-ticket luncheon<\/a> for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.).<\/p>\n

In no way are politicians required to disclose or publicize their big-dollar bashes. So, in the name of transparency, help us by notifying Party Time of politicians’ fund-raisers by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) does hers dog sledding style. Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) prefers his with candles. And Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) simply lets the booze flow. As politicians crank their fund-raising machines ahead of 2010 midterm elections, OpenSecrets.org is now tracking the often lavish gatherings through which they raise their dough. The information, provided by the Sunlight Foundation‘s Party […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3994,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-238442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3994"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238442\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}