How can you tell when it?s summer in Washington? No, it?s not the suffocating heat, it?s the blizzard of invitations.
Yes, it?s fundraising time here in River City, a time when politicians lean heavily on lobbyists for campaign cash -- sweetened by an invite to nifty places like Sun Valley or Lake Tahoe or The Cape or, closer to home, the tony Greenbrier Resort in West Virginia.
Remember, for the best events, space is limited, so you (that is, your firm?s political action committee or PAC) has to write those big checks tout suite. Our lawmakers are willing to go wherever the money is, wherever it takes them, no matter how beautiful the site.
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