Why would this elite organization of car dealers hold a meeting to arrange for people to bring money to Don Manzullo?

Elton Gallegly’s staff is asking representatives of political action committees to bring $1,000 each for Gallegly in exchange for admission to his lobbyist patio reception tonight.

The price for attending Isakson’s event: $2,000.00. If Senator Isakson were to go back to his home state, where there’s 10.2 percent unemployment, he’d see people living quite differently than the crowd at his Washington D.C. parties.

Tomorrow night, Senator Pat Roberts Roberts plans to attend a special ocean-themed benefit dinner. Of course, the dinner benefits Roberts himself, not any Gulf shore relief organization.

The invitation sent out by Jo Bonner asks political action committees to send people to the party with $1,000 checks written to him. Do you think the fishermen from Jo Bonner’s Gulf Coast district could afford that entrance fee right now?

An invitation sent out by the Mike Rogers re-election campaign asks individuals attending his breakfast to come with at between 500 and 1,000 dollars to give to Rogers. Political Action Committees seeking some attention from Rogers are being charged between 1,000 and 2,000 dollars.

Money that Kevin Brady has been given from the political action committees of oil companies such as Anadarko Petroleum, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, Marathon Oil, Occidental Petroleum and Valero seems to be more compelling to Brady, however, than the rapidly expanding mass of crude oil floating on the waters not far offshore from his home.

Sander Levin asked for money from energy industry political action committees – between $1,000 and $5,000 per PAC, according to the invitation sent out on behalf of Levin’s re-election campaign. In return for this money, the Energy Industry got pigs in a blanket.

Steve Scalise’s fundraiser is being held at a townhouse owned by Strategic Health Care, used for its lobbying operations. The recent clients of these lobbyists include Blue Cross/Blue Shield, ProMedica Health System, Performant Corporation, and the Section 508 Coalition.

While millions of Americans scratched their heads and pulled at their hair while trying to figure out how they’d pay their tax bill and the grocery bill and the electric bill, covering costs that have inflated while wages have stagnated, Rep. Marsha Blackburn had free breakfast at an oyster bar with lobbyists and PAC directors [...]