Roll Call

K Street Files: GOP Leaders, Lobbyists Raise Cash for NRCC

September 15, 2010 

By Matthew Murray and Bennett Roth

An all-star list of downtown and Capitol Hill Republican heavyweights is holding a National Republican Congressional Committee fundraiser on Sept. 28. According to an invitation obtained by K Street Files, Minority Leader John Boehner (Ohio) and Minority Whip Eric Cantor (Va.) are co-chairmen of the event, which is expected to include Conference Chairman Mike Pence (Ind.), NRCC Chairman Pete Sessions (Texas) and a half-dozen or more of their House Republican colleagues. 

Former Speaker Dennis Hastert (Ill.), a senior adviser at the firm Dickstein Shapiro, is also a co-chairman of the rooftop fundraiser, which will be held at the C2 Group’s Chinatown offices. 

The invitation urges potential donors to “please join in our efforts to ‘Take Back The House.’” 

The list of GOP big shots putting on the event also includes Republican lobbyists and lawyers Charlie Black, chairman of Prime Policy Group; Ogilvy Government Relations CEO Drew Maloney; Mimi Dawson of Wiley Rein; Ted Olson, a partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher; Ben Ginsberg, a partner at Patton Boggs; former Bush appointee C. Boyden Gray; and Frank Keating, president and CEO of the American Council of Life Insurers. 

Several former Republican Members who are now on K Street are also getting in on the action. They include Deborah Pryce (Ohio), who is affiliated with the lobby shop Clark, Lytle & Geduldig; former Ways and Means Chairman Jim McCrery (La.), who is a partner at Capitol Counsel; and Bill Paxon (N.Y.), a senior adviser at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld. 

An individual ticket to attend goes for $250, while hosts must pledge $1,000.