Talk to Paul Ryan? It'll cost you
By REID J. EPSTEIN
Politico.com
8/16/11 6:18 AM EDT
It will cost $15 to ask Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) a question in person during the August congressional recess.
The House Budget Committee chairman isn’t holding any face-to-face open-to-the-public town hall meetings during the recess, but like several of his colleagues he will speak only for residents willing to open their wallets.
Ryan, who took substantial criticism from his southeast Wisconsin constituents in April after he introduced the Republicans’ budget proposal, isn’t the only member of congress whose August recess town hall-style meetings are strictly pay-per-view.
Rep. Ben Quayle (R-Ariz.) is scheduled to appear Aug. 23 at a luncheon gathering of the Arizona Republican Lawyers Association. For $35, attendees can question Quayle and enjoy a catered lunch at the Phoenix office of the Snell & Wilmer law firm.
And Rep. Chip Cravaack (R-Minn.) took heat in Duluth this weekend for holding private events in his district’s population and media center — including a $10-per-head meeting hosted next week by the local chapter of the National Federation of Independent Businesses, which on its invitation notes that the organization “supported Chip in his stunning upset over long time Congressman Jim Oberstar in the 2010 election.”
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0811/61454.html
Politico.com
8/16/11 6:18 AM EDT
It will cost $15 to ask Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) a question in person during the August congressional recess.
The House Budget Committee chairman isn’t holding any face-to-face open-to-the-public town hall meetings during the recess, but like several of his colleagues he will speak only for residents willing to open their wallets.
Ryan, who took substantial criticism from his southeast Wisconsin constituents in April after he introduced the Republicans’ budget proposal, isn’t the only member of congress whose August recess town hall-style meetings are strictly pay-per-view.
Rep. Ben Quayle (R-Ariz.) is scheduled to appear Aug. 23 at a luncheon gathering of the Arizona Republican Lawyers Association. For $35, attendees can question Quayle and enjoy a catered lunch at the Phoenix office of the Snell & Wilmer law firm.
And Rep. Chip Cravaack (R-Minn.) took heat in Duluth this weekend for holding private events in his district’s population and media center — including a $10-per-head meeting hosted next week by the local chapter of the National Federation of Independent Businesses, which on its invitation notes that the organization “supported Chip in his stunning upset over long time Congressman Jim Oberstar in the 2010 election.”
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0811/61454.html
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1 Comments:
I think this may be misleading regarding Raymond Cravaack. The event is sponsored by a Minnesota branch of representing independent businesses. It's a luncheon at Grandma's Restaurant and the fee is $10 ... the same group held a similar event in Rochester and brought in two members of the state legislature as featured speakers and charged the same $10 fee for the lunch at Michaels Restaurant. Somebody will have to confirm that Mr. Cravaack is actually getting the money as it is inferred in this article. Although, Erik Paulsen (R-MN-03) was their featured speaker at a golf course luncheon last year and there was no charge for lunch ... so this could be a change made by the group, or it could be that all meals at the Country Club must be charged to a member so that the Club does not have to mess around with handling hundreds of credit cards or cash.
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