New Lawmakers Hit Fundraising Circuit 'Before They Even Find The Bathrooms'

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WASHINGTON -- Well before they cast their first votes, attend their first committee hearings or settle into their new offices, the newly-elected members of Congress are doing what lawmakers have learned to do best: raising money.

This week alone, at least five members of the incoming congressional class are holding fundraising events in Washington D.C. to help retire their debts from the campaign. Another five current members are hosting fundraisers for similar purposes. These are just the ones whose invitations have been made public. It is regarded as common knowledge that many other lawmakers -- both new to D.C. and veterans of the nation's capital -- will be rubbing elbows with big-moneyed donors in the days and weeks ahead.

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