Besides the Crowley and Price fund-raisers, questions are being asked about a fund-raising breakfast the day before the vote that honored Representative Earl Pomeroy, Democrat of North Dakota, and was sponsored by a Washington lobbying firm.
Instead of "honoring Representative Bob Forehead," why not do the ethical thing and "honor Representative Bob Forehead's state delegation" with an even bigger blast?
The Securities Industry Association and the Bond Market Association are honoring Representative Michael G. Oxley of Ohio, the chairman of the House Committee on Financial Services, at Penthouse 15 on Wednesday.
The $100-a-ticket affair at the Sheraton Grand Hotel on Tuesday will also honor Representative Claude Pepper of Florida, the 85-year-old chairman of the House Rules Committee, with the Jackson award, but that is regarded as recognition of more than a half-century of leadership in Congress while the choice of Mr. Robb for the designation is more significant prospectively.
AT&T, Target, United States Tobacco and the law firm Piper Rudnick are among those sponsoring an event that offers "Big Apple Martinis" at the Bowlmor Lanes in Greenwich Village on Sunday, honoring Representative David Dreier of California, the chairman of the House Rules Committee and the convention's parliamentarian.
On Monday Ms. Malcolm was on hand at an event honoring Representative Nancy Pelosi of California, the House minority leader, that drew dozens of lawmakers and major donors together to drink lemonade and iced tea in a garden atrium of the Isabella Stewart Gardner museum.
The event, which honored United States Representative Charles B. Rangel, was attended by 350 guests.
"The voters' intent should be honored," State Representative Chip Limehouse of Charleston, the bill's chief sponsor, argued last week when the House Judiciary Committee took up the bill.
The next night, AT&T sponsored a dinner reception at the Willard InterContinental Washington, honoring Representative Bobby L. Rush, Democrat of Illinois and chairman of the House subcommittee that oversees consumer protection issues.
"If we allow torture in any form," Mr. Murtha said, "we abandon our honor". Representative C. W. Bill Young of Florida, head of the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee, was one of 121 Republicans who voted against Mr. McCain's language.
