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Matt Collins
07-26-2010, 04:43 PM
Minnesota GOP Gov. Tim Pawlenty made a stop for cash in Washington on Monday, holding a fundraiser at a downtown law firm with a handful of insiders and lobbyists.




Tickets for the lunch started at $500 with those identified as “co-hosts” of the event having to give or raise $2,500 for Pawlenty’s political action committee, Freedom First PAC, according to an invitation (http://www.politico.com/static/PPM136_100726_pawlenty_invite.html) obtained by POLITICO.




Representatives of other PACs invited to the event were encouraged to donate $1,000.




Among the 10 named “hosts” of the event was Sam Geduldig, a lobbyist for Clark Lytle & Geduldig who recently helped several financial firms acquire funds from the Troubled Asset Relief Program, a program to which Pawlenty has expressed opposition.




Six of the other “hosts” are also registered lobbyists, according to the Senate database, working for industries ranging from biodiesel to subprime mortgages.


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