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ARTICLE VIEW:
Senate GOP plans ritzy Georgia fundraiser amid shutdown, Democrats mum
about Napa plans
By Sarah Ferris, Manu Raju, CNN
Updated:
3:36 PM EDT, Thu October 2, 2025
Source: CNN
Senate Republicans and top GOP donors still plan to attend a major
fundraiser at a coastal resort in Georgia this weekend despite the , a
move that puts an awkward spotlight on the underbelly of political
campaigns as across the country.
With Congress at a stalemate over funding the government, lawmakers
recognize the uncomfortable optics of rubbing elbows with well-heeled
donors eager to get access to the nation’s key decision makers.
But some GOP and Democratic events are on — for now.
The National Republican Senatorial Committee informed attendees in an
email this week that the event in Sea Island, Georgia, was
non-refundable and contracted years in advance — long before the
current organization’s leadership, according to two people familiar
with the matter.
“Both our cost and attendees’ rooms are nonrefundable,” the email
read, according to one of those people.
The event at the luxury Sea Island resort is one of the Senate GOP’s
biggest fundraisers of the year. The event begins with a dinner Friday
evening and includes a Saturday afternoon of “golf, pickleball,
fishing and shooting,” before concluding Sunday morning, according to
an itinerary obtained by CNN. It costs at least $15,000 to attend.
Senate Republicans aren’t the only ones with a major fundraiser that
is colliding with the shutdown. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign
Committee is slated to hold a major fundraiser in Napa, California,
later this month, starting on October 13. One of the featured
attendees, Sen. Angela Alsobrooks of Maryland, has already informed
organizers that she won’t be attending if there is a shutdown,
according to a person familiar with the planning.
A spokesperson for the Senate Democratic group said they did not have
information about whether the event was still on.
The Senate plans to leave Washington on Friday, after taking a fourth
vote on the GOP’s plan to fund the government at current levels
through late November. Senate Democrats have repeatedly blocked that
plan because it does not include their separate demands to renew
enhanced Obamacare subsidies that will expire at year’s end — and
they’re expected to filibuster the GOP plan again on Friday.
Thune told reporters Thursday that it is “unlikely” the Senate will
vote on Saturday. He said Democrats would have a fourth chance to vote
on the funding bill on Friday and then: “If that fails, then they can
have the weekend to think about it, we’ll come back, we’ll vote
again on Monday.”
Asked about this weekend’s event, the National Republican Senatorial
Committee instead slammed Senate Democrats, including Sen. Jon Ossoff,
the party’s most vulnerable incumbent who is running for a second
term in Georgia next year.
“Friday will be yet another opportunity for Democrats to join
Republicans to do the right thing and reopen the government,” NRSC
spokesperson Joanna Rodriguez said in a statement to CNN when asked
about the fundraiser. Politico first reported the details of the
fundraisers.
House GOP leaders, however, encouraged their Senate counterparts to
remain in Washington to vote. Asked by reporters Thursday whether the
Senate should stay in town this weekend, Speaker Mike Johnson
responded: “Of course they do.”
The House has been on recess this week but will reconvene on Tuesday.
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