Want to dine with five U.S. senators? Then just drop by Wednesday night and, oh, by the way, bring $30,400.

That's what it costs to be a "co-chair" of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee's Women's Senate Network party, thrown by power lobbyist Heather Podesta.

"What do you get when you put the minds of key Democratic Women Senators, the brush strokes of Women Artists, the recipes of Women Chefs, and the design of a Woman Architect together in the same house?" Mrs. Podesta said in an e-mail addressed "Dear friends."

Who knows? But it will cost you to find out, according to the e-mail, which lays out contributions required for access to the event.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/nov/03/big-money-buys-seats-at-lawmakers-dinner-tables/