Rep. David Jolly is running for the Senate. | AP Photo Jolly attends fundraiser amid '60 Minutes' fallout

Rep. David Jolly — who went on "60 Minutes" last week to tout his bill that bans lawmakers from raising money — attended a fundraiser in his honor Friday, a spokeswoman confirmed.

Tickets to the fundraiser, which was held at the private Capitol Hill Club, cost anywhere from $500 to $2,500 to help Jolly (R-Fla.), who is running for the Senate.


Last Sunday, Jolly went on "60 Minutes" to tout his STOP Act, which bans members of Congress from soliciting funds for any re-election campaign. The piece sparked an intra-party feud between Jolly and the National Republican Congressional Committee. The NRCC said Jolly vastly overstated how much time lawmakers spend raising money.

Sarah Bascom, a spokeswoman for Jolly, did not respond to multiple requests for comment Friday about the fundraiser and whether it was canceled. On Saturday, she said there is no conflict between Jolly's push to ban lawmakers from soliciting funds and his attending the fundraiser because Jolly himself did not ask for the money.

"Jolly did attend, and the whole premise of this new Stop Act movement embraced by the American people and the significance of Rep. Jolly's pledge is that he did not make a single phone call inviting anyone to the event and never made a single personal solicitation for anyone to attend or contribute," Bascom said in an email Saturday. "Rep. Jolly remained attending to his taxpayer funded job and left the campaign staff in charge of organizing the event and inviting attendees."