Hall of Fame
Josh Hartnett ($2,000)
Rick Hilton ($9,300)
Tim LaHaye ($10,300)
Julia Roberts ($2,000)
Don Cheadle ($7,700)
LeRoy Neiman ($250)
Denny Crum ($2,654)
Jerry Zucker ($69,066)
Sophia Bush ($250)
Trisha Yearwood ($3,000)
Henry Winkler ($35,000)
Stephon Marbury ($2,300)
Kelsey Grammer ($15,600)
Jeremy Sisto ($2,000)
Oleg Cassini ($21,250)
Ellen Burstyn ($1,000)
Richard Stengel ($1,000)
Gary Ross ($70,122)
Eddie Murphy ($30,800)
David Montgomery ($54,200)
Linda Ronstadt ($14,000)
Bill Pullman ($1,500)
Eliza Dushku ($1,000)
Edie Falco ($2,800)
George Foreman ($1,000)
Paul Thomas Anderson ($1,500)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus ($43,700)
Ed Asner ($33,575)
Don King ($279,500)
Tom Coughlin ($1,126)
Phil Donahue ($162,200)
Shannen Doherty ($240)
Joe Eszterhas ($1,000)
Woody Allen ($12,750)
Peter Buck ($12,092)
Betty White ($10,000)
Gloria Vanderbilt ($6,900)
Marc Andreessen ($430,800)
James Cameron ($13,000)
Raymond Floyd ($7,200)
George Clooney ($57,700)
Kate Hudson ($17,000)
Jenny McCarthy ($1,250)
Fran Tarkenton ($11,600)
Larry Flynt ($49,074)
Alan Arkin ($250)
Gary Collins ($2,250)
Jerry Bruckheimer ($68,850)
Dustin Hoffman ($169,950)
Jeanie Buss ($5,500)
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Bill Maher
, 53 (bio ) comedian, political satirist
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
758
Election Picks: 2 wins, 2 losses
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
Maher, Bill Mr Los Angeles, CA 90067 Barack Obama (D) President OBAMA FOR AMERICAWon $2,300 general 09/17/08
MAHER, BILL LOS ANGELES, CA 90067 SELF-EMPLOYED/COMEDIANFRANKEN, AL (DFL) Senate - MN AL FRANKEN FOR SENATEWon $300 primary 06/23/08
Maher, Bill Los Angeles, CA 90067 Self employed/ActorJohn Edwards (D) President JOHN EDWARDS FOR PRESIDENTLost $1,000 primary 12/06/07
MAHER, BILL LOS ANGELES, CA 90067 SELF-EMPLOYED/COMEDIANFRANKEN, AL (DFL) Senate - MN AL FRANKEN FOR SENATEWon $1,000 primary 06/30/07
MAHER, BILL LOS ANGELES, CA 90067 SELF-EMPLOYED/COMEDIANFRANKEN, AL (DFL) Senate - MN AL FRANKEN FOR SENATEWon $1,000 primary 03/19/07
Maher, Bill Los Angeles, CA 90067 John Kerry (D) President JOHN KERRY FOR PRESIDENT INCLost $250 primary 06/30/04
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Data for this NEWS MEAT report provided by the Federal Election Commission as of 11/16/09 — 17,204,191 records
NEWSMAKERS
political donations of today's newsmakers
US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,439
2,967
GIs Killed in Action
3,476
649
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
889
192
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,883
2,678
DoD
Current Troop Deployment
124,000
68,000
AP
, AP
Total Cost (approved through Sept 30, 2009)
$711 Bln
$219 Bln
AP
Cost Per Day (Avg)
$298 Mil
$75.2 Mil
casualty status updated November 17, 2009
NEWSMEAT HALL OF FAME
individual donations of $200 or more made after 1977
Political donations made by the powerful, rich, and famous.
• Celebrities (actors, musicians, authors, icons)
• Billionaires
• Sports Stars
• Media
• Business Executives
• Politics (pols, players, pundits, shills)
Data Provided by the Federal Election Commission as of 11/16/09
17,204,191 records (election cycles 1980-2010)
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