Hall of Fame
LeVar Burton ($3,400)
Woody Allen ($12,750)
Tom Coughlin ($1,126)
Sam Wyche ($4,500)
Mimi Rogers ($5,250)
Bruce Springsteen ($12,000)
James Burrows ($237,871)
Suze Orman ($39,500)
Sandra Bernhard ($3,039)
Danny Glover ($8,825)
Taylor Hackford ($28,900)
Al Jarreau ($500)
Neal Boortz ($6,550)
John Podhoretz ($450)
Vera Wang ($37,120)
Tom Werner ($318,700)
Marla Gibbs ($3,900)
Raymond Floyd ($7,200)
Jamie Farr ($5,300)
Scott Turow ($27,500)
Ryan Reynolds ($4,700)
Jimmie Johnson ($4,300)
Laura San Giacomo ($1,500)
Amy Heckerling ($750)
Robin Quivers ($2,500)
Ivana Trump ($10,000)
Amanda Peet ($4,200)
Mel Karmazin ($219,706)
Ryan Phillippe ($500)
Sanjay Gupta ($8,200)
Phyllis Schlafly ($10,901)
Christine Lahti ($19,050)
Peter Buck ($12,092)
Ellen Pompeo ($4,600)
Kevin Bacon ($36,000)
Jonathan Franzen ($9,100)
Boomer Esiason ($2,300)
Sam Seder ($2,050)
Cameron Diaz ($26,200)
Tony Bennett ($8,900)
Alan Cumming ($2,300)
Andre Agassi ($189,500)
Treat Williams ($1,000)
Paul Reiser ($38,950)
Hank Williams, Jr ($5,750)
Gay Talese ($1,300)
Jimmy Buffett ($37,100)
Lou Gossett, Jr ($9,850)
Abigail Van Buren ($70,438)
Blake Edwards ($8,500)
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Hall of Fame ► Celebrities
Billy Joel , 60 (bio ) songwriter
NEWS MEAT
397
Election Picks: 5 wins, 1 loss
$10,550 Democrat $3,000 special interest total: $13,550
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election
Amount
Date
FEC
Joel, William 11771 Barack Obama (D)Won $2,300 primary 06/19/08 Joel, William 10601 - $250 primary 01/13/06 Joel, William 10601 - $250 primary 10/14/05 Joel, William 10601 - $250 primary 07/20/05 Joel, William 10601 - $250 primary 04/19/05 Joel, William 10601 - $250 primary 01/28/05 Joel, William 10601 - $250 primary 10/18/04 Joel, William 10601 - $250 primary 07/21/04 Joel, William 10601 - $250 primary 04/16/04 Joel, William 10601 - $250 primary 01/22/04 Joel, William 10601 - $250 primary 10/17/03 Joel, William 10601 - $250 primary 07/07/03 Joel, William 10601 - $250 primary 04/17/03 JOEL, WILLIAM M 10021 Hillary Rodham Clinton (D)Won $3,000 primary 08/31/99 JOEL, WILLIAM M 10021 - $2,000 primary 08/19/98 JOEL, WILLIAM M 10019 Bill Clinton (D)Won $1,000 primary 10/23/95 JOEL, WILLIAM M 11937 HOCHBRUECKNER, GEORGE J (D)Lost $250 general 11/02/94 JOEL, WILLIAM M 11937 HOCHBRUECKNER, GEORGE J (D)Lost $500 primary 06/29/94 JOEL, BILLY 11937 HOCHBRUECKNER, GEORGE J (D)Won $500 general 10/21/92 JOEL, BILLY 11937 HOCHBRUECKNER, GEORGE J (D)Won $1,000 primary 08/25/88 Receive an alert every time new records are added to Billy Joel's report.
* general election result only; "Lost" = didn't win seat for that cycleNEWS MEAT report provided by the Federal Election Commission as of 11/2/09 — 17,177,929 records
NEWSMAKERS
political donations of today's newsmakers
US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,426
2,954
GIs Killed in Action
3,475
640
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
885
193
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,880
2,618
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 5, 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 11/2/09
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