Hall of Fame
Jerry Doyle ($1,000)
Emmitt Smith ($5,300)
Bret Easton Ellis ($1,850)
Patricia Richardson ($7,750)
Susan Sarandon ($64,344)
Blythe Danner ($28,150)
Josh Lucas ($250)
Tracy Chapman ($7,000)
Blake Edwards ($8,500)
Thomas Gibson ($3,300)
Jacques Pepin ($250)
Alan Tudyk ($250)
Jeff Burton ($3,000)
Camryn Manheim ($1,000)
Peyton Manning ($8,500)
Michael Bolton ($1,500)
Peter Bonerz ($1,250)
Bobby Knight ($2,000)
Albert Brooks ($250)
Danny Goldberg ($185,800)
Billie Jean King ($21,100)
Cheryl Tiegs ($7,250)
Candice Bergen ($81,700)
Kevin Corrigan ($6,425)
Paul Michael Glaser ($1,000)
Charles Grodin ($4,000)
Brandon Routh ($250)
Mark Richt ($1,000)
Jerome Armstrong ($2,950)
Norah Jones ($2,250)
Dino De Laurentiis ($5,500)
Barry Diller ($427,126)
Monty Hall ($3,800)
Joel Surnow ($4,100)
Isaac Mizrahi ($4,165)
Kenneth Tomlinson ($11,100)
Spike Lee ($12,600)
Jill Clayburgh ($2,500)
Alec Baldwin ($130,902)
Jerry Seinfeld ($12,000)
William Dean Singleton ($13,500)
Roma Downey ($2,000)
Tom Bergeron ($6,500)
Stuart Sternberg ($34,785)
Al Unser, Jr ($3,300)
Brad Garrett ($250)
Gore Vidal ($2,000)
Matthew Lillard ($250)
Rob Morrow ($2,500)
Sherwood Schwartz ($129,525)
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Hall of Fame ► Celebrities
Billy Joel
, 58 (bio ) songwriter
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
393
Election Picks: 4 wins, 1 loss
$8,250 Democrat $3,000 special interest total: $11,250
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
Joel, William White Plains, NY 10601 Self/Singer / Musician ASCAP LEGISLATIVE FUND FOR THE ARTS, THE - $250 primary 01/13/06
Joel, William White Plains, NY 10601 Self/Singer / Musician ASCAP LEGISLATIVE FUND FOR THE ARTS, THE - $250 primary 10/14/05
Joel, William White Plains, NY 10601 Self/Singer / Musician ASCAP LEGISLATIVE FUND FOR THE ARTS, THE - $250 primary 07/20/05
Joel, William White Plains, NY 10601 Self/Singer / Musician ASCAP LEGISLATIVE FUND FOR THE ARTS, THE - $250 primary 04/19/05
Joel, William White Plains, NY 10601 Self/Singer / Musician ASCAP LEGISLATIVE FUND FOR THE ARTS, THE - $250 primary 01/28/05
Joel, William White Plains, NY 10601 Self/Singer / Musician ASCAP LEGISLATIVE FUND FOR THE ARTS, THE - $250 primary 10/18/04
Joel, William White Plains, NY 10601 Self/Singer / Musician ASCAP LEGISLATIVE FUND FOR THE ARTS, THE - $250 primary 07/21/04
Joel, William White Plains, NY 10601 Self/Singer / Musician ASCAP LEGISLATIVE FUND FOR THE ARTS, THE - $250 primary 04/16/04
Joel, William White Plains, NY 10601 Self/Singer / Musician ASCAP LEGISLATIVE FUND FOR THE ARTS, THE - $250 primary 01/22/04
Joel, William White Plains, NY 10601 Self/Singer / Musician ASCAP LEGISLATIVE FUND FOR THE ARTS, THE - $250 primary 10/17/03
Joel, William White Plains, NY 10601 Self/Singer / Musician ASCAP LEGISLATIVE FUND FOR THE ARTS, THE - $250 primary 07/07/03
Joel, William White Plains, NY 10601 Self/Singer / Musician ASCAP LEGISLATIVE FUND FOR THE ARTS, THE - $250 primary 04/17/03
JOEL, WILLIAM M AMAGANSETT, NY 10021 COMPOSERHillary Rodham Clinton (D) Senate - NY NEW YORK DEMOCRATIC VICTORY 2000Won $3,000 primary 08/31/99
JOEL, WILLIAM M AMAGANSETT, NY 10021 COMPOSER DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE (D) - $2,000 primary 08/19/98
JOEL, WILLIAM M NEW YORK, NY 10019 SINGERBill Clinton (D) President CLINTON/GORE '96 PRIMARY COMMITTEE INCWon $1,000 primary 10/23/95
JOEL, WILLIAM M EAST HAMPTON, NY 11937 MUSICIANHOCHBRUECKNER, GEORGE J (D) House (NY District: 01) FRIENDS OF CONGRESSMAN HOCHBRUECKNERLost $250 general 11/02/94
JOEL, WILLIAM M EAST HAMPTON, NY 11937 COMPOSER/MUSICIANHOCHBRUECKNER, GEORGE J (D) House (NY District: 01) FRIENDS OF CONGRESSMAN HOCHBRUECKNERLost $500 primary 06/29/94
JOEL, BILLY EAST HAMPTON, NY 11937 COMPOSER/MUSICIANHOCHBRUECKNER, GEORGE J (D) House (NY District: 01) FRIENDS OF CONGRESSMAN HOCHBRUECKNERWon $500 general 10/21/92
JOEL, BILLY EAST HAMPTON, NY 11937 SINGER/SONGWRITERHOCHBRUECKNER, GEORGE J (D) House (NY District: 01) FRIENDS OF CONGRESSMAN HOCHBRUECKNERWon $1,000 primary 08/25/88
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Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
1,886
2,414
GIs Killed in Action
3,326
298
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
754
133
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,395
1,198
DoD
Current Troop Deployment
155,000
30,000
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$488 Bln
$156 Bln
Cost Per Day (Avg)
$241 Mil
$61.2 Mil
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