Hall of Fame
Lindsay Wagner ($2,100)
Cuba Gooding, Jr ($4,300)
David Ogden Stiers ($10,650)
Joan Rivers ($6,750)
Pat Riley ($4,754)
Steve Forbes ($7,177,893)
Phil Garner ($6,350)
Francine Pascal ($3,500)
Lorne Michaels ($68,650)
Zygi Wilf ($198,634)
Dan Marino ($9,500)
Peter Buck ($12,092)
Eli Wallach ($900)
Seth Green ($2,300)
Clarence Avant ($500,638)
Bianca Jagger ($250)
Kevin Spacey ($42,000)
Eve Ensler ($13,255)
Jean Louisa Kelly ($500)
Marvin Hamlisch ($7,250)
Sidney Lumet ($6,050)
Chris Noth ($450)
Robert Smigel ($8,100)
Paul Haggis ($17,050)
Hank Azaria ($41,800)
Stuart Sternberg ($46,585)
Bill Condon ($400)
Robert Greenwald ($46,761)
Dan Rooney ($82,800)
Ed Koch ($28,192)
Judy Blume ($35,250)
Vin Scully ($12,900)
Doris Kearns Goodwin ($1,400)
William H Macy ($1,500)
Linda Evans ($3,300)
Bart Starr ($34,410)
Judith Regan ($14,500)
Tracy Chapman ($37,800)
Sammy Hagar ($8,800)
Vlade Divac ($10,000)
Nancy Sinatra ($88,420)
Joe Dumars ($1,000)
Russell Simmons ($81,000)
Paul Weitz ($2,750)
Robert Zemeckis ($113,225)
Matthew Broderick ($18,700)
Julie Bowen ($1,000)
Chuck Barris ($16,500)
Chris Zorich ($1,000)
Marilu Henner ($2,000)
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Hall of Fame ► Celebrities
Billy Joel
, 60 (bio ) songwriter
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
398
Election Picks: 5 wins, 1 loss
$10,550 Democrat $3,000 special interest total: $13,550
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
Joel, William Oyster Bay, NY 11771 Self-employed/MusicianBarack Obama (D) President OBAMA FOR AMERICAWon $2,300 primary 06/19/08
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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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
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• Media
• Business Executives
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