Hall of Fame
Ina Garten ($5,800)
Tippi Hedren ($300)
Reese Witherspoon ($1,500)
James Spader ($300)
Sean Penn ($6,600)
Hill Harper ($7,900)
Mike Myers ($12,000)
Marsha Mason ($56,125)
Michael Tucker ($20,550)
Phyllis Schlafly ($10,901)
Bradley Whitford ($132,150)
Sam Wyche ($4,500)
Dick Ebersol ($96,650)
Clarence Avant ($458,246)
John McEnroe ($9,600)
Howard Stern ($4,350)
Kurt Busch ($1,000)
Todd Bridges ($1,000)
Tony Stewart ($4,000)
Jim Gaffigan ($1,250)
Paul Thomas Anderson ($1,500)
Wendie Malick ($9,050)
Helen Reddy ($10,000)
Roma Downey ($2,000)
Jerry Springer ($191,840)
Hank Aaron ($13,361)
Danny Goldberg ($185,800)
Peri Gilpin ($3,000)
John Fund ($1,000)
Lorne Michaels ($64,750)
Farrah Fawcett ($700)
Isabella Rossellini ($2,000)
Kevin Sorbo ($1,500)
Paul Hornung ($3,000)
Owen Wilson ($6,400)
Kirstie Alley ($1,000)
Arnold Palmer ($25,850)
Les Kinsolving ($650)
Karl Malone ($16,000)
Amy Heckerling ($750)
Rebecca De Mornay ($5,100)
John Grisham ($199,325)
Val Kilmer ($6,900)
Jerry Reinsdorf ($426,653)
Mike Binder ($12,300)
Ryan O'Neal ($500)
John Rich ($12,800)
Chris Weitz ($6,850)
Joe Eszterhas ($1,000)
Sela Ward ($625)
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Jim Abrahams , 64 (bio ) director, screenwriter
NEWS MEAT
1,106
Election Picks: 2 wins, 2 losses
$14,250 Democrat $2,000 special interest total: $16,250
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election
Amount
Date
FEC
Abrahams, James Mr. 90402 Barack Obama (D)Won $1,000 primary 06/23/08 Abrahams, James Mr. 90402 Barack Obama (D)Won $500 primary 04/14/08 Abrahams, James S. 90403 LORD, ROBERT JAMES (D)Lost $1,000 primary 03/11/08 ABRAHAMS, JAMES 90402 - $500 primary 09/25/06 ABRAHAMS, JAMES 90403 - $2,000 primary 10/14/98 ABRAHAMS, JIM 90403 - $5,000 primary 10/23/92 ABRAHAMS, JIM 90403 - $5,000 primary 10/23/92 ABRAHAMS, JAMES S 90402 LEVINE, MEL (D)Lost $500 primary 12/04/91 ABRAHAMS, JAMES S 90402 LEVINE, MEL (D)Lost $250 primary 04/11/91 ABRAHAMS, JIM 90402 John F. Kerry (D)Won $500 primary 06/30/89 Receive an alert every time new records are added to Jim Abrahams's report.
* general election result only; "Lost" = didn't win seat for that cycleNEWS MEAT report provided by the Federal Election Commission as of 11/17/08 — 16,270,677 records
NEWSMAKERS
political donations of today's newsmakers
US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,073
2,601
GIs Killed in Action
3,392
404
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
810
152
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,565
1,670
DoD
Current Troop Deployment
146,000
30,000
Brookings , AP
Total Cost (approved through mid 2009)
$650 Bln
$200 Bln
AP
Cost Per Day (Avg)
$261 Mil
$70.8 Mil
casualty status updated November 18, 2008
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 11/17/08
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