Hall of Fame
Al Franken ($57,653)
Jada Pinkett Smith ($36,600)
Ed Asner ($33,575)
Maggie Gyllenhaal ($11,000)
Mario Andretti ($47,115)
Bucky Dent ($500)
Tippi Hedren ($300)
Dale Jarrett ($6,200)
Dave Checketts ($86,900)
Andy Williams ($52,350)
Cris Collinsworth ($6,500)
Zach Braff ($3,300)
Ian Gomez ($250)
Paul Dooley ($40,800)
Paul Rodriguez ($2,200)
Andrea Jaeger ($500)
Marci Klein ($45,900)
Eddie Vedder ($5,208)
Gloria Reuben ($1,700)
Fran Drescher ($7,050)
Roy Horn ($40,450)
Fuzzy Zoeller ($3,600)
David Toms ($2,000)
Laura Linney ($2,300)
Kathy Griffin ($4,300)
Michael Moore ($34,700)
Ted Danson ($100,300)
Cindy Crawford ($3,300)
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ($1,000)
Ridley Scott ($1,200)
John Chaney ($450)
Christie Brinkley ($107,210)
Bret Easton Ellis ($1,850)
Elaine May ($7,000)
Phyllis George ($18,200)
Taye Diggs ($2,300)
Jeff Foxworthy ($4,000)
Haim Saban ($11,065,028)
George Brett ($3,300)
Virginia Halas McCaskey ($22,200)
Phil Spector ($-87)
Carson Kressley ($250)
Danny Glover ($8,825)
Philip Glass ($14,671)
Sanjay Gupta ($8,200)
David Zucker ($28,714)
Deepak Chopra ($14,900)
Paul Giamatti ($250)
Kate Jackson ($500)
Ryan Reynolds ($4,700)
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Lawrence Bender , 51 (bio ) producer; political activist
NEWS MEAT
1,890
Election Picks: 8 wins, 10 losses
$53,050 Democrat $8,500 special interest total: $61,550
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election
Amount
Date
FEC
Bender, Lawrence 90067 Patrick J. Murphy (D)Won $250 primary 02/08/08 Bender, Lawrence 90211 Barack Obama (D)Won $2,300 primary 03/31/07 BENDER, LAWRENCE 90067 - $1,000 primary 11/14/06 BENDER, LAWRENCE 90077 Harold, Jr. Ford (D)Lost $1,000 general 11/02/06 Bender, Lawrence 90067 Philip J. Kellam (D)Lost $500 general 10/10/06 BENDER, LAWRENCE 90048 BROWN, MATTHEW A (D)Lost $1,000 primary 01/26/06 Bender, Lawrence 90067 - $1,000 primary 08/05/05 BENDER, LAWRENCE K 90048 Harold, Jr. Ford (D)Lost $1,000 primary 06/30/05 Bender, Lawrence 90048 - $2,500 primary 10/25/04 Bender, Lawrence 90067 Barbara Boxer (D)Won $1,000 general 10/07/04 Bender, Lawrence 90067 - $2,500 primary 09/30/04 Bender, Lawrence Mr. 90067 John Kerry (D)Lost $25,000 primary 06/10/04 Bender, Lawrence K 90048 Harold, Jr. Ford (D)Won $2,000 primary 03/31/04 Bender, Lawrence 90077 Howard Dean (D)Lost $2,000 primary 12/30/03 Bender, Lawrence K 90077 Dick Gephardt (D)Lost $2,000 primary 03/31/03 Bender, Lawrence 90067 - $5,000 primary 04/16/02 BENDER, LAWRENCE 90067 Alan Blinken (D)Lost $1,000 primary 03/29/02 Bender, Lawrence 90048 Rahm Emanuel (D)Won $500 primary 12/10/01 Bender, Lawrence 90077 Mark K. Shriver (D)Lost $500 primary 10/29/01 Bender, Lawrence 90077 Edward J. Markey (D)Won $1,000 primary 06/11/01 Bender, Lawrence 90077 Edward J. Markey (D)Won $1,000 general 06/11/01 Bender, Lawrence Mr. 90077 Al Gore (D)Lost $1,000 general 10/26/00 BENDER, LAWRENCE 90067 Hillary Rodham Clinton (D)Won $1,000 primary 10/26/00 BENDER, LAWRENCE 90077 BERNSTEIN, ED (D)Lost $1,000 general 10/20/00 BENDER, LAWRENCE 90067 Adam Schiff (D)Won $500 general 10/17/00 BENDER, LAWRENCE 90067 Hillary Rodham Clinton (D)Won $2,500 primary 06/30/00 Bender, Lawrence Mr. 90077 Al Gore (D)Lost $1,000 primary 10/14/99 BENDER, LAWRENCE 90077 Hillary Rodham Clinton (D)Won $500 primary 09/27/99 Receive an alert every time new records are added to Lawrence Bender's report.
* general election result only; "Lost" = didn't win seat for that cycleNEWS MEAT report provided by the Federal Election Commission as of 11/16/09 — 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
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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
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