Hall of Fame
Nolan Ryan ($22,800)
Billie Joe Armstrong ($6,900)
William 'Hootie' Johnson ($14,949)
Jimmy Buffett ($37,100)
Topher Grace ($6,600)
Jack Hanna ($10,570)
Janel Moloney ($1,700)
Linda Lavin ($3,750)
Chris Tucker ($4,000)
Judith Light ($12,450)
Ken Venturi ($550)
Garry Shandling ($10,400)
Virginia Madsen ($1,050)
Kathy Najimy ($16,650)
Steve Martin ($15,900)
Barry Levinson ($52,950)
Gary Collins ($2,250)
Ben Silverman ($27,500)
Paul Simon ($56,500)
Carol Leifer ($8,250)
Sheena Easton ($8,700)
Toni Morrison ($5,800)
Eliza Dushku ($1,000)
Christine Baranski ($1,500)
Phyllis Schlafly ($10,901)
Tom Werner ($318,700)
Greg Norman ($6,000)
Davis Guggenheim ($7,550)
Marc Andreessen ($430,800)
Gregg Popovich ($2,000)
Berry Gordy ($1,282,550)
Suze Orman ($39,500)
Enrico Colantoni ($250)
Julianne Moore ($7,250)
Dan Rooney ($82,800)
Kate Spade ($2,945)
Muhammad Ali ($3,000)
Lars Ulrich ($2,300)
Carrie Fisher ($13,500)
Robin Quivers ($2,500)
Karen Duffy ($4,050)
Jerome Bettis ($9,300)
Kal Penn ($4,155)
Nicolas Cage ($3,000)
Garry Trudeau ($119,100)
Omar Epps ($2,300)
John Goodman ($4,000)
Crystal Bernard ($1,000)
Bebe Neuwirth ($1,600)
Cynthia Nixon ($5,800)
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Hall of Fame ► Celebrities
Leonard Bernstein
, 1918-1990 (bio ) composer
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
1,747
Election Picks: 0 wins, 3 losses
$3,500 Democrat $2,000 special interest total: $5,500
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
BERNSTEIN, LEONARD NEW YORK, NY 10019 HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FUND - $2,000 primary 01/03/89
BERNSTEIN, LEONARD NEW YORK, NY 10019 MUSICIANFISH, HAMILTON JR (D) House (NY District: 19) WESTCHESTER FRIENDS OF HAMILTON FISHLost $1,000 primary 12/21/87
BERNSTEIN, LEONARD NEW YORK, NY 10019 DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE (D) - $1,000 primary 03/17/86
BERNSTEIN, LEONARD NEW YORK, NY 10019 CONDUCTORHOLTZMAN, ELIZABETH (D) Senate - NY FRIENDS OF LIZ HOLTZMAN INC '80Lost $500 general 11/24/80
BERNSTEIN, LEONARD NEW YORK, NY 10019 KENNEDY, EDWARD M. (D) President KENNEDY FOR PRESIDENT COMMITTEELost $1,000 primary 12/13/79
* general election result only; "Lost" = didn't win seat for that cycle
Data for this NEWS MEAT report provided by the Federal Election Commission as of 11/2/09 — 17,177,929 records
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political donations of today's newsmakers
US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,423
2,951
GIs Killed in Action
3,475
642
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
884
191
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,874
2,599
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 3, 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
17,177,929 records (election cycles 1980-2010)
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