Hall of Fame
Cynthia Nixon ($5,800)
Frank Oz ($1,200)
Jann Wenner ($189,654)
Jim Irsay ($101,500)
Caroline Rhea ($1,700)
Kim Basinger ($5,500)
Bobby Bowden ($15,500)
Kris Kristofferson ($17,000)
Brad Pitt ($28,500)
Joan Chen ($1,000)
Rocco DiSpirito ($1,000)
David Pecker ($88,170)
Don Henley ($772,385)
Phil LaMarr ($500)
Leigh Steinberg ($204,950)
Andy Griffith ($2,500)
Andrew Greeley ($8,600)
Heather Locklear ($1,000)
Brad Faxon ($1,250)
Tim Daly ($250)
Adrian Pasdar ($8,600)
Ed Helms ($250)
Chuck Lorre ($12,300)
Chuck Scarborough ($3,500)
Sean Hannity ($2,100)
Traci Lords ($300)
Arnold Schwarzenegger ($20,250)
Mark Burnett ($2,300)
John Elway ($47,600)
Olivia Wilde ($500)
Art Spiegelman ($2,000)
Tracy Chapman ($37,800)
Josh Brolin ($2,000)
Ken Venturi ($550)
Patricia Cornwell ($212,800)
Michael Jordan ($22,400)
Brett Ratner ($19,250)
Wolfgang Puck ($1,700)
Harrison Ford ($51,550)
David Blaine ($1,000)
Nicole Kidman ($25,500)
Jasmine Guy ($3,800)
Judith Light ($12,450)
Howard Stern ($4,350)
Tommy Lee Jones ($12,300)
Sarah Vowell ($500)
Gene Wilder ($3,250)
Pia Zadora ($6,500)
David Westin ($9,000)
Candy Spelling ($17,000)
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Lionel Richie
, 60 (bio ) recording artist
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
833
Election Picks: 1 win, 0 losses
$2,300 Democrat $5,500 special interest total: $7,800
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
Richie, Lionel B Jr Los Angeles, CA 90064 Self employed/Singer/SongwriterBarack Obama (D) President OBAMA FOR AMERICAWon $2,300 primary 01/31/08
RICHIE, LIONEL JR LOS ANGELES, CA 90048 PERFORMER AND RECORDING ARTIST MOBILIZATION FOR ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES PAC - $5,000 primary 08/24/95
RICHIE, LIONEL LOS ANGELES, CA 90036 RECORDING ARTIST/SONGWRITER ASCAP LEGISLATIVE FUND FOR THE ARTS, THE - $500 primary 08/13/91
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* 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 3/8/10 — 17,477,706 records
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US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,553
3,081
GIs Killed in Action
3,478
722
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
906
206
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,930
2,953
DoD
Current Troop Deployment
98,000
68,000
Brookings
, AP
Total Cost (approved through Sept 30, 2010)
$791 Bln
$269 Bln
AP
Cost Per Day (Avg)
$288 Mil
$82 Mil
casualty status updated March 8, 2010
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 3/8/10
17,477,706 records (election cycles 1980-2010)
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