Hall of Fame
Campbell Scott ($250)
Mark Green ($5,160)
John Legend ($3,300)
Soon-Yi Previn ($1,000)
Mario Lemieux ($2,800)
Bruce Hornsby ($10,070)
Randy Jackson ($2,300)
Bobby Farrelly ($2,000)
Patti LuPone ($750)
Murray Waas ($250)
Lou Dobbs ($1,000)
Charlotte Rae ($7,850)
Brian 'Head' Welch ($2,000)
John Williams ($10,500)
Christopher Lloyd ($4,800)
David Mamet ($14,400)
Richard Mellon Scaife ($755,054)
Art Spiegelman ($2,000)
David Westin ($9,000)
Ed Harris ($8,100)
Ry Cooder ($13,500)
Courteney Cox ($1,500)
Max Wright ($1,500)
Elie Wiesel ($1,000)
Dennis Haysbert ($6,300)
Bob Griese ($500)
Sam Simon ($34,500)
Barbra Streisand ($605,975)
Michael Stipe ($76,838)
Barry Levinson ($52,950)
Janeane Garofalo ($10,388)
French Stewart ($1,000)
Sam Sheperd ($500)
Tony La Russa ($500)
Linda Lavin ($3,750)
Sean Hayes ($3,500)
Dan Castellaneta ($1,000)
David Rasche ($5,625)
Kyle Chandler ($500)
Jane Pauley ($7,900)
Daryl Hannah ($800)
Spike Feresten ($4,850)
Adam Yauch ($1,000)
Peyton Manning ($8,500)
Tony Shalhoub ($2,450)
Adam Sandler ($2,100)
Rita Wilson ($60,000)
Mary Steenburgen ($85,775)
Rebecca De Mornay ($5,100)
Kate Hudson ($2,000)
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Hall of Fame ► Celebrities
Roy Acuff
, 1903-1992 (bio ) country music star
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
1,449
Election Picks: 0 wins, 3 losses
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
ACUFF, ROY C MR NASHVILLE, TN 37216 ROY ACUFF ENTERPRISESBEARD, ROBIN L JR (R) Senate - TN BEARD '82 COMMITTEELost $500 general 09/19/82
ACUFF, ROY NASHVILLE, TN 37216 ENTERTAINERBAKER, CYNTHIA ("CISSY") (R) House (TN District: 04) CISSY BAKER COMMITTEELost $500 primary 01/19/82
ACUFF, ROY NASHVILLE, TN 37216 WSM INC MA ACUFF ROSE PUBBAKER, HOWARD H JR SENATOR (R) President BAKER COMMITTEE, THELost $250 primary 11/30/79
ACUFF, ROY MR NASHVILLE, TN 37216 SELF REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE - CONTRIBUTIONS (AKA REPUBLICAN NATIONAL FINANCE COMMITTEE (R) - $150 primary 08/02/79
* 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 — records
NEWSMAKERS
political donations of today's newsmakers
2008 DELEGATE COUNT as of 07/05/08
US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
1,935
2,463
GIs Killed in Action
3,353
331
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
763
137
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,476
1,354
DoD
Current Troop Deployment
148,500
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 July 1, 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 6/30/08
15,140,899 records (election cycles 1980-2008)
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