Hall of Fame
Frank Oz ($1,200)
Tom Watson ($8,001)
Aaron Sorkin ($148,000)
Vera Wang ($32,200)
Robert Wright ($289,250)
James 'LL Cool J' Smith ($4,000)
Molly Ivins ($1,250)
Alanis Morissette ($3,000)
Tina Brown ($1,000)
David Spade ($2,000)
John Davidson ($550)
Brooke Shields ($2,300)
Eliza Dushku ($1,000)
Helen Hunt ($5,250)
Marsha Mason ($53,325)
David Limbaugh ($8,850)
Amy Grant ($15,250)
Don Shula ($16,234)
Nicolas Cage ($3,000)
Christine Lahti ($18,050)
Elizabeth Taylor ($10,200)
Judith Light ($10,950)
Leigh Steinberg ($171,450)
Al Michaels ($2,000)
Stephen Sondheim ($16,372)
Adam Sandler ($2,100)
Joely Fisher ($5,800)
Jack Nicklaus ($5,050)
Bette Midler ($151,725)
Angela Bassett ($2,300)
Rue McClanahan ($7,725)
Pam Dawber ($2,000)
Cher ($11,400)
Christine Baranski ($1,500)
Julius Peppers ($2,000)
Ed Koch ($25,647)
Arnold Schwarzenegger ($20,250)
Christina Applegate ($2,000)
Martin Sheen ($7,500)
Jeff Foxworthy ($4,000)
Felicity Huffman ($2,750)
Jennifer Lopez ($4,200)
John Mellencamp ($23,600)
Denny Crum ($2,654)
Josh Lucas ($250)
Walter Cronkite ($2,000)
Sheena Easton ($8,700)
George Karl ($7,500)
Roger Ailes ($6,750)
Dan Reeves ($15,000)
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Hall of Fame ► Media
Steve Brill (bio ) writer, publisher; Court TV founder
NEWS MEAT
645
Election Picks: 7 wins, 7 losses
$3,250 Republican $15,250 Democrat $2,000 special interest total: $20,500
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election
Amount
Date
FEC
Brill, Steven 10128 Barack Obama (D) - $2,300 primary 03/23/07 Brill, Steven D. Mr. 10020 John L. Mica (R)Won $250 general 10/04/06 Brill, Steven D. 10022 Dan Lungren (R)Won $1,000 general 09/30/06 BRILL, STEVEN D 10128 Harold, Jr. Ford (D)Lost $2,000 primary 06/29/06 Brill, Steven D. 10022 Dan Lungren (R)Won $2,000 primary 05/04/06 BRILL, STEVEN D 10128 Hillary Rodham Clinton (D)Won $1,000 primary 09/27/05 Brill, Steven 10111 Nick Clooney (D)Lost $500 primary 02/12/04 BRILL, STEVEN 10128 GREEN, MARK (D) - $-1,000 general 12/08/98 BRILL, STEVEN 10128 KATZ, MELINDA R (D)Lost $250 primary 11/20/97 BRILL, STEVEN 10019 Charles Schumer (D)Won $1,000 general 08/12/97 BRILL, STEVEN 10019 Charles Schumer (D)Won $1,000 primary 08/12/97 BRILL, STEVEN 10128 Carolyn McCarthy (D)Won $500 general 10/29/96 BRILL, STEVEN 10016 SCHUMER, CHARLES E (D)Won $1,000 general 10/16/96 BRILL, STEVEN 10128 Carolyn McCarthy (D)Won $500 primary 08/19/96 BRILL, STEVEN 10148 GREEN, MARK (D)Lost $2,000 primary 06/17/96 BRILL, STEVE 10536 - $2,000 primary 03/28/96 BRILL, STEVEN 10506 Bill Clinton (D)Won $1,000 primary 06/30/95 BRILL, STEVEN 10016 HYATT, JOEL (D)Lost $1,000 general 06/13/94 BRILL, STEVEN 10128 HYATT, JOEL (D)Lost $1,000 primary 12/20/93 BRILL, STEVEN 10016 ABRAMS, ROBERT (D)Lost $1,000 general 10/05/92 BRILL, STEVEN 10016 ABRAMS, ROBERT (D)Lost $200 primary 02/04/92 Receive an alert every time new records are added to Steve Brill's report.
* general election result only; "Lost" = didn't win seat for that cycleNEWS MEAT report provided by the Federal Election Commission as of — records
NEWSMAKERS
political donations of today's newsmakers
2008 DELEGATE COUNT as of 05/17/08
US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
1,886
2,414
GIs Killed in Action
3,326
298
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
754
133
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,395
1,198
DoD
Current Troop Deployment
155,000
30,000
Brookings , AP
Total Cost (approved through Sept 2008)
$488 Bln
$156 Bln
Cost Per Day (Avg)
$241 Mil
$61.2 Mil
casualty status updated May 16, 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 5/5/08
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72%
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