Hall of Fame
Marla Maples ($29,800)
Joe Gibbs ($6,200)
Patricia Cornwell ($148,200)
Bob Weinstein ($87,000)
Owen Wilson ($4,100)
Carl Reiner ($5,100)
Mike Helton ($51,590)
Maura Tierney ($43,100)
Bill Pullman ($1,500)
Bill Belichick ($1,000)
Bernie Kosar ($72,800)
Alex Trebek ($3,000)
Mike Binder ($14,600)
Erica Jong ($7,000)
Peyton Manning ($8,500)
Sidney Poitier ($9,950)
Chuck Norris ($30,525)
Paul Azinger ($4,700)
Jason Segel ($250)
Alan Alda ($30,300)
Oliver Platt ($2,978)
Dan Marino ($9,500)
Jaclyn Smith ($3,574)
Robert Beltran ($2,000)
Andy Griffith ($2,500)
Marc Andreessen ($435,400)
Goldie Hawn ($49,090)
Pat Riley ($4,754)
Janel Moloney ($1,700)
Woody Harrelson ($7,800)
Amy Irving ($18,500)
Casey Kasem ($72,902)
Nichelle Nichols ($250)
Jerry Richardson ($68,150)
Judith Light ($10,950)
Rider Strong ($2,000)
Diedrich Bader ($3,000)
Olivia Wilde ($250)
Linda Lavin ($3,750)
Suzanne Vega ($3,200)
Ry Cooder ($13,500)
Lou Diamond Phillips ($2,000)
Debra Jo Rupp ($1,500)
Adrien Brody ($2,000)
Grant Hill ($2,300)
Anjelica Huston ($3,000)
Christopher Guest ($26,650)
Lauren Bacall ($2,000)
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Sr ($5,250)
Bob Odenkirk ($4,500)
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Richard Ben-Veniste attorney, 9/11 commissioner
NEWS MEAT
265
Election Picks: 16 wins, 7 losses
$1,500 Republican $27,375 Democrat $500 special interest total: $29,375
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election
Amount
Date
FEC
BEN-VENISTE, RICHARD 20006 Carl Levin (D) - $500 primary 09/18/07 Ben-Veniste, Richard 20016 John P. Sarbanes (D) - $500 primary 07/06/07 Ben-Veniste, Richard 20006 Hillary Clinton (D) - $2,300 general 06/30/07 Ben-Veniste, Richard Mr. 20006 Chris Dodd (D) - $1,000 primary 06/18/07 Ben-Veniste, Richard 20036 Hillary Clinton (D) - $2,300 primary 03/14/07 BEN-VENISTE, RICHARD Bob, Jr. Casey (D)Won $500 general 10/19/06 Ben-Veniste, Richard 20016 John P. Sarbanes (D)Won $1,000 primary 08/14/06 Ben-Veniste, Richard 20016 John P. Sarbanes (D)Won $500 primary 03/07/06 BEN-VENISTE, RICHARD 20016 Dianne Feinstein (D)Won $500 primary 01/27/06 BEN-VENISTE, RICHARD 20016 Hillary Rodham Clinton (D)Won $1,000 primary 11/09/05 BEN-VENISTE, RICHARD 20006 Tom Daschle (D)Lost $2,000 general 10/04/04 BEN-VENISTE, RICHARD 20006 Tom Daschle (D)Lost $2,000 primary 01/20/04 BEN-VENISTE, RICHARD 20005 Mark Pryor (D)Won $500 general 07/25/02 BEN-VENISTE, RICHARD 20016 Erskine Bowles (D)Lost $500 primary 01/23/02 BEN-VENISTE, RICHARD 20036 Hillary Rodham Clinton (D)Won $500 general 10/16/00 BEN-VENISTE, RICHARD 20036 Mike Ross (D)Won $500 general 09/15/00 BEN-VENISTE, RICHARD 20036 Chris Dodd (D)Won $1,000 primary 06/23/00 BEN-VENISTE, RICHARD 20016 Jane Harman (D)Won $500 general 06/20/00 BEN-VENISTE, RICHARD 20036 Hillary Rodham Clinton (D)Won $500 primary 03/19/00 BEN-VENISTE, RICHARD 20036 Hillary Rodham Clinton (D)Won $1,000 primary 12/16/99 BEN-VENISTE, RICHARD 20036 SARBANES, PAUL S (D)Won $1,000 general 12/07/99 Ben-Veniste, Richard Mr. 20016 Al Gore (D)Lost $1,000 primary 12/06/99 BEN-VENISTE, RICHARD 20036 John, Jr. Conyers (D)Won $500 primary 11/05/99 BEN-VENISTE, RICHARD 20036 John, Jr. Conyers (D)Won $500 primary 05/14/99 BEN-VENISTE, RICHARD 20036 SARBANES, PAUL S (D)Won $1,000 primary 12/14/98 VENISTE, RICHARD BEN 20036 Bob Filner (D)Won $250 general 09/10/98 BEN-VENISTE, RICHARD 20036 BRAUN, CAROL MOSELEY (D)Lost $1,000 primary 03/16/98 BEN-VENISTE, RICHARD ESQ 20036 Arlen Specter (R)Won $500 primary 11/12/97 BEN-VENISTE, RICHARD 20036 Barbara Boxer (D)Won $1,000 primary 11/12/97 BEN-VENISTE, RICHARD 20016 SPECTER, ARLEN (R)Lost $1,000 primary 01/26/95 BEN-VENISTE, RICHARD 20036 - $500 primary 10/21/92 BEN-VENISTE, RICHARD 20036 - $1,000 primary 08/12/92 BEN-VENISTE, RICHARD 20016 Jane Harman (D)Won $500 primary 09/04/91 BEN-VENISTE, RICHARD 20006 LEVINE, MEL (D)Lost $250 primary 05/20/91 BEN-VENISTE, RICHARD 20006 Jimmy Carter (D)Lost $275 primary 12/04/79 Receive an alert every time new records are added to Richard Ben-Veniste'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
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2008 DELEGATE COUNT as of 07/04/08
US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
1,934
2,462
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
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Data Provided by the Federal Election Commission as of 6/30/08
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