Hall of Fame
William 'Hootie' Johnson ($14,949)
Courteney Cox ($1,500)
Dino De Laurentiis ($5,500)
Tony Danza ($2,300)
Howard Stern ($4,350)
Harry Thomason ($40,850)
Rachael Ray ($2,300)
Don Johnson ($6,000)
Morgan Freeman ($7,400)
Ben Crenshaw ($9,173)
Byron Allen ($15,700)
Wolfgang Puck ($1,700)
Frank McCourt ($83,100)
Isabella Rossellini ($2,000)
Linda Lavin ($3,750)
Rick Pitino ($2,000)
Steven Weber ($4,300)
Jim Kelly ($4,000)
Sam Simon ($34,500)
James Whitmore ($36,390)
Anderson Cooper ($250)
Jim Abrahams ($16,250)
John Elway ($26,600)
Stephon Marbury ($2,300)
Nicole Miller ($30,500)
Mariette Hartley ($475)
Bonnie Raitt ($203,904)
Christina Applegate ($2,000)
Kevin James ($2,100)
Wes Craven ($14,100)
Will Smith ($4,600)
Jane Curtin ($8,800)
Krista Allen ($6,682)
Rick Mears ($1,000)
Alice Walker ($21,413)
Valerie Bertinelli ($2,800)
Michael Chiarello ($600)
Steve Forbes ($7,177,893)
Chuck Scarborough ($3,500)
Norah Jones ($2,250)
Eve Ensler ($12,755)
Neil Diamond ($32,750)
Stuart Sternberg ($36,785)
Annie Potts ($2,300)
Lou Piniella ($4,000)
Bebe Neuwirth ($1,600)
Ned Beatty ($250)
Carl Reiner ($5,550)
Kristi Yamaguchi ($2,300)
Dennis Quaid ($4,200)
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Hall of Fame ► Politics
Robert Gates , 65 (bio ) Secretary of Defense nominee; CIA director 1991-92
NEWS MEAT
518
Election Picks: 2 wins, 0 losses
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election
Amount
Date
FEC
GATES, ROBERT 77840 Kay Bailey Hutchison (R)Won $1,000 general 06/06/06 GATES, ROBERT M MR. 77840 George W Bush (R)Won $2,000 primary 04/02/04 Receive an alert every time new records are added to Robert Gates's report.
* general election result only; "Lost" = didn't win seat for that cycleNEWS MEAT report provided by the Federal Election Commission as of 10/6/08 — 15,706,073 records
NEWSMAKERS
political donations of today's newsmakers
US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,033
2,561
GIs Killed in Action
3,385
389
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
796
151
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,530
1,616
DoD
Current Troop Deployment
146,000
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 October 11, 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 10/6/08
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