Is it possible to find out which Republicans have abandoned the US Dollar?

[benburch]

I think it would be instructive to see how many big name Republicans have recently converted large portions of their assets into foreign currencies and precious metals.

Is there some place that such transactions must be reported to, and if so, are these transactions public record? Anybody know?

Thanks!

[Alisa]

1. Yes, that would be very revealing,

I can't think of a way though to find that out. Still notable investors like Warren Buffet have been public about it. I will follow this tread because it is sure an interesting question.

[Alisa]

4. No one is coming forward with any answers - late tonight i will

sit down at the computer, goggle and think, think and goggle, and send something back - minor as it might be - to this small group of interested people. Meanwhile if you have any ideas or suggestions on
this submit them here and I try and work off of them.

I am somewhat knowledgeable about finance and inverting in a variety of markets so I would a t least have that going for me.

[RubyCat]

2. kick

[sadinred]

3. another kick. I want to know too! n/t

[ThorsHammer]

5. Not sure

I know that money transfers over X amount ($10,000?) have to be reported, but don't know if this applies to foreign currency transactions. My guess is that a lot of it is confidential, but it can't hurt to look. Like someone else said, Google is a great tool to find out just about anything.

[sadinred]

6. kick n/t

[sadinred]

7. anybody? kick? n/t

[Alisa]

8. an answer

Sorry I didn't get back sooner with this but i was away this weekend and couldn't log-in (can't remember my login!)

You will find below some results from my google research. I didn't attempt to tie it to where the $ is now - just listing some tables with snips of articles at times and always beginning with the internet page where I pulled it.

I have a few comments too - some of these are corporate contributor's and so I came to consider this: if moving - "outsourcing" - isn't really moving out of the dollar and into other currency?

I can tell you that I subscribe to a number of financial services, services that promote investment ideas. These sources certainly see dark times ahead for the US economy, severe drops in the dollar, stock market and the other financial instruments that gain when an economy is strong. I have subscribed to these and must admit I choose those that reflect to some degree, my essential thinking. There are market "bulls" out there, those that say we are doing well and are on the economic "heal", the greatest of which is those closely tied to the Whitehouse. I believe the US market is a very political one at this time, maybe more than at any other time. I believe that there are efforts to prop up the economy, to lead investors into remaining calm. I also believe that, given the current popularity we Americans enjoy in this world, there are international forces coming into play to do 1) what is best for themselves 2) don't by the Bush "party line) 3) wouldn't shed a tear if America had a titanic financial meltdown 4) finally, that there are political forces out there ready, willing and able to hurt us - with intent.

So those are my thoughts other than to actually reply to the original question which was, are the repubs moving their money out of US currency, personally, I say yes and they are doing this in an Enron like fashion: we are fine, we want you to invest (so we can get ours out with as little loss as possible).

Alisa

All this from the first page of a google " republican contributor list"

http://www.capitaleye.org/inside.asp?ID=137

Conventional Wisdom, Part II

The financial sector dominates the list of contributors to the Republican and Democratic National conventions
By Courtney Mabeus and Steven Weiss

• More Information About This Story

August 27, 2004 | If New Yorkers are less than enthusiastic about hosting next week’s Republican National Convention, there is one area of the Big Apple that is welcoming the GOP with open arms: Wall Street.
The securities and investment industry, which regularly ranks among the biggest campaign contributors in politics, has shown its enthusiasm for the convention through contributions to the New York City Host Committee. Of the 78 donors listed on the host committee Web site, 18 are securities and investment firms, the most of any industry in the U.S. economy.

Just how much they have contributed for the convention is unknown. Host committees are not required to disclose their contributors until 60 days after the convention.

But the 18 firms include veteran political donors. Their employees and political action committees have contributed a total of more than $5 million to federal candidates and party committees in the current election cycle so far, according to filings with the Federal Election Commission. Nearly two-thirds of that total, or $3 million, has gone to Republicans.

The largest contributor of the group is Merrill Lynch, whose employees and PAC have contributed $1.8 million to federal candidates and parties in the current election cycle, 75 percent to Republicans. Merrill’s employee and PAC contributions to President Bush total more than $530,000 in the current cycle, making the company Bush’s second largest donor.

....


New York City 2004 Donors

Sector No. of Contributors* Contributions to Federal Candidates and Party Committees, 2004 Cycle**
To Repubs To Dems
Agribusiness
7
$1,888,340
$660,376

Communications/Electronics
18
$4,581,668
$5,204,429

Defense
2
$1,500
-$1,500

Energy/Natural Resources
3
$407,081
$154,662

Finance, Insurance, Real Estate
40
$11,871,805
$7,784,458

Health
6
$1,652,031
$743,666

Lawyers/Lobbyists
3
$368,871
$134,202

Transportation
7
$1,084,619
$566,068

Misc. Business
14
$658,938
$436,354

Labor
0
0
0

Ideological/Single-issue
25
$78,272
$50,950

Other/Unknown
15
$14,070
$30,816

Total
$22,607,195
$15,764,481


* Some of the 78 donors listed by New York City 2004 may be categorized in more than one sector. When individual donors were listed, their employers were categorized by sector.
** So far. Based on data downloaded from the Federal Election Commission on Aug. 2, 2004.


Boston 2004 Donors

Sector No. of Contributors* Contributions to Federal Candidates and Party Committees, 2004 Cycle**
To Dems To Repubs
Agribusiness
6
$568,140
$857,377

Communications/Electronics
18
$4,148,677
$4,506,325

Construction
7
$91,150
$90,050

Defense
4
$438,268
$603,869

Energy/Natural Resources
7
$1,821,063
$1,911,675

Finance, Insurance, Real Estate
49
$8,478,195
$11,138,090

Health
15
$1,439,337
$2,709,701

Lawyers/Lobbyists
11
$2,771,687
$1,162,155

Transportation
8
$939,773
$2,363,187

Misc. Business
25
$1,060,148
$1,486,204

Labor
9
$7,665,787
$366,890

Ideological/Single-Issue
29
$186,625
$45,200

Other
38
$64,310
$31,750

Total

$29,673,160
$27,272,473


*Some of the 201 donors listed by Boston 2004 may be categorized in more than one sector. When individual donors were listed, their employers were categorized by sector.
**So far. Based on data downloaded from the Federal Election Commission on Aug. 2, 2004.


Research by Doug Weber.
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Under REsearch button: ...
George Bush: By now we've all heard about the fundraising prowess of the Bush Pioneers, a select group of elite fundraisers who have helped President Bush raise more money than any other presidential candidate in history. Read this Common Cause report that highlights some of the Pioneers who have seen their contributions repaid through public policy.

Under that:
Bush and Kerry fundraisers: What have they gotten, and what do they want?

The John Kerry Telecom Fundraisers

What they gave: $ 450,000

What they got: Want a competitive advantage in telecom law.


Carl Lindner
Former Board Chairman, Chiquita Brands International; Chairman and CEO, American Financial Group; Majority Owner and CEO, Cincinnati Reds, Cincinnati, Ohio

What he gave: $3,277,000

What he got: Access to Europe for Chiquita Bananas.


R. Steven Hicks
Chairman of Capstar Partners, LLC, former vice-chairman of AMFM Inc., Austin, Texas, brother of Thomas

What they gave: $ 515,000

What they got: Support for the further expansion of a media empire.


Thomas O. Hicks
Vice-chairman of Clear Channel Communications, San Antonio, Texas, brother of Steven

What they gave: $ 515,000

What they got: Support for the further expansion of a media empire.


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http://www.ariannaonline.com/outsourcing/index.php

THE GREEDY DOZEN

- 1 -

KEN "BANK ON OUTSOURCING" LEWIS AKA Ken "You Shouldn't Be Allowed to Have 'America' in the Name of Your Company" Lewis

Name: Kenneth D. Lewis
Company: Bank of America
Title: CEO
Crime Against America: Bank of America has eliminated nearly 5,000 jobs, while outsourcing 1,250 jobs to India. In July 2004 the firm announced it will cut an additional 12,500 jobs in the next two years. As at several other firms, employees are given severance pay on the condition they help train their replacements. Meanwhile, the firm is set to open a new facility in the Indian city of Hyderabad that will handle support and transactions for most of the bank's major divisions.
Partner in Crime: James H. Hance, Vice Chairman of Bank of America is a 2004 Bush Ranger (meaning he's raised at least $200,000 for the Bush campaign), has contributed $25,000 to the Republican National Committee and has contributed the full $2,000 to Bush. Lewis himself has given the full $2,000 to the Bush campaign.

- 2 -

DARWIN "SURVIVAL OF THE RICHEST" DEASON

Name: Darwin Deason
Company: Affiliated Computer Services
Title: Chairman and Company Director
Crime Against America: Affiliated Computer Services provides business processing and information technology outsourcing services for commercial clients and government agencies around the world. The company has outsourced about 1,300 jobs to India over the past three years. The outsourced jobs have primarily been data processing and technical support positions.
Partner in Crime: Darwin Deason is a $25,000 contributor to the Republican National Committee. The company's CEO, Jeffrey Rich, also contributed $25,000 to the RNC.

- 3 -

GEORGE "THE RANGER" DAVID

Name: George David
Company: United Technologies
Title: Chairman and CEO
Crime Against America: United Technologies has software development centers in Pune and Bangalore, India. The company is also in the process of shipping 80 percent of its software application development and support to India.
Partner in Crime: David is a 2004 Bush Ranger. He has contributed $25,000 to the Republican National Committee and $2,000 to the Bush campaign during the 2004 election cycle. Stephen Page, Former Vice Chairman and CFO (retired April 2004) is a $2,000 contributor to the Bush campaign.

- 4 -

JEFFREY IMMELT - THE FOUNDING FATHER OF OUTSOURCING

Name: Jeffrey R. Immelt
Company: General Electric
Title: Chairman and CEO
Crime Against America: General Electric is widely recognized as one of the founders of the trend to outsource to India. The company employs 12,000 people in India who perform a variety of tasks, including answering calls about consumer credit cards, giving IT technical assistance, and handling network security
Partners in Crime: Three leading executives of General Electric, Immelt, Dennis D. Dammerman, Vice Chairman and Benjamin W. Heineman, Senior V.P. General Counsel, have earned handsome compensations from the company and each have each maxed out with $2,000 donations to the Bush campaign.

- 5 -

DICK "OFF-SHORE SCORE" CHENEY

Name: Dick Cheney
Company: Haliburton
Title: Former CEO
Crime Against America: Not only does Halliburton have forty-four subsidiaries in offshore tax havens, but with Cheney in the CEO's seat, Halliburton, through its foreign subsidiaries, helped Iraq reconstruct its war-torn oil industry in the nineties with $73 million worth of equipment and services -- becoming Baghdad's biggest such supplier. Kinda nice how that worked out for the vice president, really: oversee the destruction of an industry, then profit from rebuilding it.
Partner in Crime: Became VP of the United States of America. So Cheney is actually the main partner in crime to the Bush administration. And the perfect tie between business corruption and the Bush Administration. Became VP of the United States of America.

- 6 -

THOMAS "PIONEERING THE LOSS OF AMERICAN JOBS" RENYI

Name: Thomas Renyi
Company: Bank of New York
Title: Chairman and CEO
Crime Against America: Bank of New York announced in March 2003 that it was sending an additional 250 computer software jobs to Mumbai, where it already employed 670 workers. The firm also announced plans in 2003 to open a software development center in the Philippines.
Partner in Crime: Renyi is a Bush Pioneer and has raised over $100,000 for the Bush campaign.

- 7 -

CHARLES "PINKSLIP" BETTY

Name: Charles Betty
Company: Earthlink
Title: Director and CEO
Crime Against America: At the start of this year Earthlink was the country's third-largest Internet service provider, behind AOL and MSN, with about 5 million subscribers. The company off-shored approximately 1,300 jobs to the Philippines. These job cuts mostly affected people who worked billing questions, technical questions, or questions from people who want to upgrade to broadband. The job cuts affect workers in EarthLink's contact center operations in Atlanta, Harrisburg, Pa., and three locations in California: Roseville, San Jose and Pasadena.
Partner in Crime: Betty has contributed $2,750 to the Bush campaign over the past two years and another $1,000 to the Republican National Committee.

- 8 -

JOHN "CALCUTTA OR BUST" CHAMBERS

Name: John Chambers
Company: Cisco Systems
Title: President and CEO
Crime Against America: TechsUnite is a project of the Communications Workers of America, the AFL-CIO, and several other groups concerned about the outsourcing of information technology jobs to India and other countries outside the U.S. This organization reported that Cisco has outsourced 2,300 software and web development jobs to India and other foreign locations over the course of the past few years.
Partners in Crime: John Chambers is a $2,000 contributor to the Bush campaign and a $10,000 contributor to California Republican Party. The company's Senior Vice President of worldwide field operations, Richard Justice, also contributed $2,000 to the Bush campaign and $10,000 the California Republican Party, as did too Randy Pond, Cisco's senior vice president of operations, systems, and processes. Dennis Powell, company CFO, made a $20,000 donation to the California Republican Party.

- 9 -

DAVID "SHOWING THEM THE DOOR" DORMAN

Name: David Dorman
Company: A T & T
Title: Chairman and CEO
Crime Against America: The Communication Workers of America has reported that AT&T outsourced nearly 500 customer service jobs to India in 2003.
Partner in Crime: Dorman has contributed $2,000 to the Bush campaign and $15,000 to the Republican National Committee. A T & T Wireless Services Chairman, President and CEO is not only a Bush contributor -- he's contributed to the lost of nearly 3,000 to India.

- 10 -

MICHAEL "DUDE, YOU GOT OUTSOURCED!" DELL

Name: Michael S. Dell
Company: Dell Computers
Title: Chairman and Former CEO (Chairman and CEO until July, 2004)
Crime Against America: Dell's Bangalore and Hyderabad, India, facilities employ close to 3,000 people.
Partner in Crime: Dell has contributed $3,000 to the Bush campaign in 2003 and 2004, plus an additional $25,000 the Republican National Committee, and $10,000 to the National Republican Congressional Committee. Dell CFO James M. Schneider is a $25,000 contributor to the RNC.

- 11 -

CHRISTOPHER "GALVANIZING PROFITS" GALVIN

Name: Christopher B. Galvin
Company: Motorola
Title: Former CEO
Crime Against America: Christopher Galvin is the recently departed CEO of the company. Motorola has outsourced design engineering and research and development jobs to India, resulting in a loss of approximately 1,000 U.S. jobs. Overall, Motorola has about 1,500 jobs in India.
Partner in Crime: Galvin contributed $5,000 to the Republican National Committee and $2,000 to the Bush campaign. Gregory Brown, a company executive vice president, contributed $25,000 to the Republican National Committee and $2,000 to the Bush campaign.

- 12 -

GARY "'CELL'-ING OUT AMERICA" FORSEE

Name: Gary D. Forsee
Company: Sprint
Title: Chairman & CEO
Crime Against America: 21,000 job cuts were made between late 2001 and 2003. While Sprint's outsourcing activities have been difficult to track jobs have without a doubt been sent overseas. In fact, at the same time that a company memo said that the plans to offshore would likely affect only "several hundred" jobs, a company memo to potential vendors that was leaked to the press.
Partner in Crime: Forsee and Len J. Lauer, company President and COO, have both maxed out at the full $2,000 for the Bush campaign.

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Biography

Arianna Huffington
Columnist and author

What prompted the transformation in Arianna's political thinking?

Arianna Huffington is a nationally syndicated columnist and author of ten books. Originally from Greece, she moved to England when she was sixteen and graduated from Cambridge University with an M.A. in Economics. At twenty-one she became President of the famed debating society, the Cambridge Union.

In 2003, she ran for governor as an Independent in California's recall election. Her populist grassroots campaign was widely praised for putting the media spotlight on the corrupting influence of special interest money on American politics.

Her first book, The Female Woman, on the changing roles of women, was published in 1974 by Random House and translated into eleven languages. In 1978 she published After Reason, a book on political leadership and the intersection of politics and culture. Her biography of Maria Callas: The Woman Behind the Legend, published in 1981 quickly became an international bestseller. Her fourth book, The Gods of Greece, celebrated the power of myths as guides to forgotten dimensions of life and ourselves, and has been republished by Atlantic Monthly Press, with paintings by Francoise Gilot.

Her biography of Pablo Picasso, Picasso: Creator and Destroyer, published in 1988, was a major international bestseller, translated into sixteen languages. The book was reissued by Avon Books to coincide with the release of a feature film based on the book, produced by Merchant-Ivory for Warner Bros. and starring Anthony Hopkins as Picasso. In 1994, she published The Fourth Instinct on the longing for meaning in a secular world. Her seventh book, Greetings From the Lincoln Bedroom, a book of political satire, was published in 1998 by Crown. How To Overthrow The Government, on the corruption of our political system and the need for reform, was published in 2000 by Regan Books (Harper Collins).

Her New York Times bestseller, "Pigs at the Trough: How Corporate Greed and Political Corruption are Undermining America", was published in 2003. Her latest book, "Fanatics and Fools: The Game Plan for Winning Back America" (April 2004), offers both a scathing portrait of our contemporary political landscape and a bold, inspiring, yet practical approach to restoring America to the promise envisioned by our greatest leaders.

During Campaign '96, Arianna teamed up with Al Franken to provide political coverage for Comedy Central during the Republican and Democratic conventions, as well as on election night. She and Franken also appeared in a point-counterpoint segment, Strange Bedfellows, for Politically Incorrect.

She has made guest appearances on numerous other shows, including Larry King Live, Oprah, Nightline, Inside Politics, Charlie Rose, Crossfire, Hardball, Good Morning America, the Today Show, The McLaughlin Group, and The O'Reilly Factor.

She serves on several boards that promote community solutions to social problems, including A Place Called Home that works with at-risk children in South Central Los Angeles. She also serves on the Board of Trustees for the Archer School for Girls, the advisory board of the Council on American Politics at George Washington University, and the board of the Reform Institute that works on campaign and election reform issues.

Arianna Huffington lives in Los Angeles with her two daughters.

-- She looks like a very bright bulb and .. hope - I have subscribed to her weekly info update - see her ste.

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http://www.opensecrets.org/parties/contrib.asp?Cmte=RPC

REPUBLICAN PARTY
(2004 election cycle)

Top Contributors

Contributor
Total

Goldman Sachs

$946,189

Friends of Roy Blunt

$710,000

Lewis for Congress Cmte

$610,000

Hastert for Congress Cmte

$564,385

American Financial Group

$529,973

Dreier for Congress Cmte

$505,000

Pryce for Congress

$482,500

Christopher Cox for Congress

$476,000

Federated Investors Inc

$472,992

Friends of Jennifer B Dunn

$438,250

JP Morgan Chase & Co

$429,912

The Villages

$429,500

Bill Thomas Campaign Cmte

$425,000

Morgan Stanley

$420,388

Hal Rogers for Congress

$412,000

Home Depot

$407,545

UBS Americas

$406,153

TCW Group

$391,146

Cantor for Congress

$367,500

Blank Rome LLP

$367,231

Total contributions:
$303,864,819

Amount coded:
$236,836,552
( 77.9%)

Amount uncoded:
$67,028,267
( 22.1%)

METHODOLOGY: The numbers on this page are based on contributions from PACs, soft money donors, and individuals giving $200 or more, as reported to the Federal Election Commission.

NOTE: All the numbers on this page are for the 2004 election cycle and based on Federal Election Commission data released on Monday, October 25, 2004. Feel free to distribute or cite this material, but please credit the Center for Responsive Politics.

AND:::::

2004 ELECTION OVERVIEW
Top Overall Donors
Breakdown to display:
Dem vs. Repub Source of Funds

Rank
Contributor
Total Contributions
To Dems
To Repubs
Contributions Tilt

1
Goldman Sachs
$5,244,158
59%
41%
Leans Democratic

2
National Assn of Realtors
$3,821,689
48%
52%
On the fence

3
Microsoft Corp
$2,911,939
61%
39%
Leans Democratic

4
Morgan Stanley
$2,884,007
41%
59%
Leans Republican

5
JP Morgan Chase & Co
$2,644,714
53%
47%
On the fence

6
Laborers Union
$2,627,530
86%
14%
Strongly Democratic

7
Time Warner
$2,588,802
80%
20%
Strongly Democratic

8
National Auto Dealers Assn
$2,471,050
27%
73%
Strongly Republican

9
Citigroup Inc
$2,317,897
53%
47%
On the fence

10
EMILY's List
$2,288,619
100%
0%
Solidly Democratic

11
UBS Americas
$2,270,185
39%
59%
Leans Republican

12
Bank of America
$2,264,892
48%
52%
On the fence

13
National Beer Wholesalers Assn
$2,187,664
23%
77%
Strongly Republican

14
United Parcel Service
$2,149,922
27%
73%
Strongly Republican

15
Assn of Trial Lawyers of America
$2,075,132
93%
7%
Solidly Democratic

16
SBC Communications
$2,068,721
32%
68%
Strongly Republican

17
Intl Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
$2,019,160
96%
4%
Solidly Democratic

18
Wal-Mart Stores
$2,008,101
19%
81%
Strongly Republican

19
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
$1,996,523
28%
72%
Strongly Republican

20
Merrill Lynch
$1,973,826
31%
69%
Strongly Republican

21
American Medical Assn
$1,927,701
21%
79%
Strongly Republican

22
United Auto Workers
$1,889,930
99%
1%
Solidly Democratic

23
Credit Union National Assn
$1,864,508
41%
58%
Leans Republican

24
National Assn of Home Builders
$1,857,687
35%
65%
Leans Republican

25
Machinists/Aerospace Workers Union
$1,835,911
99%
1%
Solidly Democratic

26
Ernst & Young
$1,814,290
36%
64%
Leans Republican

27
Carpenters & Joiners Union
$1,802,260
74%
26%
Strongly Democratic

28
PriceWaterhouseCoopers
$1,710,172
23%
77%
Strongly Republican

29
Lehman Brothers
$1,704,201
63%
37%
Leans Democratic

30
Service Employees International Union
$1,658,916
90%
10%
Solidly Democratic

31
American Federation of Teachers
$1,652,124
97%
3%
Solidly Democratic

32
General Electric
$1,651,262
46%
54%
On the fence

33
Credit Suisse First Boston
$1,620,261
46%
54%
On the fence

34
Teamsters Union
$1,605,116
90%
10%
Strongly Democratic

35
University of California
$1,567,964
93%
6%
Solidly Democratic

36
American Hospital Assn
$1,559,572
44%
56%
Leans Republican

37
American Bankers Assn
$1,475,513
37%
63%
Leans Republican

38
Lockheed Martin
$1,455,544
39%
61%
Leans Republican

39
Blank Rome LLP
$1,443,370
33%
67%
Strongly Republican

40
Wachovia Corp
$1,415,376
30%
70%
Strongly Republican

41
Operating Engineers Union
$1,408,974
80%
21%
Strongly Democratic

42
Pfizer Inc
$1,402,127
33%
67%
Leans Republican

43
International Assn of Fire Fighters
$1,399,100
69%
31%
Strongly Democratic

44
American Fedn of St/Cnty/Munic Employees
$1,394,298
97%
2%
Solidly Democratic

45
Ironworkers Union
$1,390,675
90%
10%
Solidly Democratic

46
American Dental Assn
$1,372,720
39%
61%
Leans Republican

47
Boeing Co
$1,340,867
45%
55%
On the fence

48
MBNA Corp
$1,328,322
24%
75%
Strongly Republican

49
FedEx Corp
$1,316,571
32%
68%
Strongly Republican

50
Air Line Pilots Assn
$1,303,050
78%
22%
Strongly Democratic

51
Northrop Grumman
$1,297,454
34%
66%
Leans Republican

52
Viacom Inc
$1,289,348
82%
18%
Strongly Democratic

53
Bear Stearns
$1,277,110
48%
51%
On the fence

54
Verizon Communications
$1,275,296
39%
61%
Leans Republican

55
AFLAC Inc
$1,257,815
36%
64%
Leans Republican

56
General Dynamics
$1,249,202
43%
57%
Leans Republican

57
Union Pacific Corp
$1,246,633
19%
81%
Strongly Republican

58
American Postal Workers Union
$1,232,200
85%
15%
Strongly Democratic

59
KPMG LLP
$1,231,420
27%
73%
Strongly Republican

60
National Education Assn
$1,222,084
92%
7%
Solidly Democratic

61
Baron & Budd
$1,215,889
98%
2%
Solidly Democratic

62
WPP Group
$1,215,764
59%
41%
Leans Democratic

63
National Air Traffic Controllers Assn
$1,209,850
64%
36%
Leans Democratic

64
BellSouth Corp
$1,208,699
40%
60%
Leans Republican

65
Communications Workers of America
$1,175,298
99%
1%
Solidly Democratic

66
Associated Builders & Contractors
$1,164,300
1%
99%
Solidly Republican

67
Piper Rudnick LLP
$1,143,642
69%
30%
Strongly Democratic

68
United Food & Commercial Workers Union
$1,142,534
98%
2%
Solidly Democratic

69
Sheet Metal Workers Union
$1,138,200
97%
3%
Solidly Democratic

70
United Transportation Union
$1,123,000
85%
15%
Strongly Democratic

71
Cassidy & Assoc/Interpublic Group
$1,114,787
67%
33%
Leans Democratic

72
Greenberg, Traurig et al
$1,111,166
68%
32%
Strongly Democratic

73
Akin, Gump et al
$1,096,492
64%
36%
Leans Democratic

74
Skadden, Arps et al
$1,095,687
77%
22%
Strongly Democratic

75
Plumbers/Pipefitters Union
$1,076,150
95%
5%
Solidly Democratic

76
National Rural Electric Cooperative Assn
$1,067,443
45%
55%
On the fence

77
Natl Assn Insurance & Financial Advisors
$1,066,300
33%
67%
Strongly Republican

78
AFL-CIO
$1,050,150
93%
8%
Solidly Democratic

79
Wells Fargo
$1,046,967
36%
64%
Leans Republican

80
American Maritime Officers
$1,030,000
49%
51%
On the fence

81
Blue Cross/Blue Shield
$1,018,887
46%
54%
On the fence

82
National Assn of Letter Carriers
$1,014,290
80%
20%
Strongly Democratic

83
Cendant Corp
$1,006,831
42%
58%
Leans Republican

84
United Steelworkers of America
$1,004,900
98%
2%
Solidly Democratic

85
Harvard University
$960,002
96%
4%
Solidly Democratic

86
American International Group
$943,991
56%
44%
Leans Democratic

87
Southern Co
$943,810
21%
79%
Strongly Republican

88
Patton Boggs LLP
$927,018
73%
26%
Strongly Democratic

89
Altria Group
$912,927
35%
65%
Leans Republican

90
American Financial Group
$912,878
2%
98%
Solidly Republican

91
Robins, Kaplan et al
$910,839
96%
4%
Solidly Democratic

92
Walt Disney Co
$907,835
73%
27%
Strongly Democratic

93
National Restaurant Assn
$905,132
10%
90%
Strongly Republican

94
General Motors
$899,041
31%
69%
Strongly Republican

95
FMR Corp
$892,415
31%
69%
Strongly Republican

96
Simmons Firm
$883,300
100%
0%
Solidly Democratic

97
News Corp
$883,116
62%
37%
Leans Democratic

98
Metropolitan Life
$876,623
53%
47%
On the fence

99
Volunteer PAC
$876,000
0%
100%
Solidly Republican

100
UnitedHealth Group
$874,134
27%
73%
Strongly Republican


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2000 list of stars donating to repugs

T H E C E N T E R F O R R E S P O N S I V E P O L I T I C S

2000 Presidential Race

Selected Entertainment Industry Contributions
to George W. Bush, 1999-00*

Name
Occupation
Total

Joe Bonsall Oak Ridge Boys $1,000

Pat Boone Musician $1,000

Edgar Bronfman Joseph E Seagram & Sons $1,000

James Burrows TV Director $1,000

Gary Chapman Musician $2,000

Lionel Chetwynd Screenwriter/Director $1,000

Gloria Carlin Chetwynd Actress $1,000

Van Cliburn Musician $1,000

Mike Curb Curb Records $1,000

Shera Danese Actress $2,000

Michael Eisner Walt Disney Co $1,000

Bob Gale Screenwriter $500

Larry Gatlin Musician $1,000

Morris Goldman Actor $1,000

Eric Gustavson Actor $1,000

Tom Joyner Radio Host $500

Edward Kerr Actor $1,000

Loretta Lynn Musician $2,000

Joe McSpadden Producer $1,000

Jim Nantz Sportscaster/CBS Sports $1,000

Chuck Norris Actor $2,000

Charles Perez Actor $1,000

Russell "Red" Steagall Musician/Producer $1,000

Craig Titley Screenwriter $1,000

Alessandro Uzielli Producer $2,000

Jack Valenti Motion Picture Assn of America $1,000

Kenneth Waissman Producer $250

Joanna Heimbold Welliver Actress $1,000

Donald Wrye Director $1,000

Warren Zide Producer $1,000

*Based on FEC data downloaded 7/1/00

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