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Alisa (169 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
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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. ****************************** http://www.k12albemarle.org/MurrayHS/MHS_Library/comcau... Murray High School A School of Choice 1200 Forest Street Charlottesville, VA 22903 434-296-3090 434-979-6479 (fax) Dr. Vicki Crews Miller, principal An Experiential Approach to Education Several links to get info on contributions: http://www.commoncause.org/site/pp.asp?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=... 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. ********************************************** 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. About Arianna Biography Community 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. **************************************************************** 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 **************************************************** http://www.opensecrets.org/alerts/v5/alertv5_52c.asp 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. 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