Hall of Fame
Ben Affleck ($8,600)
Tony Sirico ($1,000)
Christina Applegate ($2,000)
Steven Bochco ($68,408)
Danny Meyer ($219,900)
Andy Reid ($2,300)
Gabrielle Union ($2,300)
Felicity Huffman ($2,750)
Anita Baker ($1,000)
Jeffrey Lurie ($59,200)
John Mellencamp ($23,600)
Scott Wolf ($2,000)
Jim Nantz ($7,300)
Jerry Richardson ($73,150)
Jay Roach ($8,200)
Willem Dafoe ($250)
Angela Bassett ($2,300)
Woody Harrelson ($7,800)
Mandy Patinkin ($2,011)
Robin Williams ($128,600)
Jack Hanna ($9,070)
Hank Aaron ($11,061)
Lindsay Wagner ($2,100)
Peter Farrelly ($80,900)
Chris 'Jesus' Ferguson ($42,100)
Mike Ditka ($22,588)
Candice Bergen ($81,700)
Ally Sheedy ($5,100)
Hugh Hefner ($133,300)
Elmore Leonard ($3,950)
Michael Chiarello ($600)
Franco Harris ($39,030)
Walid Phares ($1,000)
Lainie Kazan ($1,500)
Amy Madigan ($47,400)
Al Pacino ($4,000)
Dan Castellaneta ($1,000)
Marc Andreessen ($433,100)
Jeffrey Tambor ($250)
Alan Autry ($1,000)
Alexandra Paul ($5,175)
Kim Basinger ($5,500)
Lionel Richie ($7,800)
Mary Steenburgen ($97,475)
Byron Scott ($1,000)
Nicole Kidman ($25,500)
James Garner ($29,620)
Joan Rivers ($6,750)
Brooke Shields ($2,300)
Jules Asner ($2,000)
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Aretha Franklin
, 66 (bio ) recording artist
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
585
Election Picks: 2 wins, 0 losses
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
FRANKLIN, ARETHA BIRMINGHAM, MI 48012 CROWN PRODUCTIONSJesse L., Jr. Jackson (D) House (IL District: 02) JESSE JACKSON JR FOR CONGRESSWon $1,000 primary 08/23/97
FRANKLIN, ARETHA BIRMINGHAM, MI 48302 ENTERTAINERJesse L., Jr. Jackson (D) House (IL District: 02) JESSE JACKSON JR FOR CONGRESSWon $1,000 11/06/95
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* general election result only; "Lost" = didn't win seat for that cycle
Data for this NEWS MEAT report provided by the Federal Election Commission as of 9/1/08 — 15,510,473 records
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political donations of today's newsmakers
US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,000
2,528
GIs Killed in Action
3,375
365
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
780
148
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,495
1,541
DoD
Current Troop Deployment
140,000
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 September 5, 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 9/1/08
15,510,473 records (election cycles 1980-2008)
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