Hall of Fame
Jill Eikenberry ($6,000)
David Hyde Pierce ($32,300)
Joan Chen ($1,000)
Kal Penn ($4,155)
John Wells ($209,650)
Horatio Sanz ($1,000)
Ric Flair ($2,000)
Laura Linney ($2,300)
Seth Meyers ($4,600)
Chris Berman ($7,749)
Jenny McCarthy ($1,250)
Dan Aykroyd ($22,200)
Jennifer Jason Leigh ($300)
Geena Davis ($37,450)
Pat O'Brien ($3,000)
Kyle MacLachlan ($1,000)
Cuba Gooding, Jr ($4,300)
Benicio Del Toro ($500)
Clive Davis ($18,500)
Suzanne Vega ($3,200)
Diane English ($9,750)
Isabella Rossellini ($3,500)
John Goodman ($4,000)
Sam Simon ($65,300)
Alan Tudyk ($250)
Sam Waterston ($45,927)
Fisher Stevens ($4,000)
Alex Karras ($14,200)
John Fogerty ($3,000)
Yoko Ono ($2,000)
Burt Bacharach ($74,650)
Jessica Lange ($8,800)
Al Michaels ($2,000)
James Iha ($778)
Marsha Mason ($57,875)
Joely Fisher ($5,800)
Mike Nichols ($9,200)
Gary Bettman ($4,300)
Billy Bush ($450)
Amy Heckerling ($750)
Phil LaMarr ($500)
Vlade Divac ($10,000)
Digger Phelps ($1,250)
Dean Koontz ($74,675)
Jane Seymour ($6,000)
Lainie Kazan ($1,500)
Ridley Scott ($1,200)
Lily Tomlin ($20,142)
Scarlett Johansson ($2,300)
Pat Boone ($43,085)
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Bill Maher
, 53 (bio ) comedian, political satirist
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
758
Election Picks: 2 wins, 2 losses
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
Maher, Bill Mr Los Angeles, CA 90067 Barack Obama (D) President OBAMA FOR AMERICAWon $2,300 general 09/17/08
MAHER, BILL LOS ANGELES, CA 90067 SELF-EMPLOYED/COMEDIANFRANKEN, AL (DFL) Senate - MN AL FRANKEN FOR SENATEWon $300 primary 06/23/08
Maher, Bill Los Angeles, CA 90067 Self employed/ActorJohn Edwards (D) President JOHN EDWARDS FOR PRESIDENTLost $1,000 primary 12/06/07
MAHER, BILL LOS ANGELES, CA 90067 SELF-EMPLOYED/COMEDIANFRANKEN, AL (DFL) Senate - MN AL FRANKEN FOR SENATEWon $1,000 primary 06/30/07
MAHER, BILL LOS ANGELES, CA 90067 SELF-EMPLOYED/COMEDIANFRANKEN, AL (DFL) Senate - MN AL FRANKEN FOR SENATEWon $1,000 primary 03/19/07
Maher, Bill Los Angeles, CA 90067 John Kerry (D) President JOHN KERRY FOR PRESIDENT INCLost $250 primary 06/30/04
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Data for this NEWS MEAT report provided by the Federal Election Commission as of 11/16/09 — 17,204,191 records
NEWSMAKERS
political donations of today's newsmakers
US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,438
2,966
GIs Killed in Action
3,476
649
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
889
192
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,883
2,678
DoD
Current Troop Deployment
124,000
68,000
AP
, AP
Total Cost (approved through Sept 30, 2009)
$711 Bln
$219 Bln
AP
Cost Per Day (Avg)
$298 Mil
$75.2 Mil
casualty status updated November 17, 2009
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 11/16/09
17,204,191 records (election cycles 1980-2010)
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