Hall of Fame
Joely Fisher ($5,800)
Christopher Guest ($52,850)
Mariel Hemingway ($1,750)
Sean McManus ($1,250)
Tracy Chapman ($7,000)
John Ramsey ($2,000)
Andy Garcia ($500)
Philip Glass ($12,834)
Roger Ebert ($1,500)
Nora Dunn ($500)
Nicole Kidman ($25,500)
Natalie Portman ($4,300)
Patton Oswalt ($225)
Julia Sweeney ($2,318)
Max Wright ($1,500)
Daniel 'Lemony Snicket' Handler ($40,800)
Melvin Van Peebles ($750)
Mark Feuerstein ($250)
Susan Dey ($1,350)
Vivica A Fox ($1,000)
will.i.am ($30,800)
John Elway ($46,600)
Donna Mills ($32,425)
Jessica Alba ($600)
Darren Star ($69,900)
Jonathan Franzen ($9,100)
George Clooney ($52,700)
Tucker Carlson ($1,000)
Al Davis ($19,000)
Patti Smith ($9,979)
Roger Penske ($456,550)
Kate Spade ($2,945)
Jeffrey Lurie ($67,500)
Peter Yarrow ($15,622)
Jane Curtin ($9,800)
Steve Buscemi ($2,873)
Francine Pascal ($3,500)
Keenen Ivory Wayans ($1,000)
Phylicia Rashad ($1,500)
Greg Kinnear ($1,000)
Monica Lewinsky ($250)
Ed Asner ($33,575)
Patrick Duffy ($3,500)
Nick Saban ($250)
Pauly Shore ($1,000)
Alex Trebek ($3,000)
Diedrich Bader ($3,000)
Scott Wolf ($2,000)
John Fund ($1,000)
Neil Cavuto ($1,000)
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Christine Baranski
, 56 (bio ) actress
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
1,291
Election Picks: 1 win, 1 loss
$1,250 Democrat $250 special interest total: $1,500
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
Baranski Cowles, Christine Bethlehem, CT 06751 self/ActressChris Murphy (D) House (CT District: 05) COMMITTEE TO ELECT CHRIS MURPHYWon $250 general 08/22/06
Cowles, Christine Bethlehem, CT 06751 Self/Actress AMERICA COMING TOGETHER - $250 primary 09/27/04
Cowles, Christine J Bethlehem, CT 06751 Self employed/ActressJohn Kerry (D) President JOHN KERRY FOR PRESIDENT INCLost $1,000 primary 06/22/04
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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 12/15/08 — 16,423,650 records
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political donations of today's newsmakers
US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,120
2,648
GIs Killed in Action
3,400
406
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
821
153
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,624
1,692
DoD
Current Troop Deployment
148,000
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 January 2, 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 12/15/08
16,423,650 records (election cycles 1980-2008)
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