Hall of Fame
Garry Trudeau ($115,800)
Judith Light ($10,950)
Cher ($11,400)
David Limbaugh ($8,850)
Paul Rodriguez ($2,200)
Duncan 'Atrios' Black ($2,292)
John Fund ($1,000)
Roger Goodell ($15,300)
Annabeth Gish ($1,250)
Doris Kearns Goodwin ($1,400)
Kim Basinger ($5,500)
Priscilla Presley ($750)
Candice Bergen ($81,700)
John O'Hurley ($2,300)
Judith Krantz ($232,964)
Barry Diller ($459,079)
Edward James Olmos ($2,300)
Steve Bing ($11,816,203)
Tom Arnold ($28,746)
Gretchen Wilson ($2,300)
Nicolas Cage ($3,000)
Vince McMahon ($13,000)
Amanda Peet ($4,200)
Jim Boeheim ($500)
Ivana Trump ($10,000)
John MacLeod ($3,000)
Jane Bryant Quinn ($4,800)
Angie Dickinson ($2,000)
Robert Guillaume ($4,600)
Gene Washington ($1,250)
Tim Robbins ($37,960)
Aaron Sorkin ($148,000)
Murray Waas ($250)
Harry Belafonte ($1,500)
Don King ($262,800)
Mark Burnett ($2,300)
Ellen Pompeo ($4,600)
Chris Evert ($500)
Morgan Fairchild ($21,375)
James Whitmore ($34,270)
Richard Petty ($21,450)
Armen Keteyian ($250)
Joaquin Phoenix ($2,000)
Ron Kuby ($7,250)
Sharon Lawrence ($19,150)
Bobby Valentine ($4,000)
Steven Bochco ($68,408)
Rachael Ray ($2,300)
Mancow Muller ($6,000)
Kate Mulgrew ($1,000)
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Hall of Fame ► Celebrities
Melissa Fitzgerald
(bio ) actress
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
740
Election Picks: 1 win, 1 loss
$2,000 Republican $500 Democrat total: $2,500
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
Fitzgerald, Melissa Los Angeles, CA 90025 Self/ActorBeth Troutman (D) House (NC District: 08) BETH TROUTMAN FOR CONGRESSLost $250 general 10/12/04
Fitzgerald, Melissa Los Angeles, CA 90025 Self/ActorBeth Troutman (D) House (NC District: 08) BETH TROUTMAN FOR CONGRESSLost $250 general 08/20/04
FITZGERALD, MELISSA LOS ANGELES, CA 90048 ACTRESSArlen Specter (R) Senate - PA CITIZENS FOR ARLEN SPECTERWon $1,000 primary 05/19/98
FITZGERALD, MELISSA LOS ANGELES, CA 90048 ACTRESSArlen Specter (R) Senate - PA CITIZENS FOR ARLEN SPECTERWon $1,000 general 05/19/98
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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 8/25/08 — 15,501,783 records
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US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
1,989
2,517
GIs Killed in Action
3,371
363
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
778
148
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,481
1,528
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 August 27, 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 8/25/08
15,501,783 records (election cycles 1980-2008)
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