Hall of Fame
Bette Midler ($159,425)
Julie Taymor ($28,000)
Sidney Lumet ($6,050)
Dana Delany ($33,000)
Judy Blume ($35,250)
Ivana Trump ($10,000)
Nancy Sinatra ($87,420)
Amy Holmes ($250)
Hank Williams, Jr ($5,750)
Phyllis Diller ($4,500)
Martin Scorsese ($16,600)
Gore Vidal ($2,000)
Kim Basinger ($5,500)
Timothy Hutton ($500)
Cathy Guisewite ($5,525)
Bill Cosby ($20,000)
Anna Wintour ($47,150)
Helen Reddy ($10,000)
Tony Stewart ($4,000)
David Letterman ($4,600)
Ed Begley, Jr ($35,700)
Kal Penn ($4,155)
will.i.am ($31,800)
Kyle Chandler ($500)
Cuba Gooding, Jr ($4,300)
Bill Kristol ($8,500)
Harry Belafonte ($1,500)
Debra Winger ($3,000)
Billy Baldwin ($22,666)
Sally Kirkland ($1,300)
Garth Brooks ($1,000)
David Koepp ($67,400)
Illeana Douglas ($250)
Stuart Sternberg ($46,585)
Nancy Walls ($10,000)
Joan Chen ($1,000)
Susan Estrich ($500)
James Caan ($4,200)
Dan Aykroyd ($22,200)
Amy Grant ($21,250)
Nora Dunn ($500)
Blythe Danner ($30,150)
Shirley MacLaine ($2,000)
Bill Cunningham ($10,550)
Anthony Edwards ($6,997)
Patricia Arquette ($22,800)
Peter Graves ($500)
Elie Wiesel ($1,000)
David Blaine ($1,000)
Drew Curtis ($1,500)
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Hall of Fame ► Celebrities
Rene Russo
actress
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
1,060
Election Picks: 4 wins, 3 losses
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
Russo, Rene Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE (D) - $1,000 primary 11/19/04
Russo, Rene Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 RMR Enterprises/ActressJohn Kerry (D) President JOHN KERRY FOR PRESIDENT INCLost $2,000 primary 08/12/04
Russo, Rene Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 Self employed/ActressHoward Dean (D) President DEAN FOR AMERICALost $2,000 primary 09/30/03
RUSSO, RENE BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90212 ROLR ENTERTAINMENT INCHillary Rodham Clinton (D) Senate - NY NEW YORK SENATE 2000Won $1,000 primary 04/24/00
RUSSO, RENE LOS ANGELES, CA 90046 ACTRESSBill Clinton (D) President CLINTON/GORE '96 GEN ELECTION LEGAL & ACCOUNTING COMPLIANCEWon $1,000 general 07/26/96
RUSSO, RENE LOS ANGELES, CA 90046 ACTORBarbara Boxer (D) Senate - CA FRIENDS OF BARBARA BOXERWon $1,000 primary 07/24/96
RUSSO, RENE MR LOS ANGELES, CA 90046 RMR ENTERPRISES INC DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE (D) - $1,000 primary 06/20/96
RUSSO, RENE LOS ANGELES, CA 90046 ACTRESSBill Clinton (D) President CLINTON/GORE '96 PRIMARY COMMITTEE INCWon $250 primary 06/07/95
RUSSO, RENE LOS ANGELES, CA 90046 RMR ENTERPRISES DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE (D) - $250 primary 11/15/94
RUSSO, RENE BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90212 ACTORDianne Feinstein (D) Senate - CA VOICES FOR CHANGE '92Won $2,000 primary 09/04/92
RUSSO, RENE LOS ANGELES, CA 90046 YEAKEL, LYNN HARDY (D) Senate - PA WOMEN . . . FOR A CHANGELost $500 primary 07/01/92
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US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,425
2,953
GIs Killed in Action
3,475
640
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
885
193
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,880
2,618
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 5, 2009
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individual donations of $200 or more made after 1977
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