Hall of Fame
Francine Pascal ($3,500)
Moby ($12,500)
Jim Caviezel ($2,100)
Treat Williams ($1,000)
James Earl Jones ($599)
Charlotte Rae ($7,850)
Tom Robbins ($4,250)
Richie Sambora ($2,000)
Mark Richt ($1,000)
Julie Bowen ($1,000)
Markie Post ($4,500)
Les Moonves ($40,450)
Ron Insana ($33,200)
Tim McGraw ($7,500)
Blair Brown ($12,500)
Jerry Bruckheimer ($68,850)
Ridley Scott ($1,200)
Chris Berman ($7,749)
Queen Latifah ($500)
Jenny McCarthy ($1,250)
Sofia Coppola ($3,250)
Christie Brinkley ($107,960)
Chuck Close ($56,600)
Mike Mills ($54,141)
James Spader ($300)
Tom Skerritt ($14,525)
Stan Lee ($20,000)
Anne Heche ($1,000)
Scott Glenn ($250)
Gloria Vanderbilt ($6,900)
Dixie Carter ($4,000)
Carol Higgins Clark ($1,000)
Sean Hannity ($2,100)
Chevy Chase ($226,375)
David Caruso ($6,000)
Dean Smith ($26,808)
Robert Wright ($314,750)
Garry Marshall ($78,100)
Sam Simon ($65,300)
Maria Shriver ($19,900)
Ron Howard ($196,392)
Horatio Sanz ($1,000)
Robert Scheer ($2,500)
Mark Mays ($314,660)
Ivana Trump ($10,000)
Robert Evans ($4,000)
Aaron Sorkin ($201,700)
JoBeth Williams ($8,250)
Phil LaMarr ($500)
John Podhoretz ($450)
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Ry Cooder
, 62 (bio ) musician, filmmaker
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
435
Election Picks: 3 wins, 1 loss
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
Cooder, Ryland Santa Monica, CA 90402 SELF/PHOTOGRAPHERJohn Kerry (D) President KERRY VICTORY 2004Lost $1,000 primary 07/28/04
COODER, RYLAND LOS ANGELES, CA 90024 MUSICIANDianne Feinstein (D) Senate - CA FEINSTEIN FOR SENATEWon $500 general 10/26/00
COODER, RYLAND LOS ANGELES, CA 90024 MUSICIANHillary Rodham Clinton (D) Senate - NY NEW YORK SENATE 2000Won $10,000 primary 09/12/00
COODER, RYLAND LOS ANGELES, CA 90024 MUSICIANBarbara Boxer (D) Senate - CA CALIFORNIA VICTORY 1998Won $2,000 primary 10/29/98
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political donations of today's newsmakers
US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,554
3,082
GIs Killed in Action
3,478
722
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
906
206
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,930
2,953
DoD
Current Troop Deployment
98,000
68,000
Brookings
, AP
Total Cost (approved through Sept 30, 2010)
$791 Bln
$269 Bln
AP
Cost Per Day (Avg)
$288 Mil
$82 Mil
casualty status updated March 8, 2010
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 3/8/10
17,477,706 records (election cycles 1980-2010)
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