Hall of Fame
Chris 'Jesus' Ferguson ($59,400)
Gloria Vanderbilt ($6,900)
Jack Abernethy ($5,800)
Al Jarreau ($500)
Molly Ivins ($1,250)
Eve Ensler ($13,255)
Jane Pauley ($7,900)
Doris Kearns Goodwin ($1,400)
Bill Maher ($5,850)
Lucy Liu ($4,800)
Michael Douglas ($614,350)
Kathleen Turner ($35,500)
Digger Phelps ($1,250)
Warren Beatty ($37,393)
Lou Pearlman ($20,600)
Patti LuPone ($750)
Horatio Sanz ($1,000)
Paul Anka ($2,250)
Evan Handler ($750)
Dikembe Mutombo ($18,000)
Carly Simon ($12,950)
James Ellroy ($500)
Judith Regan ($14,500)
Joel Schumacher ($7,250)
Randy Travis ($3,545)
Soon-Yi Previn ($1,000)
Sam Waterston ($45,927)
Andy Borowitz ($22,850)
Seth Rogen ($30,400)
John Smoltz ($9,800)
Robert Zemeckis ($113,225)
Mike McCaskey ($10,500)
Danny Devito ($144,700)
Melissa Fitzgerald ($2,500)
Bill Condon ($400)
Star Jones ($1,250)
Jason Sehorn ($2,000)
Jim Calhoun ($7,550)
Rhea Perlman ($84,804)
Kate Walsh ($3,050)
Oleg Cassini ($21,250)
Mark Feuerstein ($250)
Katrina Leung ($6,700)
Julia Sweeney ($2,318)
Oliver Platt ($7,930)
Candy Spelling ($17,000)
Bud Selig ($103,550)
Norman Lloyd ($500)
Marla Maples ($29,800)
Amy Holmes ($250)
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Hall of Fame ► Politics
William Bennett
, 66 (bio ) Sec. of Education 1985-88; author; radio host
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
1,597
Election Picks: 3 wins, 4 losses
$8,300 Republican $1,500 special interest total: $9,800
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
Bennett, William Arlington, VA 22209 self-employed/author VETS FOR FREEDOM PAC (VFF-PAC) - $500 primary 05/30/08
BENNETT, WILLIAM J. MR. ARLINGTON, VA 22209 SELF-EMPLOYED/AUTHORMitt Romney (R) President ROMNEY FOR PRESIDENT INC.Lost $1,300 primary 02/02/08
BENNETT, WILLIAM J. MR. ARLINGTON, VA 22209 SELF-EMPLOYED/AUTHORMitt Romney (R) President ROMNEY FOR PRESIDENT INC.Lost $1,000 primary 01/29/08
Bennett, William J Chevy Chase, MD 20815 SUSAN B. ANTHONY LIST INC. CANDIDATE FUND - $1,000 primary 09/21/04
BENNETT, WILLIAM J MR. WASHINGTON, DC 20006 CLAREMONT INSTITUTE/AUTHORGeorge W Bush (R) President BUSH-CHENEY '04 (PRIMARY) INCWon $2,000 primary 05/18/04
BENNETT, WILLIAM J WASHINGTON, DC 20006 EMPOWER AMERICALAZIO, RICK A (R) Senate - NY LAZIO 2000 INCLost $1,000 general 11/06/00
BENNETT, WILLIAM J CHEVY CHASE, MD 20815 BEST FRIENDS FOUNDATIONGeorge W Bush (R) President BUSH FOR PRESIDENT INC.Won $500 primary 05/20/99
BENNETT, WILLIAM WASHINGTON, DC 20006 E APaul Ryan (R) House (WI District: 01) RYAN FOR CONGRESSWon $500 primary 12/19/97
BENNETT, WILLIAM J THE HONORABLE WASHINGTON, DC 20006 Bob Dole (R) President DOLE/KEMP '96 COMPLIANCE COMMITTEE INCLost $1,000 general 05/21/96
BENNETT, WILLIAM J WASHINGTON, DC 20036 AUTHORFREEMAN, RONALD DEAN (R) House (MO District: 05) RON FREEMAN FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEELost $1,000 general 10/19/94
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US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,443
2,971
GIs Killed in Action
3,476
650
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
891
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 23, 2009
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