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Subject: [EMMAS] Al's Pals: A List of Gore's Top Donors & Aides
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 22:09:48 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Martha Ture" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Check out the quote about the Cheyenne by Nathan Landow!
Greenbacks and Election Blues
Al's Pals: A List of Gore's Top Donors
Corporations
Individuals
Corporate Friends of Gore
Gore's top donors for the presidential campaign (donation in
parenthesis)
a.. ERNST & YOUNG ($130,625): One of the nation's largest
accounting agencies, Ernst & Young has almost matched the $140,000 it
gave to Clinton/Gore in 1996. Its clients are mostly high-tech and
the firm has fought Internet taxation. Other clients include R.J.
Reynolds and Anheuser-Busch.
b.. CITIGROUP ($99,500): Gave $648,547 to democrats in 1990s.
Sought and received a relaxation of financial service regulations.
c.. VIACOM ($94,675): Sought approval for its merger with
CBS. Gave $356,900 in soft money to Democrats in the 1990s.
d.. GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO. ($86,750): Pushed hard for
normalized trading relations with China. Gave $1.4 million in soft
money to Democrats in 1990s.
e.. TIME/WARNER ($73,525): Keeping the Internet free of
taxation and regulators out of the cable industry are Time/Warner's
chief goals. No longer gives soft money.
f.. BELLSOUTH ($71,750): Baby bell. When Gore and Reed Hundt
drew up idea for a $2.3 billion-a-year tax on phone calls to pay for
Internet service in schools, BellSouth successfully lobbied to pass
the tax on to consumers. Then made millions providing new telephone
lines to schools. Gave $614,379 in soft money to Democrats over the
1990s.
g.. PATTON BOGGS ($40,750): One of Washington's most powerful
lobbying firms, Patton Boggs led the push for permanent
most-favorable trade status for China. Charging clients $9.3 million
for their services last year, Patton Boggs is the second largest
lobbying firm in Washington.
h.. ANHEUSER-BUSCH ($37,000): Alcohol kills 100,000 people
every year. Over 12 million Americans are addicted to it. Yet the
Administration has done almost nothing to raise awareness of the
dangers of alcohol abuse. Maybe that's because alcohol industry PACs
are among the biggest spenders in Washington, giving out $2.3 million
in 1997-1998 alone, more than the gun lobby.
The Rich and Powerful
Fundraisers and close associates of Gore
a.. Tony Cohelo: Second of Gore's three campaign managers.
Resigned from Congress in disgrace after a scandal involving an
improper deal on a $100,000 junk bond. Currently the subject of four
separate federal investigations While in office, Cohelo violated
campaign finance laws by accepting the use of a private yacht owned
by a savings-and-loan-mogul Donald Dixon. Dixon's S&L bailout later
cost taxpayers $1.3 billion.
b.. Nathan Landow: Real-estate developer who has long-backed
Gore. Landaw made the news in 1996 with his controversial
strong-arm-fundraising the Cheyenne-Arapaho Indians who were trying
to regain land in Oklahoma that had been seized by the government.
First he talked the impoverished tribes into tapping into their
welfare fund to pay a $100,000 retainer to Peter Knight (see below).
Then Landow tried to get the tribe to give him ten percent of any
future revenue earned on the land. Landow describes himself as the
victim in the ugly episode. "They brought in innocent people like me.
They're a bunch of goddamned uneducated Indians" he told PBS's
Frontline.
c.. Peter Knight: Former chief of staff to Al Gore. Chair of
the Clinton/Gore campaign in 1996. Knight has been with Gore since
Gore's election to the House in 1977. Now is a Washington lobbyist
with clients whose interests run the gambit from tobacco to oil to
timber.
d.. Terry McAuliffe: Set an all-time record by raising more
than $26 million for Gore and the Democrats in a single night. Has
raised $300 million for Clinton over the years. Made tens of millions
by doing business with the people he solicits money from. Told Time
magazine that once he meets donors as peers, it's easy to exchange
stock tips with them and serve on their corporate boards. Protege of
Tony Cohelo.
e.. Gerald and Elaine Schuster: The anti-labor record of
these Boston real estate tycoons has led Massachusetts state AFL-CIO
to boycott any fundraiser at which Gerald is present. HUD once cited
a South Bronx apartment building owned by the Schusters for "major
life-threatening health and safety conditions." and eventually seized
the property. The Schusters are also big Hillary Clinton backers.
f.. Joel Hyatt: Son-in-law of former Ohio Senator Howard
Metzenbaum and successful Internet entrepreneur. Key liaison to
silicon valley techies. One of three finance chairs for the
Democratic National Committee, responsible for the West Coast. A
fundraiser at Hyatt's home recently netted Gore $2.6 million from
high-tech moguls.
g.. Stan Shuman: Gore fundraiser and Managing Director of New
York-based Allen & Co., an investment bank for communications
companies. Shuman was one of the infamous donors whose contribution
earned him a night in Honest Abe's bedroom in 1996.
h.. Mel Levine: corporate lobbyist for Northrop Grumman,
among others. Former democratic member of the house from Los Angeles
and Gore fundraiser.
i.. Robert Barrie: Lobbyist for General Electric. Close
personal friend of Gore. Helped push the General Agreement on Tariffs
and Trade in 1994. Now fundraising for Gore.
j.. Thomas Wheeler: President of the Cellular
Telecommunications Industry Association, powerful lobbying arm of the
telecom industry. Gore fundraiser.
-- Bill Mesler for Corporate Watch
September 8, 2000
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