| WASHINGTON
- January 3 - President-Elect George W. Bush’s economics meeting
today with 36 key business leaders was studded with major
donors to the Bush presidential campaign and the Republican Party, an
analysis of contributions by the non-partisan Center for Responsive
Politics has revealed. In all, the business leaders gave a combined $1.7
million in personal contributions to federal candidates and political
parties – 93 percent of it to the GOP.
Totals include only the contributions made by the
executives themselves. Contributions from their family members, or from
their corporations, are not included.
All but five of the business leaders contributed
$1,000 or more in the recent elections, based on data released by the
Federal Election Commission on Dec. 1, 2000. Sixteen of them gave $10,000
or more, and six gave $100,000 or more. The Bush presidential campaign
received $26,655 from the executives.
The top donors in the economic group were:
John T. Chambers of Cisco Systems - $372,500.
Included in that total is $68,500 that went to the Democrats – the most
given to that party by any of the executives in the group.
Kenneth L. Lay of Enron Corp. - $318,050.
Michael S. Dell of Dell Computer - $266,000.
Gerald Parsky of Aurora Capital Partners - $237,755.
John M. Hennessy of Credit Suisse First Boston -
$147,000.
Robert E. Rich Jr. of Rich Products Corp (and
chairman of Grocery Manufacturers of America) - $105,300.
The only executive in the group who gave more money
to Democrats than Republicans was Ivan Seidenberg of Verizon
Communications. Seidenberg gave $16,000 to Democrats and just $9,000 to
Republicans. He was the only one in the group who donated to Al Gore’s
presidential campaign. (He gave $2,000 to Gore and $2,000 to Bush).
Complete list of participants in President-elect Bush's economics meeting, and their contribution totals:
|
Name
|
Organization
|
Total
|
To Dems
|
To Repubs
|
To Bush
|
|
Craig R. Barrett
|
CH2M Hill
|
$19,000
|
$1,000
|
$18,000
|
$1,000
|
|
Steven Brobeck
|
Consumer Federation of America
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
|
Daniel A. Carp
|
Eastman Kodak
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
|
John T. Chambers
|
Cisco Systems
|
$372,500
|
$68,500
|
$304,000
|
$1,000
|
|
Philip M. Condit
|
Boeing Co
|
$5,000
|
$1,000
|
$4,000
|
$0
|
|
Richard K. Davidson
|
Union Pacific Corp
|
$1,000
|
$0
|
$1,000
|
$1,000
|
|
Michael S. Dell
|
Dell Computer
|
$266,000
|
$0
|
$266,000
|
$2,000
|
|
Thomas J. Donohue
|
Chamber of Commerce of the US
|
$5,000
|
$1,000
|
$4,000
|
$1,000
|
|
Stanley F. Druckenmiller
|
Duquesne Capital Management
|
$5,000
|
$1,000
|
$4,000
|
$1,000
|
|
Donald V. Fites
|
Retired CEO of Caterpillar Inc
|
$4,250
|
$0
|
$4,250
|
$2,000
|
|
Raymond V. Gilmartin
|
Merck & Co
|
$33,000
|
$1,000
|
$32,000
|
$1,000
|
|
Carlos Gutierrez
|
Kellogg Corp
|
$1,000
|
$0
|
$1,000
|
$0
|
|
John M. Hennessy
|
Credit Suisse First Boston
|
$147,000
|
$0
|
$147,000
|
$2,000
|
|
Harvery Karp
|
Mueller Industries
|
$4,000
|
$0
|
$4,000
|
$0
|
|
Charles Knight
|
Emerson Electric
|
$14,000
|
$0
|
$14,000
|
$1,000
|
|
Bruce Kovner
|
Caxton Corp
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
|
Floyd Kvamme
|
Kleiner, Perkins et al
|
$73,500
|
$0
|
$73,500
|
$1,000
|
|
Kenneth Langone
|
Invemed Assoc
|
$14,000
|
$5,000
|
$9,000
|
$0
|
|
Kenneth L. Lay
|
Enron Corp
|
$318,050
|
$8,000
|
$310,050
|
$2,000
|
|
Nancy Lazar
|
International Strategy & Investments
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
|
James Morgan
|
Applied Materials
|
$35,500
|
$7,500
|
$28,000
|
$1,000
|
|
Gerald Parsky
|
Aurora Capital Partners
|
$237,755
|
$0
|
$236,755
|
$755
|
|
Robert E. Rich Jr.
|
Rich Products Corp
|
$105,300
|
$0
|
$105,300
|
$2,000
|
|
H. Lee Scott
|
Wal-Mart Stores
|
$12,000
|
$0
|
$12,000
|
$1,000
|
|
Ivan Seidenberg
|
Verizon Communications
|
$25,000
|
$16,000
|
$9,000
|
$2,000
|
|
John Snow
|
CSX Corp
|
$11,000
|
$0
|
$11,000
|
$1,000
|
|
Solomon D. Trujillo
|
US West Inc
|
$5,400
|
$3,000
|
$2,400
|
$900
|
|
G. Richard Wagoner Jr.
|
General Motors
|
$7,000
|
$2,000
|
$5,000
|
$1,000
|
|
Darcy L. Walker
|
Discover Financial Services
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
|
Jack Welch
|
General Electric
|
$10,000
|
$3,000
|
$7,000
|
$1,000
|
|
Miles D. White
|
Abbott Laboratories
|
$1,000
|
$0
|
$1,000
|
$0
|
|
Michael W. Wright
|
Supervalu Inc
|
$5,850
|
$0
|
$5,850
|
$1,000
|
*Based on FEC data downloaded 12/1/00
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