Who's helping Gore raise funds to continue the national nightmare? This man is unusually capable with fundraisers however....he's had LOTS of practice...The bolding is mine....
Gore has raised $3.3 million for recount activities
Thursday, 7 December 2000 21:13 (ET)
Gore has raised $3.3 million for recount activities
By MITCHELL PROTHERO and MARK BENJAMIN
TALLAHASSEE, Dec. 7, (UPI) - Vice President Al Gore has raised $3.3
million to pay for expenses accrued during the contest of the presidential
election, including staggering legal bills, according to financial
statements released by Gore's recount committee on Thursday.
Gore campaign officials emphasized that 80 percent of the donations the
campaign received from individuals were less than $200 per contribution,
"indicating broad support for Al Gore and Joe Lieberman's efforts to ensure
a fair, full and accurate count," a statement from the recount committee
reads.
The Bush recount committee has limited contributions to its recount
activities to $5,000 per contributor. The Bush campaign has also made its
records regularly available on its website.
The Gore campaign, however, in mid-November said it would release all of
its information in its quarterly report with the Internal Revenue Service
Dec. 7. Most of the contributions on Gore's IRS statement are small. But
there are some exceptions.
Fore example, S. Daniel Abraham of West Palm Beach, Fla. contributed
$100,000 to Gore's recount activities, according to the IRS form. J. Scott
Benson of Hopkinton Mass. Contributed $25,000, and Bernard Bergreen of New
York City contributed $50,000.
Gore's paperwork reflects all contributions the campaigns received for
recount activities through Nov. 27.
According to the Gore recount committee, it has received 1,258
contributions of which 1,254 were individual contributions and 4 were PAC
contributions. Of the individual contributions, only 236 gave over $200,
while 1018 (or 81 percent) gave $200 or less, the committee said.
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Jane Fonda Among Big Gore Givers
By Jonathan D. SalantAssociated Press Writer
Thursday, Dec. 7, 2000; 7:07 p.m. EST WASHINGTON ––
Actress Jane Fonda and at least five other supporters of Vice President Al Gore made six-figure donations to his recount committee, newly released records show. Stephen Bing, a California screenwriter who wrote a $1 million check to the Democratic National Convention's host committee last summer, gave $200,000 to Gore's recount committee. Fonda, top Democratic donor S. Daniel Abraham, California foundation head Sonia Kahn and Tennessee developer Franklin Haney each donated $100,000. Steven Kirsch, founder of the Internet company InfoSeek.com, donated $500,000.
The committee provided the names of 1,258 donors who gave a total of $3.2 million as of Nov. 27, according to financial disclosure records released Thursday. Since then, the committee has raised another $300,000. While more than 80 percent of the donors, or 1,018 individuals, gave $200 or less, the recount committee also took in dozens of larger donations, including at least three six-figure contributions. Under federal law, recount committees can accept unlimited donations, although George W. Bush is limiting his contributions to a maximum of $5,000. Bush has raised $7.4 million to pay for his Florida recount expenses.
In September, Fonda contributed $11.7 million to an abortion-rights organization, Pro Choice Vote. Haney, a longtime supporter of Gore, was the developer of the Portals complex in Washington, D.C., the new home of the Federal Communications Commission. House Republicans accused him of buying political influence to get the FCC to move. In July, he was acquitted of charges that he used straw donors to mask $100,000 in political donations and lied about it in filings to federal regulators. Abraham, the founder of the Slim-Fast diet program, was one of several big Democratic donors who reached into their pockets one more time to help finance Gore's recount operations. Gore also received $25,000 from Sen.-elect Jon Corzine of New Jersey; $5,000 from Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle's political action committee; and $1,000 from Democratic consultant James Carville, who ran President Clinton's 1992 campaign. The recount committee was incorporated under Section 527 of the Internal Revenue Service code. It reported its contributions and expenditures to the IRS.
While Gore and Bush are raising money to finance their recount operations, the Democratic and Republican parties reported spending millions in the closing weeks of the yet-to-be-concluded 2000 elections. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee spent $17.3 million during the last three weeks of the fall campaign, slightly more than the $15.8 million reported by its Republican counterpart. Senate Democrats gained four seats Nov. 7 and are tied with the GOP at 50 seats apiece.
Meanwhile, the Republican National Committee said it spent $57 million after Oct. 18, most of it by Nov. 7. The RNC is continuing to raise money, taking in $13.2 million last month. "Republicans, independents and open-minded Democrats are excited about Governor Bush and the Republican Party's positive plans for smaller, smarter government and increased opportunity for all Americans," RNC Chairman Jim Nicholson said. "And their enthusiasm has been showing in their generous contributions to the RNC." © Copyright 2000 The Associated Press
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