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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (275145)	7/15/2002 12:49:21 PM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Wrong. I disagreed wth Bush on the airline worker federalization, steel tariffs and farm bill. Lockstep is a demolib thing....Republicans are too fractious.... JLA

To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (275145)	7/15/2002 12:57:35 PM
From: PROLIFE	Respond to of 769670

yep---HUP TWO THREE FOUR HUP...... Bush Shatters Fund-Raising Record Jul 15, 11:34 AM (ET) By SCOTT LINDLAW BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - President Bush was on track to demolish his own record for a single fund-raising appearance Monday, drawing $4 million for Alabama's financially lagging Republican gubernatorial candidate, Rep. Bob Riley. Bush also traveled here to talk about corporate responsibility; Corporations can donate to political candidates in Alabama, a practice that is against federal law. The cash infusion could catapult Riley past Democratic Gov. Don Siegelman, who according to the last campaign finance reports had $4.2 million compared to $561,661 for Riley. Bush raised $4 million over two days in April for California Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Simon, but had never brought in that much in a single day before Monday. White House officials put the total at $4 million, a figure the Riley campaign said it could not immediately confirm. Like California, Alabama has political fund-raising laws that make it easier to net big donations. The state places no limits on what an individuals or political action committees can contribute to candidates. Corporations can give $1,000 per election cycle. In federal races, donations are capped at $2,000, and donations from corporations are prohibited. Tickets to the Bush's fund-raiser Monday were $1,000 each. But for a $50,000 donation, contributors were invited to a VIP reception with Bush and have their pictures taken with the president. Bush has raised money aggressively for candidates for governor and for Congress around the country this year. Other big beneficiaries of his campaign this year have been Jim Ryan, the GOP gubernatorial candidate in Illinois, for whom Bush raised $2.2 million; Norm Coleman, Senate candidate in Minnesota, for whom Bush raised $2 million; John Cornyn, the GOP Senate candidate in Texas, for whom Bush raised $1.8 million; and the president's brother, for whom he raised $1.5 million in January. Bush's fund-raising total Monday surpassed anything former President Clinton had raised by this point in his term.