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Cubswin
10-26-2006, 10:11 PM
Doyle Brunson

$2000 to Jim Pederson

$2000 to Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee

Got to the FEC website (http://www.fec.gov/finance/disclosure/norindsea.shtml) and plug in the names of some pros so we can see give props to those ponying up the cash for poker.

*Feel free to add your name and contribution amount to the thread if you want to brag /images/graemlins/smile.gif
Cubswin
10-26-2006, 10:15 PM
Michael Bolcerek

Jon Porter $800

Charles Norwood $2500

Spencer Bachus $1000

Dennis Cardoza $500

Shelley Berkley $1000
Uglyowl
10-26-2006, 10:20 PM
Kudos to Doyle and Michael

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*Feel free to add your name and contribution amount to the thread if you want to brag

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OK, I am big time:

Shelley Berkeley $25
Jim Pederson $20
Claire McCaskill $25
pifhluk
10-26-2006, 10:29 PM
I donated a whopping 20$ to Jim Pederson
Cubswin
10-26-2006, 10:35 PM
Andy Bloch

John Cranley for Congres $2000

John Carter for Senate $2000
Cubswin
10-26-2006, 10:37 PM
Every bit helps!
ChexNFX
10-26-2006, 11:21 PM
How do you make a contribution to these people? At their websites or something?
MinRaise
10-26-2006, 11:38 PM
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Michael Bolcerek

Jon Porter $800

Charles Norwood $2500

Spencer Bachus $1000

Dennis Cardoza $500

Shelley Berkley $1000

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Norwood, Bachus, and Cardoza all voted to pass H.R. 4411. Interesting that they are receiving money from him.
Cubswin
10-27-2006, 12:14 AM
I think this perfectly illustrates the problem with complete transparancy. Many people who do not understand the ins-and-outs of things might think these contributions are misdirected. Sometimes you need to give to individuals who ulitimately might not support you. This is the politics of access. To get a politician to listen to you you might have to pony up some bucks to attend a fundraiser... and im guessing this is exactly what these contributions represent.

A note on Cardoza, although he voted against HR4411 he was a sposor of HR5474, the bill to study internet gaming.
dragonystic
10-27-2006, 09:07 AM
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Michael Bolcerek

Jon Porter $800

Charles Norwood $2500

Spencer Bachus $1000

Dennis Cardoza $500

Shelley Berkley $1000

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Norwood, Bachus, and Cardoza all voted to pass H.R. 4411. Interesting that they are receiving money from him.

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What's interesting about that? You give money to people who's opinion you want to $way.