Website shows how much Bush has raised from key industries

[G_j]

Public Citizen issued this press release today.

Bush Campaign Bolstered by 19 New Rangers and Pioneers

Aug. 17, 2004

Bush Campaign Bolstered by 19 New Rangers and Pioneers

Seven More Republican Party Rainmakers Reach "Super Ranger" Status

WASHINGTON, D.C. - President Bush's unrivaled $228 million fundraising
effort has been led by 544 major contributors, including 19 newly
disclosed by the campaign. This elite group of "bundlers" has collected
at least $76.5 million for Bush, according to WhiteHouseForSale.org.

The Bush campaign now boasts 221 Rangers, fundraisers who have
collected at least $200,000 in individual contributions, and 323
Pioneers, who each have brought in at least $100,000. In addition, the
Republican Party has named 69 "Super Rangers" - including seven recently
identified for the first time - who have raised $300,000 for the GOP in
addition to their contributions to the Bush campaign.

www.WhiteHouseForSale.org a Web site created by Public Citizen to track
contributors to the presidential campaigns, has updated its searchable
database with the names of the new Rangers and Pioneers, along with
their home states, employers and occupations. The site shows how much
Bush has raised from key industries and which states have produced the most Bush bundlers.

Among the newly named Pioneers are five individuals who ranked among
Bush's top fundraisers in 2000, including Tom Hicks, the former vice
chairman of Clear Channel and who bought the Texas Rangers from Bush.
Other new Pioneer notables include former Kansas Gov. Bill Graves, head
of the American Trucking Association, and Stephen Sandherr, CEO of the
Associated General Contractors of America, whose wife used to be Enron's
top lobbyist. U.S. Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) is the lone new Ranger,
although another nine previously identified 2004 Pioneers have been
elevated to Ranger status.

Five of the seven newest Super Rangers already had qualified as Rangers
(another is a Pioneer), meaning they each have brought in at least
$500,000 for Bush campaign efforts. The only new Super Ranger previously
unacknowledged by the GOP is Lindsay Rosenwald, chairman of Paramount
Capital Investments. Information about all of the Super Rangers is
available at WhiteHouseForSale.org.

"By the time President Bush accepts the Republican nomination, this
elite coterie of campaign contributors personally will have collected
more money than the entire Bush campaign raised in 2000," said Public
Citizen President Joan Claybrook. "We need to rescue the electoral
process from these wealthy special interests and return it to average
citizens."
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[Killarney]

1. the contributors and paybacks section is interesting

cool site.
thanks.

[G_j]

2. reports in that section

-The Dirtiest Power Plants Are Plugged into the Bush Administration

-Bush Campaign Ads: Brought to You by... Special Interests

-Bush’s Rangers and Pioneers Enjoy Their Share of Energy Bill Booty

-GAO Report Confirms Public Citizen Findings: Bush Appointees Gut -Air Quality Rule and Give Congress False Information about the Consequences

-Bush Appointees Gut Air Quality Rule and Give Congress False Information about the Consequences

-Bush Puts FirstEnergy First, Consumers Last

-Who Are Bush’s Rangers and Pioneers?

-A Grateful Wall Street is Bullish on Bush

-Path to embassies paved with donations

-Embedded Lobbyist: New GOP Chairman Ed Gillespie Carries Corporate Loyalties