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Below are lists of companies and the amounts they contributed to Republicans and Democrats. Companies and their officers contributions to Bush track very closely with who contributed to the Republican party.
Shown are the top twenty contributing companies in each major business category. If you would like to see sub-categories within the major category, go to the opensecrets.org link provided with the grouping and select from the drop down menus on their site.

This data was compiled by OpenSecrets using FEC records, see http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/index.asp
Methodology described at the bottom of this page. Also see Bush Contributors Exposed on this site.

Below is a click-on list of the categories:
Agribusiness, Communications/Electronics, Construction, Military Industrial Complex, Energy & Natural Resource Extractors, Finance/ Insurance/Real Estate, Medical, Lawyers and Lobbyist, Transportation, Miscellaneous Business, Labor, Issue Groups, Other.

If after looking at the company lists below and you are interested in knowing what products the company makes, other companies it owns and its competitors, go to a major search engine (like google.com) and type: companyname profile competitors . Usually in the first ten responses will be the necessary information to help you decide which products to boycott and inform the company why you are doing so. The major donor companies who contributed 60% or more to the Republicans/Bush might be construed to be a serious threat to a healthy future for America and the world.

Agribusiness, overview http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/contrib.asp?Ind=A

Rank	Organization	Amount	Dems	Repubs
1	Philip Morris	$2,494,015	20%	80%
2	US Tobacco Co	$1,300,141	10%	90%
3	Brown & Williamson Tobacco	$950,040	14%	85%
4	RJ Reynolds Tobacco	$905,646	18%	81%
5	Archer-Daniels-Midland Co	$863,950	42%	58%
6	International Paper	$754,442	3%	97%
7	Food Marketing Institute	$731,963	7%	93%
8	Florida Crystals Inc	$709,350	64%	35%
9	Pepsico Inc	$700,900	15%	84%
10	Connell Co	$569,079	98%	2%
11	Dairy Farmers of America	$519,200	45%	55%
12	Services Group of America	$483,400	0%	100%
13	ConAgra Inc	$402,850	14%	86%
14	Georgia-Pacific Corp	$385,694	30%	68%
15	Gilman Paper	$382,062	96%	4%
16	Farm Credit Council	$370,630	40%	60%
17	Pilgrim's Pride Corp	$366,250	0%	100%
18	Ocean Spray Cranberries	$360,500	45%	55%
19	Yucaipa Companies	$358,000	99%	1%
20	American Veterinary Medical Assn	$351,500	41%	59%

Communications/Electronics, overview, http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/contrib.asp?Ind=B

Rank	Organization	Amount	Dems	Repubs
1	Microsoft Corp	$3,524,785	45%	55%
2	AT&T	$3,415,478	37%	62%
3	SBC Communications	$3,249,930	45%	55%
4	Verizon Communications	$2,692,173	36%	63%
5	Joseph E Seagram & Sons	$2,037,411	67%	33%
6	BellSouth Corp	$1,865,277	44%	55%
7	Time Warner	$1,538,442	70%	30%
8	Global Crossing	$1,458,486	41%	59%
9	America Online	$1,425,487	44%	56%
10	US West Inc	$1,266,695	34%	66%
11	Walt Disney Co	$1,149,189	51%	49%
12	WorldCom Inc	$1,095,829	39%	61%
13	Loral Spacecom	$982,150	97%	3%
14	DreamWorks SKG	$895,000	100%	0%
15	AT&T	$862,598	40%	60%
16	Saban Entertainment	$818,000	100%	0%
17	Sprint Corp	$771,195	47%	52%
18	Oracle Corp	$705,670	17%	82%
19	Dell Computer	$703,481	30%	70%
20	National Assn of Broadcasters	$695,254	28%	72%

Construction, overview http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/contrib.asp?Ind=C

Rank	Organization	Amount	Dems	Repubs
1	National Assn of Home Builders	$2,093,899	37%	63%
2	Associated Builders & Contractors	$1,064,584	1%	99%
3	Associated General Contractors	$925,516	7%	92%
4	Caterpillar Inc	$509,160	4%	95%
5	Manufactured Housing Institute	$446,450	34%	66%
6	Owens Corning	$406,680	37%	62%
7	American Consulting Engineers Council	$346,583	35%	65%
8	Clark Enterprises	$311,000	2%	98%
9	American Portland Cement Alliance	$305,695	30%	70%
10	NVR Inc	$271,400	0%	100%
11	CH2M Hill	$256,758	40%	60%
12	Perry Homes	$253,000	1%	99%
13	National Electrical Contractors Assn	$245,000	23%	77%
14	National Stone Assn	$234,750	9%	91%
15	Grand Building Corp	$225,000	0%	100%
16	National Multi Housing Council	$220,123	31%	69%
17	Peter Kiewit & Sons	$217,300	0%	100%
18	Bechtel Group	$215,475	66%	34%
19	Texas Manufactured Housing Assn	$184,750	21%	79%
20	American Road & Transport Builders Assn	$180,825	33%	67%

Military Industrial Complex, overview, http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/contrib.asp?Ind=D

Rank	Organization	Amount	Dems	Repubs
1	Lockheed Martin	$2,109,475	39%	60%
2	General Dynamics	$1,162,005	40%	60%
3	Raytheon Co	$837,995	38%	61%
4	United Technologies Corp	$638,720	46%	53%
5	Northrop Grumman Corp	$602,680	42%	57%
6	Science Applications International Corp	$582,085	38%	61%
7	Newport News Shipbuilding	$533,004	30%	69%
8	TRW Inc	$459,719	21%	79%
9	Textron Inc	$446,580	32%	68%
10	Boeing Co	$347,484	39%	61%
11	General Electric	$302,750	43%	57%
12	Honeywell International	$293,181	34%	66%
13	General Atomics	$291,500	41%	59%
14	Litton Industries	$289,199	29%	70%
15	BAE Systems North America	$231,290	40%	60%
16	United Defense	$227,100	17%	83%
17	Cubic Corp	$194,169	8%	92%
18	Harris Corp	$183,174	2%	98%
19	Litton Industries	$172,325	6%	94%
20	Verizon Communications	$157,398	37%	63%

Energy & Natural Resource Extractors, http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/contrib.asp?Ind=E

Rank	Organization	Amount	Dems	Repubs
1	Enron Corp	$2,281,703	29%	71%
2	Southern Co	$1,333,287	27%	73%
3	BP Amoco Corp	$1,295,914	30%	70%
4	Exxon Mobil Corp	$1,206,305	11%	89%
5	Dominion Resources	$1,034,183	37%	63%
6	National Rural Electric Cooperative Assn	$980,511	46%	54%
7	Chevron Corp	$976,877	31%	69%
8	Koch Industries	$905,899	10%	90%
9	Edison International	$822,685	38%	62%
10	El Paso Energy	$811,229	5%	95%
11	Lehman Brothers	$800,750	3%	97%
12	Texas Utilities Co	$772,824	21%	79%
13	FirstEnergy Corp	$758,135	21%	79%
14	USX Corp	$751,833	18%	82%
15	Reliant Energy	$710,770	20%	80%
16	Florida Power & Light	$679,096	10%	90%
17	Edison Electric Institute	$648,287	45%	55%
18	PG&E Corp	$631,630	46%	53%
19	American Gas Assn	$612,125	46%	54%
20	AEI Resources	$549,756	10%	90%

Finance, Insurance, Real Estate http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/contrib.asp?Ind=F

Rank	Organization	Amount	Dems	Repubs
1	Goldman Sachs Group	$3,546,432	68%	32%
2	National Assn of Realtors	$3,298,100	42%	58%
3	MBNA America Bank	$2,693,300	18%	82%
4	Ernst & Young	$2,361,186	42%	57%
5	Citigroup Inc	$2,307,166	54%	46%
6	Credit Suisse First Boston	$2,247,605	29%	70%
7	Merrill Lynch	$2,197,701	26%	74%
8	Freddie Mac	$2,196,389	48%	52%
9	Morgan Stanley, Dean Witter & Co	$1,947,183	38%	61%
10	Bank of America	$1,804,393	59%	41%
11	Blue Cross/Blue Shield	$1,726,161	28%	71%
12	Deloitte & Touche	$1,691,661	29%	71%
13	PricewaterhouseCoopers	$1,678,811	25%	75%
14	AFLAC Inc	$1,658,260	45%	55%
15	American Bankers Assn	$1,643,657	35%	64%
16	Fannie Mae	$1,632,757	53%	47%
17	Credit Union National Assn	$1,464,310	47%	53%
18	American Financial Group	$1,406,805	32%	68%
19	American International Group	$1,390,337	48%	52%
20	PaineWebber	$1,381,850	33%	67%

Medical Industries, http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/contrib.asp?Ind=H

Rank	Organization	Amount	Dems	Repubs
1	Bristol-Myers Squibb	$2,211,338	14%	86%
2	Pfizer Inc	$2,042,547	13%	86%
3	American Medical Assn	$1,993,347	48%	52%
4	Eli Lilly & Co	$1,458,485	18%	82%
5	Slim-Fast Foods	$1,449,950	99%	1%
6	American Hospital Assn	$1,423,769	50%	50%
7	Glaxo Wellcome Inc	$1,420,748	12%	88%
8	Schering-Plough Corp	$1,174,972	24%	76%
9	American Dental Assn	$1,158,785	44%	56%
10	American Society of Anesthesiologists	$1,012,002	40%	60%
11	Metabolife	$858,750	51%	49%
12	American Home Products	$845,431	17%	83%
13	Pharmacia & Upjohn Inc	$823,660	14%	86%
14	Aventis	$752,680	19%	81%
15	United HealthCare Corp	$666,125	19%	81%
16	American Optometric Assn	$646,550	54%	46%
17	Amgen Inc	$607,338	11%	88%
18	American Academy of Ophthalmology	$602,136	52%	47%
19	American Nurses Assn	$594,344	84%	16%
20	American Health Care Assn	$588,129	44%	56%

Lawyers and Lobbyist http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/contrib.asp?Ind=K

Rank	Organization	Amount	Dems	Repubs
1	Assn of Trial Lawyers of America	$2,951,500	88%	12%
2	Williams & Bailey	$1,458,050	100%	0%
3	Angelos Law Offices/Baltimore Orioles	$1,168,440	100%	0%
4	Ness, Motley et al	$1,063,040	99%	1%
5	Akin, Gump et al	$875,142	43%	57%
6	Verner, Liipfert et al	$804,838	60%	39%
7	Nix, Patterson & Roach	$741,750	100%	0%
8	Cassidy Companies	$738,574	57%	43%
9	Robins, Kaplan et al	$677,361	96%	3%
10	Baron & Budd	$640,603	96%	4%
11	Skadden, Arps et al	$610,069	74%	22%
12	Blank, Rome et al	$569,630	20%	80%
13	Greenberg, Traurig et al	$566,507	54%	46%
14	Provost & Umphrey	$499,200	100%	0%
15	Vinson & Elkins	$493,213	31%	69%
16	Reaud, Morgan & Quinn	$472,000	100%	0%
17	Holland & Knight	$449,098	58%	41%
18	O'Quinn & Laminack	$440,550	100%	0%
19	Mayer, Brown & Platt	$437,475	54%	45%
20	Weitz & Luxenberg	$430,750	99%	1%

Transportation http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/contrib.asp?Ind=M

Rank	Organization	Amount	Dems	Repubs
1	United Parcel Service	$2,919,584	26%	74%
2	Federal Express Corp	$2,247,978	36%	64%
3	National Auto Dealers Assn	$2,235,700	31%	69%
4	Union Pacific Corp	$1,676,250	16%	84%
5	American Airlines	$1,310,797	36%	64%
6	Boeing Co	$1,215,974	45%	55%
7	Northwest Airlines	$1,200,505	48%	52%
8	American Trucking Assns	$1,031,615	22%	78%
9	Burlington Northern Inc	$938,047	23%	77%
10	CSX Corp	$930,992	21%	79%
11	Americans for Free International Trade	$862,000	13%	87%
12	United Airlines	$845,103	35%	64%
13	Duchossois Industries	$715,332	1%	99%
14	DaimlerChrysler	$636,769	21%	71%
15	General Motors	$605,399	24%	72%
16	Ford Motor Co	$587,225	21%	77%
17	Aviation Tech Inc/Aviation Product Mgmt	$533,850	100%	0%
18	Davis Boat Works	$485,170	0%	100%
19	Aircraft Owners & Pilots Assn	$478,999	30%	70%
20	Norfolk Southern Corp	$477,936	29%	71%

Miscellaneous Business http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/contrib.asp?Ind=N

Rank	Organization	Amount	Dems	Repubs
1	National Beer Wholesalers Assn	$1,857,311	18%	82%
2	Anheuser-Busch	$1,334,245	51%	48%
3	Mirage Resorts	$1,331,656	43%	57%
4	Limited Inc	$1,142,669	32%	68%
5	National Assn of Convenience Stores	$1,123,834	12%	88%
6	National Fedn of Independent Business	$1,027,523	3%	96%
7	Mandalay Resort Group	$922,313	13%	87%
8	Amway	$892,550	0%	100%
9	GAF Corp	$873,220	27%	73%
10	Cintas Corp	$826,950	0%	100%
11	Coca-Cola Co	$775,615	49%	51%
12	General Electric	$758,415	36%	64%
13	National Assn of Chain Drug Stores	$685,350	29%	71%
14	Brown-Forman Corp	$660,481	22%	78%
15	National Restaurant Assn	$654,034	13%	86%
16	Outback Steakhouse	$652,950	4%	95%
17	Wal-Mart Stores	$626,547	11%	88%
18	Timken Co	$624,375	2%	98%
19	Harbour Group Ltd	$623,550	1%	99%
20	RJF International	$581,000	0%	100%

Labor http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/contrib.asp?Ind=P

Rank	Organization	Amount	Dems	Repubs
1	American Fedn of St/Cnty/Munic Employees	$6,500,889	99%	1%
2	Service Employees International Union	$4,724,664	96%	4%
3	Communications Workers of America	$3,687,614	99%	1%
4	Intl Brotherhood of Electrical Workers	$3,369,840	97%	3%
5	United Food & Commercial Workers Union	$3,242,057	99%	1%
6	Carpenters & Joiners Union	$3,081,895	92%	8%
7	American Federation of Teachers	$2,987,680	99%	1%
8	Laborers Union	$2,846,075	92%	7%
9	National Education Assn	$2,536,978	92%	8%
10	Sheet Metal Workers Union	$2,452,384	99%	1%
11	Machinists/Aerospace Workers Union	$2,435,638	99%	1%
12	Teamsters Union	$2,337,995	93%	6%
13	United Auto Workers	$1,992,045	99%	0%
14	National Assn of Letter Carriers	$1,724,700	86%	13%
15	Marine Engineers Union	$1,712,500	59%	41%
16	AFL-CIO	$1,530,375	100%	0%
17	International Assn of Fire Fighters	$1,516,150	86%	14%
18	Plumbers/Pipefitters Union	$1,405,157	96%	3%
19	United Transportation Union	$1,389,100	86%	14%
20	Ironworkers Union	$1,346,015	92%	8%

Issue Groups http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/contrib.asp?Ind=Q

Rank	Organization	Amount	Dems	Repubs
1	National Rifle Assn	$2,884,127	8%	92%
2	Emily's List	$1,979,829	100%	0%
3	Buttenwieser & Assoc	$1,197,700	100%	0%
4	National Cmte/Preserve Social Security	$1,071,622	80%	20%
5	National Cmte for an Effective Congress	$954,000	100%	0%
6	Human Rights Campaign	$884,391	89%	11%
7	Dashpac	$835,175	100%	0%
8	Americans for a Republican Majority	$774,262	0%	100%
9	PAC to the Future	$755,180	100%	0%
10	Majority Leader's Fund	$714,060	0%	100%
11	Keep Our Majority PAC	$666,505	0%	99%
12	New Republican Majority Fund	$553,461	0%	100%
13	AmeriPAC: The Fund for a Greater America	$529,000	100%	0%
14	New Democrat Network	$512,039	99%	1%
15	Republican Majority Fund	$503,793	0%	100%
16	National Abortion Rights Action League	$476,148	94%	6%
17	Freedom Project	$447,907	0%	100%
18	American Success PAC	$434,049	0%	100%
19	Club for Growth Inc	$380,975	0%	100%
20	Indiana Democratic Party	$380,312	100%	0%

Other http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/contrib.asp?Ind=W

Rank	Organization	Amount	Dems	Repubs
1	Harvard University	$474,846	91%	9%
2	John Templeton Foundation	$426,650	0%	100%
3	US Dept of Justice	$416,872	37%	62%
4	State of New York	$415,933	14%	83%
5	US Government	$408,505	62%	37%
6	University of California	$401,033	76%	21%
7	US Dept of State	$393,934	82%	17%
8	Retired/Hiler Industries	$345,800	0%	100%
9	Stanford University	$293,494	59%	40%
10	US Dept of Agriculture	$280,735	82%	16%
11	Princeton University	$255,913	33%	67%
12	State of New Jersey	$247,763	20%	80%
13	National Assn of Social Workers	$232,066	91%	9%
14	State of Alabama	$212,280	77%	23%
15	State of California	$209,547	65%	33%
16	US Dept of Defense	$200,177	53%	46%
17	Commonwealth of Kentucky	$185,275	96%	4%
18	City of New York	$178,475	29%	52%
19	US House of Representatives	$163,363	41%	58%
20	Apollo Group	$162,902	53%	47%

METHODOLOGY for above data: The numbers on this page are based on contributions from PACs, soft money donors, and individuals giving $200 or more. (Only those groups giving $5,000 or more are listed here.) All donations took place during the 1999-2000 election cycle and were released by the Federal Election Commission on Wednesday, November 01, 2000. Feel free to distribute or cite this material, but please credit the "Center for Responsive Politics". (not associated with KnowTheCandidates.org)

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