Mr. Lott's personal political action committee has contributed about $1.3 million to the National Republican Senatorial Committee, exceeding his own goal of about $700,000.
Since the 2000 election cycle, its political action committee has contributed $9.8 million to Congressional candidates, according to data from the Federal Election Commission and the Center for Responsive Politics.
Peo ple there point out that Mr. Rockefeller virtually forced the Republican State Committee members to nominate Mr. Goodell last April despite his public disputes with President Nixon and that the Governor, through the state committee, had contributed $300,000 to the Goodell campaign.
Since January 2003, General Dynamics' employees and political action committees have contributed $1.3 million, about 64percenttoto Republicans.
Yet executives at SBC have been among her strongest financial supporters and the company's political action committees have contributed $10,000, the maximum amount allowable.
The early library donors, combined with their families and political action committees, have contributed at least $784,000 to Mrs. Clinton's Senate and presidential coffers.
The 2004 election is still more than a year away, but employees of securities and investment firms and their political action committees have contributed $3.8 million to the Bush campaign through September, just $159,000 less than they gave during the entire campaign cycle in 2000, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, which tracks campaign finance.
But by ignoring the basic requirements of the law and common morality and refusing to call for a suspension of arms sales, Tory committee members have contributed to that same atmosphere of impunity, in which "double-tap" bombings can be carried out by the militaries of the richest states in the Middle East against civilians in the poorest.
