The three elected officials and their associated party committees have received more than $200,000 in campaign contributions from Community Education, its executives and their family members over the last decade, according to state records.
During the 2000 election cycle, Democratic committees have received $13.6 million from individuals, companies and political action committees associated with the television, film and music industries, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a Washington group that monitors campaign financing.
Separate figures, provided by the Campaign Study Group, a nonpartisan research organization, showed that Republican Party committees have received $4 million in unregulated "soft money" contributions from pharmaceutical companies since January 1999, while Democrats received $1.4 million.
Investigators for the committees have received many leads in recent days that indicate other intelligence failures occurred before Sept. 11, Senator Bob Graham, Democrat of Florida and chairman of the Senate Select Intelligence Committee, said in an interview tonight.
He failed in his attempt to become chairman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in 2003, even with the aggressive support of Governor McGreevey; Mr. McGreevey and his committees had received $1.5 million in campaign contributions from Mr. Kushner and his companies over the years.
Audit committees have received a great deal of attention, and they do have a direct responsibility for the financial reporting process in a firm.
With little money transferred by the main party into the states, Republican committees have received less money, spent less money and hired fewer staff than their Democratic counterparts.
District-level ECCD committees have received support to promote their role in bringing local-level stakeholders together for planning and communication related to ECCD policy services.
