After Mr. Obama's 2008 election, Ms. Pritzker, a financial supporter of the president from Chicago, withdrew from consideration for the same job after similar issues surfaced.
Ms. Gillibrand also drew from Mrs. Clinton's financial supporters and from Emily's List, an influential political action committee that backs Democratic women who support abortion rights.
All the Ashcroft donations to the Tories come via his wife, Susan – the biggest financial supporter of Mr Cameron's leadership campaign – or from his companies, notably Bearwood Corporate Services Ltd.
He tightly controls the flow of all government information from 10 Downing Street, and put in a financial supporter to chair the BBC.
A trustee of the College from 1989 to 2002, Mr. Murray had been a generous financial supporter and an active member of the College community for many years.
Because of an editing error, an article last Sunday about the casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, a major financial supporter of Newt Gingrich's presidential campaign, referred incorrectly to testimony by an executive from Mr. Adelson's company, Las Vegas Sands Corporation.
(Edmonds was later exposed as a financial supporter of David Duke).
The culture ministry has been an important financial supporter.
Three participants view their paternal role as "being a moral leader", "supporter", and "financial supporter".
The central government is no longer the only financial supporter of primary and secondary education.
