He reported giving a total of $59,100, almost all of it to Republicans.
He was sharply criticized early the next year when the company reported giving him a large raise.
In total, lobbyists and trade groups have reported giving about $10.4 million to presidential and Congressional candidates in the first half of this year.
Lobbyists have reported $108,000 in contributions to the campaign committee for House Democrats, about 20percentt more than they reported giving to the House Republican committee.
In fact, 50percentt of respondents to the Civic Health Index reported giving food or money to someone in need who was not a relative.
Two Party System Inc. reported giving $25,000 to Forrest Claypool, the Democratic Cook County commissioner, who is making an independent bid for county assessor.
In addition, two out of three teachers reported giving pupils food or buying them a meal to avoid them going hungry.
Mr. Obama and Michelle Obama also reported giving $172,050 — nearly 6.5percentt of their earnings — to 37 charities, including $25,000 contributions to CARE, a global antipoverty group, and to the United Negro College Fund.
