-Caveat Lector- ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- ******************************** FECInfo - Public Disclosure, Inc www.tray.com ******************************** FECInfo has been updated with the Sept. 1 download from the FEC. New lobby reports for the first six months of 1999 are being placed on the site (www.tray.com/fecinfo/lobby.html-ssi) as they become public from the U.S. Senate. Early filings include the National Assn of Broadcasters $2.5 million, Securities Industry Assn $2.4 mil, USX $2.2 mil, US West $1.9 mil, Disney Worldwide Services $1.7 mil, Merrill Lynch & Co $1,66 mi, American Farm Bureau $1.5 mil. New lobby registrations are placed on the site (www.tray.com/bna/bna.exe) as they are made public at the Senate. These include a growing volume of lobbyists in the Communications and Technology area. Also filings from lobbyists such as Mack F. Mattingly for Lockheed Martin, FBA Inc for the Univ of Akron and the Univ of Las Vegas, and the Carman Group for Washington Baseball Club LLC. The listing of new corporate PACs is updated weekly (www.tray.com/cgi-win/_corppac.exe). Recent filings include Sun Microsystems and the first NFL team to have a PAC, the Indianapolis Colts. New six-month Summary figures for hard dollars in 1999 were placed on the site during the last month (www.tray.com/fecinfo/_webl.htm). New six-month soft dollar totals were placed on the site (www.tray.com/sm00.htm) during the last month. These include AT&T $751,150, Carl Lindner $600,000, CWA $525,000, AFSME $460,000, Philip Morris $411,961, and SBC Communications $327,216. NEW SOFT MONEY DATA AVAILABLE: The following is a list of new soft money ($25,000+) received during July 1999 by the DSCC, the RNC and the NRSC. This information was taken from paper reports just filed. It will not be available from the FEC in electronic form until next month. Reminder, the DNC, the NRCC and just recently the DCCC chose not to file monthly. As result, their next report won't be filed until January 31, 2000. Highlights: Mirage Resorts wagers $250,000 with Republicans. Mircosoft's 99 soft money total moves to over $230,000, not counting new effort by executive George Spix giving $85,000. New to the $100,000+ gift range are Pratt Industries (Conyers, GA), Dennis Berman (Denitech Corp), Gerald Parsky (Aurora Capitol Partners). Seven airlines fly $130,000 worth of tickets to RNC for the Republican Governors Conference. Details: Mirage Resorts Inc $250,000 7/21 to NRSC Park Place Entertainment, Las Vegas, NV $25,000 7/30 to RNC BellSouth, $35,000 7/1 to DSCC; $6,500 7/26 to NRSC Bell Atlantic $40,000 7/26 to NRSC; $5,000 7/23 to NRSC; $250 7/12 to DSCC TCI Communications $25,000 7/22 to DSCC James Barksdale (Pres & CEO, Netscape) $25,000 7/26 to RNC Dennis R. Berman, (Denitech Corp) $100,000 7/30 to RNC George Spix, Redmond, WA (Microsoft) $85,000 7/16 to RNC Microsoft $10,000 7/29 to RNC; $188 7/9 to RNC; $15,000 7/26 to NRSC Gerald L. Parsky, Pasadena, CA (Partner, Aurora Capital Partners) $200,000 7/6 to RNC Lawrence Kadish, Westbury, NY (First Fiscal Fund) $100,000 7/26 to RNC NASD $$25,000 7/1 to DSCC Chris Donahue, Pittsburg, PA (Pres & CEO, Federated Investors Mgmt) $25,000 7/16 to RNC Greater New York Hospital Assn $50,000 7/20 to DSCC Blue Cross Blue Shield $25,000 7/1 to DSCC; $250 7/16 to RNC Fremont Compensation Insurance, Glendale, CA $25,000 7/6 to RNC; $41,000 7/8 to RNC; $15,000 7/30 to RNC Integrated Health Services, Sparks, MD $25,000 7/29 to RNC Robert Wood Johnson, (Chrm & CEO, The Johnson Co) $25,000 7/26 to RNC Marriott Corp $25,000 7/26 to RNC US Airways $24,750 in kind 7/22 to DSCC; $25,000 in kind 7/21 to RNC Northwest Airlines $40,000 in kind 7/21 to RNC United Airlines $15,000 in kind 7/21 to RNC Delta Airlines $5,000 in kind 7/21 to RNC Continental Airlines $25,000 in kind 7/21 to RNC American Airlines $15,000 in kind 7/21 to RNC Southwest Airlines $5,000 in kind 7/21 to RNC; $5,000 7/29 to RNC; $250 7/26 to NRSC Frederic Hamilton, Denver, CO (exec., Hamilton Oil Co) $25,000 7/8 to RNC Kansas Gas Service Co, Tulsa, OK $25,000 7/30 to RNC Mr. E. Phillip Saunders, Rochester, NY (CEO, Griffith Oil) $25,000 7/6 to RNC Sun Co Inc, Philadelphia, PA $20,000 7/30 to RNC; SUNOCO Inc $10,000 7/26 to RNC Chemical Manufacturers Assn $15,000 7/30 to RNC; $10,000 7/15 to NRSC Hunter Engineering Co, Bridgeton, MO $25,000 7/30 to RNC Edison Int'l, Rosemead, CA $25,000 7/16 to RNC Services Group of America, Seattle, WA $100,000 7/26 to RNC Daniel Abraham (Chrm, SlimFast Foods Co), $100,000 7/1 to DSCC SlimFast Foods Co, West Palm Beach, FL $20,000 7/16 to RNC Pratt Industries, Conyers, GA $100,000 7/13 to RNC Fruit of the Loom $50,000 7/30 to NRSC Bollinger Machine Shop & Shipyard, Lockport, LA $25,000 7/16 to RNC Archer Daniels Midland Co $25,000 7/26 to NRSC National Assn of Convenience Stores $25,000 7/27 to NRSC Rite Aid $25,000 7/22 to NRSC Waste Management $25,000 7/26 to NRSC; $1,000 7/16 to RNC Ernst & Young $25,000 7/16 to RNC; $250 7/12 to DSCC Seagram Companies $12,500 7/27 to DSCC; $20,000 7/31 to NRSC Phillips Publishing Int'l Inc, Potomac, MD $25,000 7/30 to RNC NRA $50,000 7/8 to RNC; NRA Pol Vic Fd $5,000 7/16 to RNC; $11,500 7/30 to NRSC John L. Tishman (Pres. Tishman Realty), $100,000 7/1 to DSCC Harold Synder (exec, Biocraft Labs) $50,000 7/7 to DSCC Meyer Berman (M.A.Berman Co) $25,000 7/1 to DSCC Donald McConville, Southampton, NY $25,000 7/21 to NRSC William Conley, Knoxville, TN (Pres & CEO, Regal Corp) $25,000 7/9 to RNC C. 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