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AllPolitics - Bedroom Bucks - Feb. 26, 1997
Lincoln Bedroom Guests Gave $5.4 Million
WASHINGTON (AllPolitics, Feb. 26) -- President Bill Clinton's guests in the Lincoln Bedroom gave a total of at least $5.4 million to the Democratic National Committee during 1995 and 1996, according to a study for CNN by the Campaign Study Group.
Clinton's Guest List
Top Lincoln Bedroom Donors
An Inside Glimpse At White House Fund-Raising
Among the biggest donors were investor Dirk Ziff, who gave $411,000; movie producer Steven Spielberg, $336,000; retired businessman William Rollnick, $235,000; and Hollywood mogul Lew Wasserman, $225,000.
The CNN study found 24 overnight White House guests who gave $100,000 or more to the DNC. CNN's $5.4 million figure does not include money given to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, or any state party committees.
On Tuesday, the Clinton White House released the names of 800-plus people who stayed overnight in the Lincoln Bedroom, and the president defended the practice of inviting friends and supporters to stay overnight. The White House also released several hundred pages of documents, some with hishandwritten notes from Clinton enthusiastically supporting the idea.
But Republicans accuse the president of using the White House to raise campaign funds and want an independent prosecutor named to investigate the fund-raising.
At a press conference today with Chilean president Eduardo Frei, Clinton was asked again about the fund-raising and again defended himself.
AllPolitics - Bedroom Bucks - Feb. 26, 1997
Lincoln Bedroom Guests Gave $5.4 Million
Clinton's Guest List
Top Lincoln Bedroom Donors
An Inside Glimpse At White House Fund-Raising
Among the biggest donors were investor Dirk Ziff, who gave $411,000; movie producer Steven Spielberg, $336,000; retired businessman William Rollnick, $235,000; and Hollywood mogul Lew Wasserman, $225,000.
The CNN study found 24 overnight White House guests who gave $100,000 or more to the DNC. CNN's $5.4 million figure does not include money given to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, or any state party committees.
On Tuesday, the Clinton White House released the names of 800-plus people who stayed overnight in the Lincoln Bedroom, and the president defended the practice of inviting friends and supporters to stay overnight. The White House also released several hundred pages of documents, some with hishandwritten notes from Clinton enthusiastically supporting the idea.
But Republicans accuse the president of using the White House to raise campaign funds and want an independent prosecutor named to investigate the fund-raising.
At a press conference today with Chilean president Eduardo Frei, Clinton was asked again about the fund-raising and again defended himself.
