Subject:  $$$$$ Bush $$$$$.....(Guru)
Date:     Wed, 22 Sep 1999 051428 -0500 (CDT)
From:     "Roy L. Beavers" 
To:       emfguru 
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......Is this the way we want our "democracy" to work????......

Roy Beavers (EMFguru)......
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07:36 PM ET 09/21/99

Bush Breaks $50 Million Barrier


 By JONATHAN D. SALANT=
 Associated Press Writer=
           WASHINGTON (AP) _ Texas Gov. George W. Bush, continuing to smash
 all campaign fund-raising records, has raised more than $52
 million, becoming the first presidential candidate to break the $50
 million barrier.
           Included in the total is $550,000 from tickets sold to
 fund-raisers this week, including one scheduled for Saturday in
 Boston featuring the governor's father, former President Bush.
           Bush advisers indicated earlier this month that they expected
 the governor to beat the $50 million mark by the end of September,
 the close of the next reporting period for campaign finance
 information.
           Bush already has reached that mark, campaign spokeswoman Mindy
 Tucker said Tuesday, confirming that Bush had raised $3 million
 from events over the past month, bringing his total to more than
 $52 million.
           At the end of June, Bush had raised $37 million and had $30
 million in the bank. His next report is due to the Federal Election
 Commission on Oct. 15 and covers the period July 1 through Sept.
 30.
           Bush's $52 million is more money than any other presidential
 candidate ever has had to spend on a campaign, even including
 federal matching funds. Including the federal funds, 1996
 Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole had $45 million to spend
 and President Clinton had $43 million.
           With money coming in at such a prolific clip, Bush has said that
 he would not accept federal funding, which would require his
 campaign to limit its spending to around $40 million in the
 primaries. By refusing the federal assistance, Bush can spend as
 much as he can raise, allowing him to financially compete with
 publisher Steve Forbes, who also is not accepting federal funds for
 his largely self-financed campaign.
           Last month, Bush became the first presidential candidate to post
 daily lists of his campaign contributors on the Internet.
           Among other Republican presidential candidates, campaign of Sen.
 John McCain, R-Ariz., expects to report raising more than $10
 million by Sept. 30, including $2 million transferred earlier from
 his Senate campaign account, and activist Gary Bauer reported that
 he had raised more than $5 million to date. Other Republicans have
 declined to disclose their fund-raising totals in advance of Sept.
 30, the end of the third quarter.

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