| BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : SEPTEMBER 18, 2000 ISSUE | ||||||||
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Help from "The Powerful" Al Gore promises to protect ''working Americans'' from ''powerful interests.'' But Gore and the Democratic Party have raised more than $20 million from the corporate interests and lobbyists the Veep has been denouncing. INDUSTRY/ GORE LIEBERMAN* DEMOCRATIC BUSH REPUBLICAN SECTOR PARTY PARTY ENERGY $263,960 $67,202 $4,366,715 $2,503,191 $10,780,500 HEALTH 1,047,674 276,297 5,713,662 3,582,108 8,684,586 INSURANCE 297,125 197,419 4,309,818 1,479,872 6,720,553 PHARMA- 87,350 91,150 2,671,778 392,565 4,588,531 CEUTICALS TOBACCO 7,000 14,500 493,620 76,175 3,730,809 LOBBYISTS 635,655 41,049 714,832 644,403 878,125 * Lieberman's totals are for his 2000 Senate race DATA: CENTER FOR RESPONSIVE POLITICS _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |
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