Since the story began developing earlier this week, Democratic House members and donors have been calling Gephardt repeatedly to gauge his intentions.
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Ruth's Chris Steak House caters to marrow donors at my assigned hospital.
Controversies surrounding Herman have included her role in arranging some of the White House political coffees with donors, the awarding of contracts while she was in the Carter Administration's Labor Department right before she left her job, and her involvement in a controversial investment in the District of Columbia.
Last October, Sheldon Adelson, the gaming multibillionaire, accompanied a group of Republican donors to the White House to meet with George W. Bush.
The House victory may turn reluctant and skeptical donors into future partners.
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That involves impressing upon GOP donors the dangers of losing the House or failing to gain in the Senate.
The Democrats right now, to their top donors, can sell access to the White House, to administration officials, to members of Congress.
He defended the controversial White House coffees and the overnight visits of friends, family and donors in the Lincoln Bedroom.
George W. Bush has dominated the race to this point in great measure because Republican donors believe he is capable of taking back the White House, and preventing the loss of Congress.
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Ross got together with health care industry donors in June, around the same time the Blue Dogs were challenging the House bill.
He also said donors were never guaranteed a certain level of access to him or to the White House if they donated a set number of dollars.
Despite the document, White House deputy press secretary Barry Toiv denied that the database, which included information on over 200, 000 donors, supporters, friends, legislators, dignitaries and journalists, was used for political purposes.
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