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Brothers Grim: Is Lehman Next? Published by Lindsay Renick Mayer on
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Freddie Mac and the company's twin sister, Fannie Mae, this week, and the
next in line in the Wall Street family to get a helping hand might just be
Lehman Brothers. Executives at the struggling investment bank are looking to
sell the company with assistance from the government--and fast--as its stock
plunges. Although the government isn't expected to completely bail out
Lehman Brothers, the fourth-largest U.S. investment bank, the company has
built a strong financial relationship with politicians over the years and
coincidentally ranks fourth in the largest contributors in the race for the
White House.

Since 1989, Lehman Brothers's employees and political action committee have
given $9.2 million to federal candidates, parties and political action
committees, with 54 percent of that going to Democrats. In the current
Congress, 271 lawmakers have collected nearly $3 million since 1989, with 72
percent going to Democrats. Democratic presidential candidates and senators
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama top the list of all-time recipients for the
company, collecting $410,000 and $395,600 respectively. Sen. Charles
Schumer, D-N.Y., a member of both the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban
Affairs Committee and the Senate Finance Committee, hauled in $181,450,
while Sen. Chris Dodd, chair of the Senate banking committee, has collected
$165,800. The top recipient of PAC money from Lehman Brothers has been Rep.
Mike Castle (R- Del.), a member of the House Financial Services Committee,
which has jurisdiction over banking and the securities industry. Castle has
collected $38,500 from Lehman's PAC since 1993.

This election cycle, Lehman employees have given about $1.3 million to
presidential candidates. Only fellow financial giants Goldman Sachs,
Citigroup and Morgan Stanley have given more to the presidential hopefuls
this election cycle. Lehman employees have made their firm one of the top
contributors to both Obama ($370,500) and John McCain ($117,500) this
election cycle. The company is also on track to spend more than $800,000 on
federal lobbying this year.

The following members of the 110th Congress have received contributions from
the employees and PAC of Lehman Brothers since the 1990 election cycle.

Members of the 110th Congress who have received campaign contributions from
Lehman Brothers, 1989-2008

Name Office State Party Grand Total Total from PACs Total from Individuals
Clinton, Hillary S NY D $409,980 $3,000 $406,980 Obama, Barack S IL D
$395,574 $0 $395,574 Schumer, Charles E S NY D $181,450 $25,500 $155,950
Dodd, Christopher J S CT D $165,800 $25,400 $140,400 Lieberman, Joe S CT I
$165,450 $10,000 $155,450 Kerry, John S MA D $151,664 $0 $151,664 McCain,
John S AZ R $145,100 $1,000 $144,100 Rangel, Charles B H NY D $38,650
$24,750 $13,900 Castle, Michael N H DE R $38,500 $38,500 $0 Lugar, Richard G
S IN R $37,250 $12,000 $25,250 Reed, Jack S RI D $37,100 $7,500 $29,600
Lowey, Nita M H NY D $35,225 $5,000 $30,225 Lautenberg, Frank R S NJ D
$34,100 $1,000 $33,100 Biden, Joseph R Jr S DE D $33,700 $0 $33,700
Feinstein, Dianne S CA D $32,100 $24,000 $8,100 Bayh, Evan S IN D $31,309
$5,500 $25,809 Emanuel, Rahm H IL D $30,350 $0 $30,350 Specter, Arlen S PA R
$26,100 $3,000 $23,100 Baucus, Max S MT D $21,400 $14,500 $6,900 Boucher,
Rick H VA D $20,000 $20,000 $0 Terry, Lee H NE R $19,300 $1,000 $18,300
Nadler, Jerrold H NY D $19,100 $2,500 $16,600 Dingell, John D H MI D $17,000
$17,000 $0 Brown, Sherrod S OH D $16,000 $12,500 $3,500 Spratt, John M Jr H
SC D $13,000 $0 $13,000 Alexander, Lamar S TN R $12,500 $0 $12,500 Crapo,
Mike S ID R $12,300 $9,000 $3,300 Sessions, Jeff S AL R $12,250 $5,000
$7,250 Martinez, Mel S FL R $12,000 $0 $12,000 Klein, Ron H FL D $11,900 $0
$11,900 Fossella, Vito H NY R $11,750 $11,000 $750 Salazar, Ken S CO D
$11,500 $0 $11,500 Hatch, Orrin G S UT R $11,500 $9,000 $2,500 Shays,
Christopher H CT R $11,300 $6,000 $5,300 Hagel, Chuck S NE R $11,300 $7,500
$3,800 Bunning, Jim S KY R $11,250 $8,750 $2,500 Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie
H SD D $11,000 $0 $11,000 Shelby, Richard C S AL R $11,000 $9,000 $2,000
Maloney, Carolyn B H NY D $10,850 $6,100 $4,750 Hoyer, Steny H H MD D
$10,550 $7,000 $3,550 Bond, Christopher S 'Kit' S MO R $10,500 $9,250 $1,250
Markey, Edward J H MA D $10,250 $0 $10,250 Kennedy, Edward M S MA D $10,085
$0 $10,085 McConnell, Mitch S KY R $10,050 $5,000 $5,050 Israel, Steve H NY
D $9,600 $500 $9,100 Kyl, Jon S AZ R $9,500 $5,000 $4,500 Menendez, Robert S
NJ D $9,300 $5,000 $4,300 Murphy, Chris H CT D $9,250 $0 $9,250 Pelosi,
Nancy H CA D $9,000 $8,000 $1,000 Frank, Barney H MA D $9,000 $8,000 $1,000
Pallone, Frank Jr H NJ D $8,800 $6,000 $2,800 Weller, Jerry H IL R $8,750
$8,500 $250 Hutchison, Kay Bailey S TX R $8,750 $2,000 $6,750 Harkin, Tom S
IA D $8,600 $1,000 $7,600 Dole, Elizabeth S NC R $8,250 $0 $8,250 Lincoln,
Blanche S AR D $8,125 $7,125 $1,000 Conrad, Kent S ND D $8,000 $5,000 $3,000
Leahy, Patrick S VT D $7,650 $0 $7,650 Harman, Jane H CA D $7,500 $1,000
$6,500 Nelson, Bill S FL D $7,300 $0 $7,300 Coleman, Norm S MN R $7,300
$1,000 $6,300 Gordon, Bart H TN D $7,000 $7,000 $0 Grassley, Chuck S IA R
$7,000 $7,000 $0 Reid, Harry S NV D $7,000 $2,000 $5,000 Reynolds, Tom H NY
R $6,950 $1,000 $5,950 Eshoo, Anna H CA D $6,500 $6,500 $0 Kanjorski, Paul E
H PA D $6,500 $6,500 $0 Bachus, Spencer H AL R $6,450 $5,000 $1,450 Mahoney,
Tim H FL D $6,400 $0 $6,400 Carper, Tom S DE D $6,270 $5,270 $1,000 Young,
Don H AK R $6,000 $6,000 $0 McKeon, Howard P "Buck" H CA R $6,000 $0 $6,000
Schwartz, Allyson H PA D $6,000 $0 $6,000 Chambliss, Saxby S GA R $6,000 $0
$6,000 Ensign, John S NV R $6,000 $6,000 $0 Johnson, Tim S SD D $6,000
$4,000 $2,000 Bennett, Robert F S UT R $6,000 $6,000 $0 Enzi, Mike S WY R
$6,000 $6,000 $0 Courtney, Joe H CT D $5,900 $0 $5,900 Rockefeller, Jay S WV
D $5,800 $2,000 $3,800 McCarthy, Carolyn H NY D $5,750 $5,500 $250 Bishop,
Sanford D Jr H GA D $5,500 $3,500 $2,000 Lynch, Stephen F H MA D $5,500 $0
$5,500 Towns, Edolphus H NY D $5,500 $5,500 $0 Gillibrand, Kirsten E H NY D
$5,500 $0 $5,500 Landrieu, Mary L S LA D $5,500 $2,000 $3,500 Gregg, Judd S
NH R $5,500 $2,000 $3,500 Wexler, Robert H FL D $5,000 $0 $5,000 Boehner,
John H OH R $5,000 $3,000 $2,000 Durbin, Dick S IL D $5,000 $500 $4,500
Warner, John W S VA R $5,000 $4,000 $1,000 Cooper, Jim H TN D $4,999 $1,000
$3,999 Paul, Ron H TX R $4,701 $0 $4,701 Campbell, John H CA R $4,600 $0
$4,600 Whitfield, Ed H KY R $4,500 $4,500 $0 English, Phil H PA R $4,500
$4,500 $0 Cubin, Barbara H WY R $4,500 $4,500 $0 McCaskill, Claire S MO D
$4,500 $0 $4,500 Sununu, John E S NH R $4,300 $0 $4,300 Lampson, Nick H TX D
$4,200 $0 $4,200 Burr, Richard S NC R $4,200 $2,000 $2,200 DeGette, Diana H
CO D $4,000 $0 $4,000 Abercrombie, Neil H HI D $4,000 $4,000 $0 Hulshof,
Kenny H MO R $4,000 $4,000 $0 Dorgan, Byron L S ND D $4,000 $2,000 $2,000
Domenici, Pete V S NM R $4,000 $4,000 $0 Webb, James S VA D $4,000 $0 $4,000
Murray, Patty S WA D $4,000 $2,000 $2,000 Byrd, Robert C S WV D $4,000
$4,000 $0 Murphy, Patrick J H PA D $3,950 $0 $3,950 Whitehouse, Sheldon S RI
D $3,600 $0 $3,600 Chandler, Ben H KY D $3,500 $0 $3,500 Neal, Richard E H
MA D $3,500 $3,500 $0 Garrett, Scott H NJ R $3,500 $3,000 $500 Holt, Rush H
NJ D $3,500 $0 $3,500 Hall, Ralph M H TX R $3,500 $3,500 $0 Barton, Joe H TX
R $3,500 $1,000 $2,500 Tester, Jon S MT D $3,500 $0 $3,500 Bingaman, Jeff S
NM D $3,500 $3,000 $500 Thune, John S SD R $3,500 $0 $3,500 Cornyn, John S
TX R $3,500 $0 $3,500 Matheson, Jim H UT D $3,497 $3,000 $497 Smith, Gordon
H S OR R $3,350 $2,000 $1,350 Wilson, Heather A H NM R $3,312 $1,000 $2,312
Ramstad, Jim H MN R $3,250 $2,000 $1,250 Weiner, Anthony D H NY D $3,250
$3,000 $250 Velazquez, Nydia M H NY D $3,250 $2,250 $1,000 Cardin, Ben S MD
D $3,250 $1,500 $1,750 Tauscher, Ellen H CA D $3,000 $3,000 $0 Schultz,
Debbie Wasserman H FL D $3,000 $0 $3,000 Akin, Todd H MO R $3,000 $2,000
$1,000 Blunt, Roy H MO R $3,000 $2,000 $1,000 Ferguson, Mike H NJ R $3,000
$0 $3,000 Moran, Jim H VA D $3,000 $1,000 $2,000 Vitter, David S LA R $3,000
$1,000 $2,000 Wyden, Ron S OR D $3,000 $0 $3,000 Feingold, Russ S WI D
$3,000 $0 $3,000 Pearce, Steve H NM R $2,800 $0 $2,800 Boxer, Barbara S CA D
$2,750 $0 $2,750 Allen, Tom H ME D $2,700 $0 $2,700 Crowley, Joseph H NY D
$2,650 $2,000 $650 Boustany, Charles W Jr H LA R $2,624 $0 $2,624 Stearns,
Cliff H FL R $2,500 $2,500 $0 Sensenbrenner, F James Jr H WI R $2,500 $2,500
$0 Levin, Carl S MI D $2,500 $500 $2,000 Udall, Mark H CO D $2,400 $0 $2,400
Engel, Eliot L H NY D $2,400 $2,000 $400 Hinchey, Maurice H NY D $2,300 $500
$1,800 Cohen, Stephen Ira H TN D $2,300 $0 $2,300 Baldwin, Tammy H WI D
$2,300 $0 $2,300 Craig, Larry S ID R $2,250 $2,250 $0 Diaz-Balart, Mario H
FL R $2,150 $0 $2,150 Corker, Bob S TN R $2,100 $0 $2,100 Dreier, David H CA
R $2,000 $2,000 $0 Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana H FL R $2,000 $0 $2,000 Lewis, John
H GA D $2,000 $2,000 $0 Linder, John H GA R $2,000 $0 $2,000 Kirk, Mark H IL
R $2,000 $0 $2,000 Levin, Sander H MI D $2,000 $1,500 $500 Conyers, John Jr
H MI D $2,000 $2,000 $0 Hobson, Dave H OH R $2,000 $2,000 $0 Pryce, Deborah
H OH R $2,000 $2,000 $0 Inhofe, James M S OK R $2,000 $2,000 $0 Pryor, Mark
S AR D $1,990 $0 $1,990 Dent, Charlie H PA R $1,874 $0 $1,874 Sessions, Pete
H TX R $1,812 $500 $1,312 Jackson, Jesse Jr H IL D $1,800 $0 $1,800 Hill,
Baron H IN D $1,750 $1,500 $250 Davis, Geoff H KY R $1,624 $0 $1,624
Diaz-Balart, Lincoln H FL R $1,500 $0 $1,500 Moore, Dennis H KS D $1,500
$1,500 $0 Bishop, Timothy H H NY D $1,500 $0 $1,500 King, Pete H NY R $1,500
$0 $1,500 Ackerman, Gary H NY D $1,500 $500 $1,000 Walsh, James T H NY R
$1,500 $1,000 $500 Mollohan, Alan B H WV D $1,500 $1,500 $0 Murkowski, Lisa
S AK R $1,500 $1,500 $0 Allard, Wayne S CO R $1,500 $1,500 $0 Cantwell,
Maria S WA D $1,500 $0 $1,500 Hooley, Darlene H OR D $1,499 $0 $1,499 Casey,
Bob S PA D $1,250 $0 $1,250 Aderholt, Robert B H AL R $1,000 $0 $1,000
Snyder, Vic H AR D $1,000 $1,000 $0 Flake, Jeff H AZ R $1,000 $0 $1,000
Costa, Jim H CA D $1,000 $0 $1,000 Solis, Hilda L H CA D $1,000 $0 $1,000
Royce, Ed H CA R $1,000 $1,000 $0 Lewis, Jerry H CA R $1,000 $0 $1,000
Bilbray, Brian P H CA R $1,000 $1,000 $0 Bilirakis, Gus H FL R $1,000 $0
$1,000 Meek, Kendrick B H FL D $1,000 $0 $1,000 Bean, Melissa H IL D $1,000
$0 $1,000 Shimkus, John M H IL R $1,000 $1,000 $0 Burton, Dan H IN R $1,000
$0 $1,000 Moran, Jerry H KS R $1,000 $1,000 $0 Scalise, Stephen Joseph
"Steve H LA R $1,000 $0 $1,000 Olver, John W H MA D $1,000 $0 $1,000 Upton,
Fred H MI R $1,000 $1,000 $0 Kilpatrick, Carolyn Cheeks H MI D $1,000 $0
$1,000 Coble, Howard H NC R $1,000 $0 $1,000 Pomeroy, Earl H ND D $1,000
$1,000 $0 Pascrell, Bill Jr H NJ D $1,000 $0 $1,000 Higgins, Brian M H NY D
$1,000 $0 $1,000 Slaughter, Louise M H NY D $1,000 $1,000 $0 LaTourette,
Steven C H OH R $1,000 $1,000 $0 Blumenauer, Earl H OR D $1,000 $0 $1,000
Fattah, Chaka H PA D $1,000 $0 $1,000 Sestak, Joe H PA D $1,000 $0 $1,000
Murphy, Tim H PA R $1,000 $1,000 $0 Tanner, John H TN D $1,000 $1,000 $0
Johnson, Sam H TX R $1,000 $1,000 $0 Hensarling, Jeb H TX R $1,000 $0 $1,000
Obey, David R H WI D $1,000 $0 $1,000 Rahall, Nick H WV D $1,000 $1,000 $0
Roberts, Pat S KS R $1,000 $1,000 $0 Snowe, Olympia J S ME R $1,000 $1,000
$0 Stabenow, Debbie S MI D $1,000 $1,000 $0 Klobuchar, Amy S MN D $1,000 $0
$1,000 Nelson, Ben S NE D $1,000 $1,000 $0 Coburn, Tom S OK R $1,000 $1,000
$0 Thompson, Bennie G H MS D $950 $0 $950 Renzi, Rick H AZ R $812 $0 $812
Porter, Jon H NV R $812 $0 $812 Neugebauer, Randy H TX R $812 $0 $812
Reichert, Dave H WA R $812 $0 $812 Manzullo, Don H IL R $800 $0 $800
Conaway, Mike H TX R $800 $0 $800 Poe, Ted H TX R $789 $0 $789 Knollenberg,
Joe H MI R $750 $0 $750 Frelinghuysen, Rodney H NJ R $750 $0 $750 Marchant,
Kenny Ewell H TX R $750 $0 $750 Burgess, Michael H TX R $750 $0 $750 Kind,
Ron H WI D $750 $0 $750 McMorris, Cathy H WA R $735 $0 $735 Hastings, Alcee
L H FL D $700 $0 $700 Fortuno, Luis D PR R $500 $500 $0 Miller, George H CA
D $500 $0 $500 McNerney, Jerry H CA D $500 $0 $500 DeLauro, Rosa L H CT D
$500 $500 $0 Davis, Danny K H IL D $500 $0 $500 Costello, Jerry F H IL D
$500 $500 $0 McCrery, Jim H LA R $500 $500 $0 Capuano, Michael E H MA D $500
$500 $0 Cummings, Elijah E H MD D $500 $0 $500 Camp, Dave H MI R $500 $500
$0 Emerson, Jo Ann H MO R $500 $500 $0 Pickering, Charles "Chip" Jr H MS R
$500 $0 $500 Price, David H NC D $500 $500 $0 Rothman, Steven R H NJ D $500
$0 $500 Arcuri, Michael H NY D $500 $0 $500 Lucas, Frank D H OK R $500 $500
$0 Granger, Kay H TX R $500 $0 $500 Green, Gene H TX D $500 $500 $0 Cannon,
Chris H UT R $500 $0 $500 Ryan, Paul H WI R $500 $0 $500 Capito, Shelley
Moore H WV R $500 $500 $0 Stevens, Ted S AK R $500 $500 $0 Mikulski, Barbara
A S MD D $500 $0 $500 Collins, Susan M S ME R $500 $0 $500 Udall, Tom H NM D
$400 $0 $400 Tiberi, Patrick J H OH R $400 $0 $400 Jackson Lee, Sheila H TX
D $400 $0 $400 Hastings, Doc H WA R $300 $0 $300 Schakowsky, Jan H IL D $250
$0 $250 Ellsworth, Brad H IN D $250 $0 $250 Edwards, Donna H MD D $250 $0
$250 Hall, John H NY D $250 $0 $250 Carney, Chris H PA D $250 $0 $250
Cantor, Eric H VA R $250 $0 $250 Graham, Lindsey S SC R $250 $0 $250 Walden,
Greg H OR R $200 $0 $200 Total


$2,975,986 $634,145 $2,341,841

Includes contributions from PACs and individuals. 2008 cycle totals based on
data released electronically by the Federal Election Commission on Sept. 2,
2008.