LittleSis: Eddie Lampert

Chairman of ESL Investments hammered by sluggish investments; has seen net worth fall $1.5 billion in past 12 months. Much of portfolio in Sears Holding. Shares down 35% since last September; margins falling amid retail industry woes. Another dud: AutoNation. Also owns stake in AutoZone. Lawyer's son spent spare time in high school reading corporate reports and financial textbooks. Studied at Yale. Took job at Goldman Sachs, mentored by Robert Rubin. Snagged early investment from Richard Rainwater. Founded his own investment shop in 1988. Nabbed Kmart in bankruptcy buying up its bonds on the cheap. Merged with Sears, Roebuck; became chairman of combined company 2005. Clients include Michael Dell, David Geffen, Tisch family's Loews Corp.

Donor	Common Recipients
Thomas W Smith	Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, George W Bush, Continuing a Majority Party Action Committee (Campac), Prosperity PAC, Steve Forbes, Mitt Romney, Every Republican is Crucial PAC, Take Back the House
Paul Singer	Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Continuing a Majority Party Action Committee (Campac), Prosperity PAC, Steve Forbes, Mitt Romney, Every Republican is Crucial PAC
Ken Kies	Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Continuing a Majority Party Action Committee (Campac), Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney, Every Republican is Crucial PAC
J Steven Hart	Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Continuing a Majority Party Action Committee (Campac), Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney, Every Republican is Crucial PAC
James J Pallotta	Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, George W Bush, Continuing a Majority Party Action Committee (Campac), Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney, Every Republican is Crucial PAC, Take Back the House
Stanley S. Hubbard	Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Prosperity PAC, Steve Forbes, Mitt Romney, Every Republican is Crucial PAC
John W Childs	Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Prosperity PAC, Steve Forbes, Mitt Romney, Every Republican is Crucial PAC
Roger Hertog	Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Prosperity PAC, Steve Forbes, Mitt Romney, Every Republican is Crucial PAC
Bonnie Loeb	Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, George W Bush, Continuing a Majority Party Action Committee (Campac), Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney, Every Republican is Crucial PAC, Take Back the House
Foster Friess	Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Prosperity PAC, Steve Forbes, Mitt Romney, Every Republican is Crucial PAC
Brian P Miller	Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, George W Bush, Continuing a Majority Party Action Committee (Campac), Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney, Every Republican is Crucial PAC, Take Back the House
Clifford Asness	Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, George W Bush, Continuing a Majority Party Action Committee (Campac), Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney, Every Republican is Crucial PAC, Take Back the House
James M Kilts	Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, George W Bush, Continuing a Majority Party Action Committee (Campac), Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney, Every Republican is Crucial PAC, Take Back the House
Jay H Newman	Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, George W Bush, Continuing a Majority Party Action Committee (Campac), Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney, Every Republican is Crucial PAC, Take Back the House
Howard H Leach	Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Prosperity PAC, Steve Forbes, Mitt Romney
Stephen Dizard	Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, Continuing a Majority Party Action Committee (Campac), Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney, Every Republican is Crucial PAC, Take Back the House
Dean Rosen	Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, George W Bush, Continuing a Majority Party Action Committee (Campac), Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney, Every Republican is Crucial PAC
Frank Baxter	Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, George W Bush, Prosperity PAC, Steve Forbes, Mitt Romney, Every Republican is Crucial PAC
Richard Ritholz	Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, Continuing a Majority Party Action Committee (Campac), Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney, Every Republican is Crucial PAC, Take Back the House
Roger W Stone	Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Prosperity PAC, Steve Forbes, Mitt Romney

Donor

Common Recipients

Thomas W Smith

Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, George W Bush, Continuing a Majority Party Action Committee (Campac), Prosperity PAC, Steve Forbes, Mitt Romney, Every Republican is Crucial PAC, Take Back the House

Paul Singer

Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Continuing a Majority Party Action Committee (Campac), Prosperity PAC, Steve Forbes, Mitt Romney, Every Republican is Crucial PAC

Ken Kies

Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Continuing a Majority Party Action Committee (Campac), Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney, Every Republican is Crucial PAC

J Steven Hart

Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Continuing a Majority Party Action Committee (Campac), Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney, Every Republican is Crucial PAC

James J Pallotta

Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, George W Bush, Continuing a Majority Party Action Committee (Campac), Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney, Every Republican is Crucial PAC, Take Back the House