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
Doris Fisher	Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, George W Bush, Continuing a Majority Party Action Committee (Campac), Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney, Every Republican is Crucial PAC
Roger W Stone	Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Prosperity PAC, Steve Forbes, Mitt Romney
Michael J Leffell	Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, George W Bush, Continuing a Majority Party Action Committee (Campac), Prosperity PAC, 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
Kenneth R French	Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, Continuing a Majority Party Action Committee (Campac), Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney, Every Republican is Crucial PAC, Take Back the House
Frank Baxter	Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, George W Bush, Prosperity PAC, Steve Forbes, Mitt Romney, Every Republican is Crucial PAC
Eric M Javits	Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Prosperity PAC, Steve Forbes, Mitt Romney
John Pike	Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, Continuing a Majority Party Action Committee (Campac), Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney, Every Republican is Crucial PAC, Take Back the House
Terry Kassel	Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, George W Bush, Continuing a Majority Party Action Committee (Campac), Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney, Every Republican is Crucial PAC
Henry Kravis	Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney, Every Republican is Crucial PAC
Charles R Schwab	Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney, Every Republican is Crucial PAC
John J Castellani	Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Continuing a Majority Party Action Committee (Campac), Mitt Romney, Every Republican is Crucial PAC
Kirsten Chadwick	Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, George W Bush, Continuing a Majority Party Action Committee (Campac), Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney, Every Republican is Crucial PAC
Richard DeVos	Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Prosperity PAC, Steve Forbes, Mitt Romney
Mark Isakowitz	Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, George W Bush, Continuing a Majority Party Action Committee (Campac), Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney, Every Republican is Crucial PAC
Kenneth S Abramowitz	Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Steve Forbes, Mitt Romney, Every Republican is Crucial PAC
Marc Lampkin	Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Continuing a Majority Party Action Committee (Campac), Mitt Romney, Every Republican is Crucial PAC
Philmore B Anderson	Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, George W Bush, Continuing a Majority Party Action Committee (Campac), Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney, Every Republican is Crucial PAC
Steven A Cohen	Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, George W Bush, Continuing a Majority Party Action Committee (Campac), Prosperity PAC, Every Republican is Crucial PAC, Take Back the House
Joyce Farmer	Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Prosperity PAC, Steve Forbes, Mitt Romney

Donor

Common Recipients

Doris Fisher

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

Roger W Stone

Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Prosperity PAC, Steve Forbes, Mitt Romney

Michael J Leffell

Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, George W Bush, Continuing a Majority Party Action Committee (Campac), Prosperity PAC, 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

Kenneth R French

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