LittleSis: John Rusling Block

John R. Block currently serves as Senior Policy Advisor at Olsson, Frank, and Weeda. His accomplishments in agriculture began with the building of a large and successful hog operation in his home state of Illinois, where he also served as the Director of Agriculture from 1977 to 1981. Block was tapped by President Ronald Reagan to serve as the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture from 1981 to 1985, where he played a key role in the development of the 1985 Farm Bill. He was President and Chief Executive Officer of Food Distributors International (formerly National American Wholesale Grocers Association) from 1986 to January 2003.

Donor	Common Recipients
Bruce A Gates	Jo Ann Emerson, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, George Allen, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Food Distributors Voice in Politics Cmte-The Political Action Cmte of Food Dist Int'L, Mitt Romney
Roy Pfautch	Jo Ann Emerson, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, George Allen, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Mitt Romney, Donald Devine
C Boyden Gray	John McCain, Mitch McConnell, George Allen, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Mitt Romney, Donald Devine
Howard Wilkins	John McCain, Mitch McConnell, George Allen, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Mitt Romney, Donald Devine
Richard E Wiley	Jo Ann Emerson, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, George Allen, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Mitt Romney
Lonnie A Pilgrim	John McCain, Mitch McConnell, George Allen, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Mitt Romney, E De la garza
James S McDonnell III	Jo Ann Emerson, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, George Allen, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Mitt Romney
Bryce L Harlow	John McCain, Mitch McConnell, George Allen, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Mitt Romney, Donald Devine
Wayne Valis	John McCain, Mitch McConnell, George Allen, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Mitt Romney, Donald Devine
Shawn Smeallie	Jo Ann Emerson, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, George Allen, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Mitt Romney
David Carmen	Jo Ann Emerson, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, George Allen, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Mitt Romney
Ed Feulner	John McCain, Mitch McConnell, George Allen, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Mitt Romney, Donald Devine
Lanny Griffith	John McCain, Mitch McConnell, George Allen, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Mitt Romney, Donald Devine
Mark Valente III	Jo Ann Emerson, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, George Allen, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Mitt Romney
Patricia Redding Pilgrim	John McCain, Mitch McConnell, George Allen, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Mitt Romney, E De la garza
Kenneth M Duberstein	Jo Ann Emerson, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, George Allen, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Mitt Romney
Nicholas Calio	Jo Ann Emerson, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, George Allen, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Mitt Romney
August A Busch III	Jo Ann Emerson, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, George Allen, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Mitt Romney
Michael Keiser	John McCain, Mitch McConnell, George Allen, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Mitt Romney, Donald Devine
Stephen F Brauer	Jo Ann Emerson, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, George Allen, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Mitt Romney

Donor

Common Recipients

Bruce A Gates

Jo Ann Emerson, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, George Allen, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Food Distributors Voice in Politics Cmte-The Political Action Cmte of Food Dist Int'L, Mitt Romney

Roy Pfautch

Jo Ann Emerson, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, George Allen, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Mitt Romney, Donald Devine

C Boyden Gray

John McCain, Mitch McConnell, George Allen, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Mitt Romney, Donald Devine

Howard Wilkins

John McCain, Mitch McConnell, George Allen, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Mitt Romney, Donald Devine

Richard E Wiley

Jo Ann Emerson, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, George Allen, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Mitt Romney