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
Bernie Marcus	Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney, Every Republican is Crucial PAC
David Bockorny	Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Continuing a Majority Party Action Committee (Campac), Prosperity PAC, Every Republican is Crucial PAC
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
Darren Willcox	Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, George W Bush, Continuing a Majority Party Action Committee (Campac), Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney, Every Republican is Crucial PAC
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
Joshua Nadell	Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, George W Bush, Continuing a Majority Party Action Committee (Campac), Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney, Every Republican is Crucial PAC
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
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
Warren A Stephens	Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, George W Bush, Prosperity PAC, Steve Forbes, Mitt Romney, Every Republican is Crucial PAC
Stanley Druckenmiller	Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, George W Bush, Prosperity PAC, Steve Forbes, Mitt Romney, Every Republican is Crucial PAC
Laurel Asness	Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, Continuing a Majority Party Action Committee (Campac), Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney, Every Republican is Crucial PAC, Take Back the House
Clint Carlson	Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, George W Bush, Continuing a Majority Party Action Committee (Campac), Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney, Every Republican is Crucial PAC
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
Kenneth S Abramowitz	Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Steve Forbes, 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 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
Cesar V Conda	Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, George W Bush, Continuing a Majority Party Action Committee (Campac), Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney, Every Republican is Crucial PAC
Stephen Schwarzman	Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, 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
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

Donor

Common Recipients

Bernie Marcus

Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney, Every Republican is Crucial PAC

David Bockorny

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

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

Darren Willcox

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

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