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
Peter J Rizzi	Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, George W Bush, Continuing a Majority Party Action Committee (Campac), 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
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
Barry S Friedberg	Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney, Every Republican is Crucial PAC
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
Bruce A Gates	Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, George W Bush, Continuing a Majority Party Action Committee (Campac), Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney, Every Republican is Crucial PAC
Dean L Buntrock	Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Prosperity PAC, Steve Forbes, Mitt Romney
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
Eric M Javits	Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Prosperity PAC, Steve Forbes, Mitt Romney
Lee M Grinberg	Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, Continuing a Majority Party Action Committee (Campac), Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney, Every Republican is Crucial PAC, Take Back the House
Richard DeVos	Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Prosperity PAC, Steve Forbes, Mitt Romney
Sam Fox	Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney, Every Republican is Crucial PAC
Daniel R Murphy	Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, George W Bush, Continuing a Majority Party Action Committee (Campac), Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney, Every Republican is Crucial PAC
Mark Stitzer	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
Joyce Farmer	Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Prosperity PAC, Steve Forbes, Mitt Romney
Gordon Singer	Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, George W Bush, Continuing a Majority Party Action Committee (Campac), Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney, Every Republican is Crucial PAC
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
Charles R Schwab	Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Prosperity PAC, Mitt Romney, Every Republican is Crucial PAC
Sam Geduldig	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

Donor

Common Recipients

Peter J Rizzi

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

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

Barry S Friedberg

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

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