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- Agriculture
- Agricultural Services & Products
- Agricultural chemicals (fertilizers & pesticides) |
- Agricultural services & related industries |
- Animal feed & health products |
- Farm machinery & equipment |
- Farm organizations & cooperatives |
- Florists & nursery services |
- Grain traders & terminals |
- Veterinarians |
- Commodity Brokers & Dealers
- Commodity brokers & dealers |
- Crop Production & Basic Processing
- Cotton growers, cotton ginners |
- Farmers, crop unspecified |
- Farmers, in general |
- Includes all sugar growers and sugar co-ops |
- Other commodities (including rice, peanuts, honey) |
- Vegetables, fruits & tree nuts |
- Wheat, corn, soybeans & cash grain |
- Dairy
- Dairy farmers & wholesale and retail milk, cheese and ice cream dealers |
- Farm Bureau
- Farm Bureau/affiliated organizations & PACs |
- Food Processing & Sales
- Food & beverage products and services |
- Food & kindred products manufacturing |
- Food stores |
- Food wholesalers |
- Meat processing & products |
- Forestry & Forest Products
- Paper & pulp mills and paper manufacturing |
- Timber companies, sawmills, & others engaged in cutting down trees |
- Livestock
- Feedlots & related livestock services |
- Horse breeders |
- Livestock |
- Sheep & wool producers |
- Miscellaneous Agriculture
- Miscellaneous agriculture |
- Poultry & Eggs
- Poultry & eggs |
- Tobacco
- Tobacco & tobacco products |
- Agricultural Services & Products
- Candidate Contributions
- Candidate Self-finance
- Democratic candidate contributions to own campaign |
- Nonpartisan candidate contributions to own campaign |
- Republican candidate contributions to own campaign |
- Third-party candidate contributions to own campaign |
- Candidate Self-finance
- Communications & Electronics
- Bands, Orchestras & Other Live Music Production
- Musicians |
- Cable TV
- Cable & satellite TV operators |
- Communications & Electronics
- Communications & electronics |
- Computer Equipment & Services
- Computer manufacture & services |
- Computer software |
- Computers, components & accessories |
- Data processing & computer services |
- Online computer services |
- Electronics Manufacturing & Services
- Electronics manufacturing & services |
- Live Theater/Other Entertainment Productions
- Actors, actresses & others in the live theater industry |
- Movie Theaters
- Movie theaters |
- Printing & Publishing
- Book, newspaper & periodical publishing |
- Commercial printing & typesetting |
- Greeting card publishing |
- Printing, publishing & allied industries |
- Recorded Music Production
- Recorded music & music production |
- Telecom Services & Equipment
- Other Communications Services |
- Paging & cellular phones and services |
- Satellite communications |
- Telecommunications |
- Telephone & communications equipment |
- Telephone Utilities
- Long-distance telephone & telegraph service |
- Telephone utilities |
- TV & Movie Production/Distribution
- Broadcasting & motion pictures |
- Commercial television & radio stations |
- Motion picture production & distribution |
- Television production |
- Bands, Orchestras & Other Live Music Production
- Construction
- Building Materials & Equipment
- Building materials |
- Construction equipment |
- Electrical supply |
- Lumber and wood products & lumber yards |
- Other construction-related products |
- Plumbing & pipe products |
- Stone, clay, glass & concrete products |
- Construction Services
- Architectural services |
- Engineering, architecture & construction management services |
- Engineers - type unknown |
- Surveying |
- General Contractors
- Builders associations |
- Construction & public works |
- Construction, unclassified |
- Public works, industrial & commercial construction |
- Home Builders
- Mobile home construction |
- Residential construction |
- Special Trade Contractors
- Electrical contractors |
- Landscaping & excavation services |
- Plumbing, heating & air conditioning |
- Special trade contractors |
- Building Materials & Equipment
- Defense
- Defense Aerospace
- Defense areospace contractors |
- Defense Electronics
- Defense electronic contractors |
- Miscellaneous Defense
- Defense |
- Defense research & development |
- Defense shipbuilders |
- Defense-related services |
- Ground-based & other weapons systems |
- Defense Aerospace
- Energy & Natural Resources
- Aluminum Mining & Processing
- Aluminum mining & processing |
- Commercial Fishing
- Fishing |
- Electric Utilities
- Electric power utilities |
- Gas & electric utilities |
- Independent power generation & cogeneration |
- Rural electric cooperatives |
- Energy & Natural Resources
- Energy, natural resources & environment |
- Environmental Services & Equipment
- Environmental services, equipment & consulting |
- Fisheries & Wildlife
- Fisheries & wildlife |
- Hunting
- Hunting & wildlife |
- Mining
- Coal mining |
- Metal mining & processing |
- Mining |
- Mining services & equipment |
- Non-metallic mining |
- Miscellaneous Energy
- Alternate energy production & services |
- Energy production & distribution |
- Power plant construction & equipment |
- Miscellaneous Manufacturing & Distributing
- Paper packaging materials |
- Paper, glass & packaging materials |
- Nuclear Energy
- Nuclear energy |
- Nuclear plant construction, equipment & services |
- Oil & Gas
- Fuel oil dealers |
- Gasoline service stations |
- Independent oil & gas producers |
- LPG/Liquid propane dealers & producers |
- Major (multinational) oil & gas producers |
- Natural gas transmission & distribution |
- Oil & gas |
- Oilfield service, equipment & exploration |
- Petroleum refining & marketing |
- Railroads
- Manufacturers of railroad equipment |
- Railroad services |
- Railroad transportation |
- Railroads |
- Smelting & Refining
- Smelting & non-petroleum refining |
- Steel
- Steel mining & processing |
- Waste Management
- Waste management |
- Water Utilities
- Water utilities |
- Wise Use
- Resource-development anti-environmental groups |
- Aluminum Mining & Processing
- Finance, Insurance & Real Estate
- Accountants
- Accountants |
- Banks & Lending Institutions
- Banks & lending institutions |
- Commercial Banks
- Commercial banks & bank holding companies |
- Credit Unions
- Credit unions |
- Finance & Credit Companies
- Credit agencies & finance companies |
- Finance, Insurance & Real Estate
- Finance, insurance & real estate |
- Insurance
- Accident & health insurance |
- Insurance agencies, brokers & agents |
- Insurance companies, general |
- Life insurance |
- Property & casualty insurance |
- Miscellaneous Finance
- Credit reporting services & collection agencies |
- Financial services & consulting |
- Investors |
- Other financial services |
- Tax return services |
- Real Estate
- Building operators & managers |
- Mobile home dealers & parks |
- Mortgage bankers & brokers |
- Other real estate services, appraisals |
- Real estate |
- Real estate agents & managers |
- Real estate developers & subdividers |
- Title insurance & title abstract offices |
- Savings & Loans
- Savings banks & savings and loans |
- Securities & Investment
- Commodity brokers & dealers |
- Investment banking |
- Securities, commodities & investment |
- Security brokers & investment companies |
- Stock exchanges |
- Venture capital |
- Accountants
- General Business
- Beer, Wine & Liquor
- Alcohol |
- Beer |
- Liquor stores |
- Liquor wholesalers |
- Wine & distilled spirits manufacturing |
- Business Associations
- Chambers of commerce |
- General business associations |
- General commerce |
- International trade associations |
- Pro-business organizations |
- Small business organizations |
- Business Services
- Advertising & public relations services |
- Beauty & barber shops |
- Business services |
- Commercial photography, art & graphic design |
- Direct mail advertising services |
- Employment agencies |
- Management consultants & services |
- Marketing research services |
- Outdoor advertising services |
- Political consultants & advisers |
- Security services |
- Chemical & Related Manufacturing
- Adhesives & sealants |
- Chemicals |
- Explosives |
- Household cleansers & chemicals |
- Paints, solvents & coatings |
- Plastics & rubber processing and products |
- Food & Beverage
- Artificial sweeteners & food additives |
- Beverage bottling & distribution |
- Beverages (non-alcoholic) |
- Confectionary processors & manufacturers |
- Fish processing |
- Food catering & food services |
- Restaurants & drinking establishments |
- Gambling & Casinos
- Casinos, racetracks & gambling |
- Indian gaming |
- Lodging & Tourism
- Hotels & motels |
- Resorts |
- Miscellaneous Business
- Correctional facilities construction & management/for-profit |
- Import/export services |
- Warehousing |
- Wholesale trade |
- Miscellaneous Manufacturing & Distributing
- Clocks & watches |
- Clothing & accessories |
- Electrical lighting products |
- Electroplating, polishing & related services |
- Fabricated metal products |
- Furniture & wood products |
- Glass products |
- Hardware & tools |
- Heavy industrial manufacturing |
- Household & office products |
- Household appliances |
- Industrial & commercial equipment and materials |
- Jewelry |
- Manmade fibers |
- Manufacturing |
- Metal cans & containers |
- Office machines |
- Optical instruments & lenses |
- Personal products manufacturing |
- Photographic equipment & supplies |
- Precision instruments |
- Recycling of metal, paper, plastics, etc. |
- Shoes & leather products |
- Small arms & ammunition |
- Sporting goods sales & manufacturing |
- Textiles & fabrics |
- Toiletries & cosmetics |
- Toys |
- Miscellaneous Services
- Equipment rental & leasing |
- Funeral services |
- Laundries & dry cleaners |
- Miscellaneous repair services |
- Pest control |
- Physical fitness centers |
- Services |
- Video tape rental |
- Recreation & Live Entertainment
- Amusement & recreation centers |
- Amusement parks |
- Professional sports, arenas & related equipment and services |
- Recreation & entertainment |
- Retail Sales
- Apparel & accessory stores |
- Catalog & mail order houses |
- Consumer electronics & computer stores |
- Department, variety & convenience stores |
- Direct sales |
- Drug stores |
- Furniture & appliance stores |
- Hardware & building materials stores |
- Miscellaneous retail stores |
- Retail trade |
- Vending machine sales & services |
- Tobacco
- Tobacco comapnies & tobacco product sales |
- Beer, Wine & Liquor
- Health
- Health Professionals
- Chiropractors |
- Dentists |
- Health professionals |
- Nurses |
- Optometrists & ophthalmologists |
- Other non-physician health practitioners |
- Other physician specialists |
- Pharmacists |
- Physicians |
- Psychiatrists & psychologists |
- Health Services
- AIDS treatment & testing |
- Health care services |
- HMOs |
- Home care services |
- Medical laboratories |
- Mental health services |
- Optical services (glasses & contact lenses) |
- Outpatient health services (including drug & alcohol) |
- Hospitals & Nursing Homes
- Drug & alcohol treatment hospitals |
- Health care institutions |
- Hospitals |
- Nursing homes |
- Miscellaneous Health
- Health, education & human resources |
- Pharmaceuticals & Health Products
- Biotech products & research |
- Health care products |
- Medical supplies manufacturing & sales |
- Nutritional & dietary supplements |
- Personal health care products |
- Pharmaceutical manufacturing |
- Pharmaceutical wholesale |
- Health Professionals
- Ideology/Single Issue
- Anti-poverty Groups |
- Crime Victims' Rights Groups |
- Disability Rights Groups |
- Immigration Policy Groups |
- Animal Rights
- Animal rights |
- Anti-Gun Control
- Anti-gun control |
- Anti-Labor Groups
- Labor, anti-union |
- Christian Conservative
- Christian Coalition, religious right |
- Consumer Groups
- Consumer groups |
- Democratic/Liberal
- Democratic-based groups (but not official party committees) and generic liberal/progressive ones |
- Dove Foreign & Defense Policy
- Defense policy, doves |
- Elderly/Social Security
- Elderly issues & Social Security |
- Foreign & Defense Policy
- Anti-Castro |
- Foreign policy |
- Puerto Rico statehood policy |
- Gay/Lesbian Rights & Issues
- Gay & lesbian rights and issues |
- Hawk Foreign & Defense Policy
- Defense policy, hawks |
- Health & Welfare Policy
- Health & welfare policy |
- Human Rights
- Children's rights |
- Human rights |
- Militia & Anti-Government
- Militias, militiamen & anti-government organizations |
- Minority & Ethnic Groups
- Minority & ethnic groups |
- Other/Single Issue Groups
- Other single-issue or ideological groups |
- Pro-Choice
- Abortion policy, pro-choice |
- Pro-Environmental Policy
- Environmental policy |
- Pro-Gun Control
- Pro-gun control |
- Pro-Israel
- Pro-Israel |
- Pro-Life
- Abortion policy, pro-life |
- Republican/Conservative
- Republican-based groups (but not official party committees) and generic conservative ones. |
- Right to Die
- Legalize doctor-assisted suicide |
- Tax Issues
- Fiscal & tax policy |
- Term Limits
- Term limits |
- Women's Issues
- Women's issues |
- Labor
- General Trade Unions
- Agricultural labor unions |
- Commercial service unions |
- Communications & hi-tech unions |
- Construction unions |
- Defense-related unions |
- Electrical workers/IBEW |
- Energy-related unions (non-mining) |
- Entertainment unions |
- Food service & related unions |
- General commercial unions |
- Health worker unions |
- Labor unions |
- Manufacturing unions |
- Mining unions |
- Other commercial unions |
- Other unions |
- Retail trade unions |
- Public Sector Unions
- Civil service & government unions |
- Federal employee unions |
- Police & fire fighters unions and associations |
- State & local government employee unions |
- Teachers unions |
- US Postal Service unions & associations |
- Transportation Unions
- Air transport unions |
- Automotive unions |
- Merchant marine & longshoremen unions |
- Other transportation unions |
- Railroad unions |
- Teamsters unions |
- Transportation unions |
- General Trade Unions
- Lawyers & Lobbyists
- Lawyers & Lobbyists
- Attorneys & law firms |
- Lawyers & lobbyists |
- Lobbyists & public relations |
- Registered foreign agents |
- Lawyers & Lobbyists
- Non-Contributions
- Balance Forward
- Balance forward from previous campaigns |
- Interest Income
- Interest earned on campaign accounts |
- Non-Contribution
- Internal transfer and other non-contributions |
- Transfer from intermediary (type 24I or 24T) |
- Party Committee Transfer
- Transfer between national party committees |
- Balance Forward
- Other/Retiree/Civil Servants
- Civil Servants/Public Officials
- Civil servant/public employee |
- Courts & justice system |
- Municipal & county government organizations |
- Public official (elected or appointed) |
- Clergy
- Clergy |
- Education
- Education |
- Law schools |
- Medical schools |
- Public school teachers, administrators & officials |
- Schools & colleges |
- Technical, business & vocational schools and services |
- Military
- Military |
- Nonprofit Institutions
- Museums, art galleries, libraries, etc. |
- Nonprofit foundations |
- Other
- Other, including unclassified artists |
- Retired
- Retired |
- Tribal Governments
- Native American tribes & governing units |
- Welfare/Social Work
- Welfare & social work |
- Civil Servants/Public Officials
- Party
- Candidate Committees
- Candidate committees |
- Democratic candidate committees |
- Nonpartisan candidate committees |
- Republican candidate committees |
- Third-party candidate committees |
- Democratic Officials, Candidates & Former Members
- Democratic elected officials & candidates |
- Joint Candidate Committee
- Democratic joint candidate committees |
- Republican joint candidate committees |
- Third-party joint candidate committees |
- Leadership PACs
- Leadership PACs operated by Democratic members of Congress or prominent national Democrats |
- Leadership PACs operated by Democratic state politicians |
- Leadership PACs operated by Republican members of Congress or prominent national Republicans |
- Leadership PACs operated by Republican state politicians |
- Nonpartisan Officials, Candidates & Former Members
- Nonpartisan elected officials & candidates |
- Party Committees
- Democratic Party committees |
- Republican Party committees |
- Third-party party committees |
- Republican Officials, Candidates & Former Members
- Republican elected officials & candidates |
- Third-Party Officials, Candidates & Former Members
- Third-party elected officials & candidates |
- Candidate Committees
- Party Pac Expense
- Party Pac Expense
- Party Pac Expense |
- Party Pac Expense
- Public Subsidy
- Public Subsidy
- Campaign funding from public sources |
- Public Subsidy
- Small Contributions
- Democratic Small Contributions
- Liberal/Democrat under reporting threshold |
- Nonpartisan Small Contributions
- Nonpartisan contributions under reporting threshold |
- Republican Small Contributions
- Conservative/Republican under reporting threshold |
- Third-party Small Contributions
- Third-party under reporting threshold |
- Democratic Small Contributions
- Transportation
- Air Transport
- Air freight |
- Air transport |
- Aircraft manufacturers |
- Aircraft parts & equipment |
- Airlines |
- Aviation services & airports |
- Express delivery services |
- General aviation (private pilots) |
- Space vehicles & components |
- Automotive
- Auto dealers |
- Auto dealers, new & used |
- Auto manufacturers |
- Auto repair |
- Automotive & trucking |
- Car & truck rental agencies |
- Truck & automotive parts and accessories |
- Lodging & Tourism
- Lodging & tourism |
- Travel agents |
- Miscellaneous Transport
- Bicycles & other non-motorized recreational transportation |
- Bus services |
- Buses & taxis |
- Freight & delivery services |
- Motor homes & camper trailers |
- Motorcycles, snowmobiles & other motorized vehicles |
- Pleasure boats |
- Recreational transport |
- Taxicabs |
- Transportation |
- Sea Transport
- Cruise ships & lines |
- Sea freight & passenger services |
- Sea transport |
- Ship building & repair |
- Trucking
- Truck & trailer manufacturers |
- Trucking |
- Trucking companies & services |
- Air Transport
- Unknown
- Employer Listed/Category Unknown
- Employer listed but category unknown |
- Generic Occupation/Category Unknown
- Generic occupation - impossible to assign category |
- Homemakers/Non-income earners
- Homemakers, students & other non-income earners |
- No Employer Listed or Found
- No employer listed or discovered |
- Unknown
- Unknown |
- Employer Listed/Category Unknown
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Comments 
BOTTLED WATER by Anonymous, Nov 3, 2008 (5:40pm)
The media has brought to light several instances business abuse of public trust, e.g., a store advertising clean clear spring water fills the bottles with water from the local public water system.
Regulation is needed…news of abuses must be made public…

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