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Melvin Sembler
$127,600 to the GOP*
Note: Sembler announced his resignation from this post in early 2005. In
his place Bush nominated California investment banker Ronald P.
Spogli.
It seems that President Bush was determined to find a place for Mel
Sembler in his administration. Bush initially picked him to head the
Export-Import Bank, but Sembler withdrew his nomination when it was
discovered that his company did business with banks that received loans
from the agency.
Bush then nominated Sembler, the former finance chairman of the
Republican National Committee and ambassador to Australia under Bush's
father, as ambassador to Italy.
Sembler contributed $11,350 to Republican candidates and party
committees during the 1999-2000 election cycle, including $1,000 to
George W. Bush's campaign account. He also wrote a $5,000 check to the
Bush-Cheney recount fund, and his company, the Florida-based Sembler
Co., contributed $100,000 to the Bush-Cheney Inaugural Committee. (Both
contributions have been included in Sembler's contribution totals.)
Sembler's wife, Betty, contributed $11,250 to GOP candidates and party
committees during the presidential election cycle, including $1,000
directly to the Bush campaign. Together, the Semblers contributed a
total of $127,600 to the GOP and nothing to Democrats.
*Figures represent contributions from the individual and his/her
immediate family in 1999-2000. Total includes donations made to
Republican candidates and party committees, as well as the Bush-Cheney
recount fund, transition foundation, and inauguration committee.
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