Contributions for May 2003 - June 2003
| Organization of contributor | Interest Group of contributor | Position of organizations in the interest group | Amount | Date | Legislator (recipient) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAULT STE MARIE TRIBE/CHIPPEWA INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,000 | 5/2/2003 | Kennedy |
| SAULT STE MARIE TRIBE/CHIPPEWA INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,000 | 5/2/2003 | Kennedy |
| PUEBLO OF SANDIA | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 5/2/2003 | Kennedy |
| MASHANTUCKET PEQUOT TRIBAL NATION | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,000 | 5/2/2003 | Renzi |
| COW CREEK BAND/UMPQUA TRIBE OF INIDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 5/5/2003 | Hooley |
| SAN MANUEL BAND/SERRANO MISSION INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,000 | 5/7/2003 | Baca |
| COW CREEK BAND/UMPQUA TRIBE OF INIDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 5/7/2003 | Lowey |
| PECHANGA BAND OF LUISENO INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 5/7/2003 | Baca |
| MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $500 | 5/9/2003 | Calvert |
| AGUA CALIENTE BAND OF CAHUILLA INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,000 | 5/13/2003 | Young |
| AGUA CALIENTE BAND OF CAHUILLA INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,208 | 5/13/2003 | Young |
| EASTERN BAND OF CHEROKEE INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 5/14/2003 | Renzi |
| SAN MANUEL BAND/SERRANO MISSION INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 5/14/2003 | Renzi |
| QUINAULT INDIAN NATION | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $500 | 5/14/2003 | Dicks |
| AGUA CALIENTE BAND OF CAHUILLA INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $500 | 5/16/2003 | Bono Mack |
| AGUA CALIENTE BAND OF CAHUILLA INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $500 | 5/16/2003 | Bono Mack |
| MAKAH TRIBAL COUNCIL | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $500 | 5/16/2003 | Dicks |
| TULE RIVER INDIAN RIVER TRIBE | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,000 | 5/16/2003 | Nunes |
| VIEJAS BAND OF KUMEYAAY INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,000 | 5/19/2003 | Pearce |
| PUYALLUP TRIBE OF INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,000 | 5/19/2003 | Dicks |
| MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 5/20/2003 | Larsen |
| MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $500 | 5/21/2003 | Rahall |
| MISSISSIPPI BAND OF CHOCTAW INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,600 | 5/21/2003 | Wicker |
| MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 5/23/2003 | Farr |
| MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 5/23/2003 | Miller |
| MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 5/23/2003 | Grijalva |
| ONEIDA NATION OF NEW YORK | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 5/23/2003 | Maloney |
| MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 5/23/2003 | Pastor |
| MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 5/23/2003 | Grijalva |
| SQUAXIN ISLAND TRIBE | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $250 | 5/24/2003 | Dicks |
| CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF THE UMATILLA | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $500 | 5/28/2003 | Wu |
| SAN MANUEL BAND/SERRANO MISSION INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 5/29/2003 | Young |
| SAN MANUEL BAND/SERRANO MISSION INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 5/30/2003 | Baca |
| ONEIDA NATION OF NEW YORK | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,000 | 6/4/2003 | Rangel |
| COW CREEK BAND/UMPQUA TRIBE OF INIDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 6/4/2003 | Rangel |
| SALT RIVER PRIMA-MARICOPA INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 6/6/2003 | Grijalva |
| PUYALLUP TRIBE OF INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 6/6/2003 | Kildee |
| SAN MANUEL BAND OF MISSION INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,000 | 6/6/2003 | Pelosi |
| SAN MANUEL BAND OF MISSION INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,000 | 6/6/2003 | Pelosi |
| SALT RIVER PRIMA-MARICOPA INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 6/6/2003 | Grijalva |
| MICCOSUKEE TRIBE OF INDIANS OF FLORIDA | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 6/10/2003 | Pallone |
| MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 6/10/2003 | Hoyer |
| MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $500 | 6/10/2003 | Thompson |
| PENOBSCOT INDIAN NATION | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 6/10/2003 | Pallone |
| YAVAPAI-PRESCOT INDIAN TRIBE | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $200 | 6/13/2003 | Kucinich |
| SALT RIVER PRIMA-MARICOPA INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 6/14/2003 | Renzi |
| SAN MANUEL BAND OF MISSION INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 6/14/2003 | Rahall |
| MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 6/16/2003 | Visclosky |
| MISSISSIPPI BAND OF CHOCTAW INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 6/16/2003 | Pallone |
| COW CREEK BAND/UMPQUA TRIBE OF INIDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 6/17/2003 | Hooley |
| TUNICA-BILOXI TRIBE OF LOUISIANA | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,000 | 6/18/2003 | Kennedy |
| EASTERN BAND OF CHEROKEE INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 6/18/2003 | Kennedy |
| SALT RIVER PIMA-MARICOPA INDIAN TRIBE | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 6/18/2003 | Rehberg |
| MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 6/18/2003 | Kennedy |
| SALT RIVER PIMA-MARICOPA INDIAN TRIBE | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 6/19/2003 | Bono Mack |
| ONEIDA NATION OF WISCONSIN | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 6/19/2003 | Obey |
| MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 6/19/2003 | Schiff |
| SALT RIVER PRIMA-MARICOPA INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 6/19/2003 | Feeney |
| SALT RIVER PRIMA-MARICOPA INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 6/19/2003 | Camp |
| NATIONAL INDIAN GAMING ASSN | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 6/19/2003 | Kildee |
| NATIONAL INDIAN GAMING ASSN | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 6/19/2003 | Kennedy |
| NATIONAL INDIAN GAMING ASSN | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 6/19/2003 | Pomeroy |
| JICARILLA APACHE NATION | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $-3,000 | 6/20/2003 | Kennedy |
| JICARILLA APACHE NATION | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,000 | 6/20/2003 | Kennedy |
| BLUE LAKE RANCHERIA | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $500 | 6/20/2003 | Thompson |
| MILLE LACS BAND OF OJIBWE | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,000 | 6/20/2003 | Kennedy |
| MILLE LACS BAND OF OJIBWE | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 6/21/2003 | Oberstar |
| MILLE LACS BAND OF OJIBWE | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 6/21/2003 | Oberstar |
| SAGINAW CHIPPEWA INDIAN TRIBE | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 6/21/2003 | Oberstar |
| MASHANTUCKET PEQUOT TRIBAL NATION | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 6/22/2003 | Kildee |
| FOREST COUNTY POTAWATOMI COMMUNITY | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,000 | 6/23/2003 | Rehberg |
| CABAZON BAND OF MISSION INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,000 | 6/23/2003 | Pallone |
| CHICKASAW NATION | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 6/23/2003 | Inslee |
| ELK VALLEY RANCHERIA | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 6/23/2003 | Thompson |
| TWENTY-NINE PALMS BAND/MISSION INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,000 | 6/23/2003 | Pallone |
| SAN MANUEL BAND/SERRANO MISSION INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,000 | 6/23/2003 | Pallone |
| TULALIP TRIBES OF WASHINGTON | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 6/23/2003 | Pomeroy |
| MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,000 | 6/23/2003 | Pallone |
| SAGINAW CHIPPEWA INDIAN TRIBE | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,000 | 6/23/2003 | Rehberg |
| IOWA TRIBE OF OKLAHOMA | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 6/24/2003 | Kildee |
| KEWEENAW BAY INDIAN COMMUNITY | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 6/24/2003 | Kildee |
| LITTLE TRAVERSE BAY BANDS/ODAWA INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 6/24/2003 | Kildee |
| YAVAPAI-PRESCOT INDIAN TRIBE | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $250 | 6/24/2003 | Kucinich |
| MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 6/24/2003 | Farr |
| VIEJAS BAND OF MISSION INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,000 | 6/25/2003 | Rahall |
| VIEJAS BAND OF KUMEYAAY INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,000 | 6/25/2003 | Issa |
| SAGINAW CHIPPEWA INDIAN TRIBE | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 6/25/2003 | Rahall |
| SAGINAW CHIPPEWA INDIAN TRIBE | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 6/25/2003 | Engel |
| VIEJAS BAND OF MISSION INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,000 | 6/25/2003 | Renzi |
| SAGINAW CHIPPEWA INDIAN TRIBE | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,000 | 6/25/2003 | Young |
| MASHANTUCKET PEQUOT TRIBE | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 6/25/2003 | Levin |
| VIEJAS BAND OF MISSION INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,000 | 6/25/2003 | Rahall |
| COW CREEK BAND/UMPQUA TRIBE OF INIDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,000 | 6/26/2003 | Obey |
| JICARILLA APACHE NATION | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $-1,000 | 6/26/2003 | Kennedy |
| MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 6/26/2003 | Becerra |
| MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 6/26/2003 | Obey |
| SAGINAW CHIPPEWA INDIAN TRIBE | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,000 | 6/26/2003 | Radanovich |
| MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $500 | 6/26/2003 | Moore |
| CHICKASAW NATION | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,000 | 6/26/2003 | Blumenauer |
| VIEJAS BAND OF MISSION INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,000 | 6/27/2003 | Udall |
| MOHEGAN INDIAN TRIBE OF CONNECTICUT | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,000 | 6/27/2003 | Larson |
| MILLE LACS BAND OF OJIBWE | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $500 | 6/27/2003 | Kennedy |
| MOHEGAN INDIAN TRIBE OF CONNECTICUT | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,000 | 6/27/2003 | Larson |
| JICARILLA APACHE NATION | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 6/27/2003 | Sanchez |
| TULE RIVER INDIAN RIVER TRIBE | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 6/27/2003 | Nunes |
| HOOPA VALLEY TRIBAL COUNCIL | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 6/28/2003 | Thompson |
| SENECA NATION OF INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $500 | 6/28/2003 | Kennedy |
| SALT RIVER PRIMA-MARICOPA INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 6/28/2003 | Kennedy |
| MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $250 | 6/30/2003 | Rehberg |
| SAULT STE MARIE TRIBE/CHIPPEWA INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 6/30/2003 | Capito |
| VIEJAS BAND OF KUMEYAAY INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,000 | 6/30/2003 | Napolitano |
| LUMMI INDIAN NATION | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $500 | 6/30/2003 | Kennedy |
| CONFEDERATED SALISH & KOOTENAI TRIBES | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $500 | 6/30/2003 | Rehberg |
| MOHEGAN TRIBE OF INDIANS OF CONNECTICUT | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $500 | 6/30/2003 | Larson |
| SHAKOPEE MDEWAKANTON SIOUX COMMUNITY | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 6/30/2003 | Kennedy |
| MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 6/30/2003 | Kind |
| MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $250 | 6/30/2003 | Pastor |
| SAGINAW CHIPPEWA INDIAN TRIBE | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 6/30/2003 | Feeney |
| MASHANTUCKET PEQUOT TRIBAL NATION | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,000 | 6/30/2003 | Kind |
| CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF GRAND RONDE | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 6/30/2003 | Kennedy |
| MILLE LACS BAND OF OJIBWE | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,000 | 6/30/2003 | Rangel |
| CABAZON BAND OF MISSION INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,000 | 6/30/2003 | Kennedy |
| SAGINAW CHIPPEWA INDIAN TRIBE | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,000 | 6/30/2003 | Renzi |
| SAN MANUEL BAND/SERRANO MISSION INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 6/30/2003 | Blumenauer |
| CABAZON BAND OF MISSION INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,000 | 6/30/2003 | Kennedy |
| MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 6/30/2003 | Pomeroy |
| MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $500 | 6/30/2003 | Solis |
| MASHANTUCKET PEQUOT TRIBE | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 6/30/2003 | Pomeroy |
| GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,000 | 6/30/2003 | Renzi |
| CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF THE UMATILLA | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,500 | 6/30/2003 | Walden |
Contribution data provided by the Center for Responsive Politics (OpenSecrets.org)
Comments 
And the Indians win! by Milan Sundaresan, Jul 31, 2008 (7:27pm)
Facing tremendous opposition from several Indian tribes, H.R. 4893 sought to authorize the National Indian Gaming Commission to regulate Class III gaming and to limit lands eligible for gaming, amongst other provisions. The bill would have prevented tribes from crossing state lines and would not allow tribes that already had lands eligible for gaming from obtaining more land not contiguous to their reservations for casinos. The bill also required tribes to first receive the approval of their local community. Since the bill failed, the law stands as it was before- tribes must negotiate gaming compacts with states but do not need counties’ permission. Ultimately the stringent regulations were not put in place allowing the tribes to celebrate a clear victory.

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