Contributions for November 2007 - December 2007
| Organization of contributor | Interest Group of contributor | Position of organizations in the interest group | Amount | Date | Legislator (recipient) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KEWEENAW BAY INDIAN COMMUNITY | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 11/1/2007 | Stupak |
| SAULT STE MARIE TRIBE/CHIPPEWA INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 11/2/2007 | Miller |
| PECHANGA BAND OF LUISENO INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,100 | 11/2/2007 | Boehner |
| MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 11/2/2007 | Mack |
| ONEIDA NATION OF WISCONSIN | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,300 | 11/5/2007 | Cole |
| PASKENTA BAND OF NOMLAKI INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,300 | 11/5/2007 | Kennedy |
| FOREST COUNTY POTAWATOMI COMMUNITY | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,300 | 11/5/2007 | Cole |
| PASKENTA BAND OF NOMLAKI INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,250 | 11/5/2007 | Kennedy |
| LITTLE TRAVERSE BAY BANDS/ODAWA INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 11/5/2007 | Camp |
| NATIONAL INDIAN GAMING ASSN | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,000 | 11/6/2007 | Rehberg |
| NATIONAL INDIAN GAMING ASSN | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 11/6/2007 | Inslee |
| MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,000 | 11/7/2007 | Thompson |
| SAULT STE MARIE TRIBE/CHIPPEWA INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 11/7/2007 | Young |
| PECHANGA BAND OF LUISENO INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,100 | 11/8/2007 | Issa |
| EASTERN BAND OF CHEROKEE INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 11/8/2007 | Larsen |
| MASHANTUCKET PEQUOT TRIBAL NATION | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 11/9/2007 | Baca |
| SALT RIVER PRIMA-MARICOPA INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,300 | 11/9/2007 | Boehner |
| PASKENTA BAND OF NOMLAKI INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $4,550 | 11/9/2007 | Rahall |
| PECHANGA BAND OF LUISENO INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,100 | 11/10/2007 | Oberstar |
| PUEBLO OF ISLETA | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,300 | 11/10/2007 | Udall |
| MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $500 | 11/13/2007 | Issa |
| SALT RIVER PIMA-MARICOPA INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,300 | 11/14/2007 | Camp |
| MASHANTUCKET PEQUOT TRIBAL NATION | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,000 | 11/14/2007 | English |
| SALT RIVER PIMA-MARICOPA INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,300 | 11/14/2007 | McCrery |
| SALT RIVER PIMA-MARICOPA INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,300 | 11/14/2007 | McCrery |
| QUINAULT INDIAN NATION | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $500 | 11/14/2007 | Dicks |
| PUYALLUP TRIBE OF INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,300 | 11/14/2007 | Dicks |
| SALT RIVER PIMA-MARICOPA INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,300 | 11/14/2007 | Nunes |
| PUYALLUP TRIBE OF INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,300 | 11/14/2007 | Dicks |
| MOHEGAN INDIAN TRIBE OF CONNECTICUT | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,000 | 11/15/2007 | Sánchez |
| SALT RIVER PIMA-MARICOPA INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,300 | 11/16/2007 | Kline |
| EASTERN BAND OF CHEROKEE INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 11/16/2007 | Kline |
| PUYALLUP TRIBE OF INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $-1,000 | 11/16/2007 | Dicks |
| SAGINAW CHIPPEWA INDIAN TRIBE | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,000 | 11/18/2007 | Rangel |
| MASHANTUCKET PEQUOT TRIBAL NATION | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,000 | 11/18/2007 | Rangel |
| PASKENTA BAND OF NOMLAKI INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,250 | 11/19/2007 | Pallone |
| PASKENTA BAND OF NOMLAKI INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,300 | 11/19/2007 | Pallone |
| EASTERN BAND OF CHEROKEE INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,300 | 11/19/2007 | Baca |
| EASTERN BAND OF CHEROKEE INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,300 | 11/19/2007 | Baca |
| MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $800 | 11/20/2007 | Abercrombie |
| MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $200 | 11/20/2007 | Abercrombie |
| MASHANTUCKET PEQUOT TRIBAL NATION | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 11/20/2007 | McKeon |
| CHEHALIS INDIAN TRIBE | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $500 | 11/21/2007 | Smith |
| COQUILLE INDIAN TRIBE | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,300 | 11/21/2007 | Hooley |
| MS BAND OF CHOCTAW INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $250 | 11/21/2007 | Wicker |
| PECHANGA BAND OF LUISENO INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 11/26/2007 | Larsen |
| CONF TRIBES/COOS/LOWER UMPQUA/SIUSLAW | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 11/26/2007 | DeFazio |
| MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 11/26/2007 | Bilbray |
| SAGINAW CHIPPEWA INDIAN TRIBE | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,000 | 11/27/2007 | Larsen |
| MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 11/27/2007 | Larsen |
| CHICKASAW NATION | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 11/28/2007 | Cole |
| CHICKASAW NATION | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,300 | 11/28/2007 | Cole |
| CHICKASAW NATION | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $500 | 11/28/2007 | Cole |
| CHICKASAW NATION | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $500 | 11/28/2007 | Cole |
| CHICKASAW NATION | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $300 | 11/28/2007 | Cole |
| CHICKASAW NATION | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $200 | 11/28/2007 | Cole |
| CHICKASAW NATION | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $200 | 11/28/2007 | Cole |
| CHICKASAW NATION | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,300 | 11/28/2007 | Cole |
| CHICKASAW NATION | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $200 | 11/28/2007 | Cole |
| CHICKASAW ENTERPRISES | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $200 | 11/28/2007 | Cole |
| CHICKASAW NATION | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,300 | 11/28/2007 | Cole |
| CHICKASAW ENTERPRISES | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $200 | 11/28/2007 | Cole |
| CHICKASAW NATION | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $300 | 11/28/2007 | Cole |
| CHICKASAW NATION | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $200 | 11/28/2007 | Cole |
| CHICKASAW NATION | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $250 | 11/28/2007 | Cole |
| CHICKASAW NATION | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $500 | 11/28/2007 | Cole |
| CHICKASAW NATION | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $-700 | 11/28/2007 | Cole |
| CHICKASAW NATION | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $350 | 11/28/2007 | Cole |
| CHICKASAW NATION | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $500 | 11/28/2007 | Cole |
| SAN MANUEL BAND/SERRANO MISSION INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 11/29/2007 | Larsen |
| MICCOSUKEE TRIBE OF INDIANS OF FLORIDA | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,300 | 11/30/2007 | Wasserman Schultz |
| MICCOSUKEE TRIBE OF INDIANS OF FLORIDA | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,300 | 11/30/2007 | Wasserman Schultz |
| MICCOSUKEE TRIBE | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,300 | 11/30/2007 | Wasserman Schultz |
| FEDERATED INDIANS OF GRATON RANCHERIA | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,300 | 12/1/2007 | Payne |
| NISQUALLY INDIAN TRIBE | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 12/3/2007 | Pallone |
| CHICKASAW NATION | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $496 | 12/4/2007 | Cole |
| NATIONAL INDIAN GAMING ASSN | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $4,000 | 12/4/2007 | Udall |
| SALT RIVER PIMA-MARICOPA INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,300 | 12/4/2007 | Hoyer |
| NISQUALLY INDIAN TRIBE | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,000 | 12/5/2007 | Larsen |
| NISQUALLY INDIAN TRIBE | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,000 | 12/5/2007 | Larsen |
| PUEBLO OF POJOAQUE | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,300 | 12/6/2007 | Udall |
| TWENTY-NINE PALMS BAND/MISSION INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $800 | 12/7/2007 | Bono Mack |
| MOHEGAN INDIAN TRIBE OF CONNECTICUT | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 12/7/2007 | Baird |
| SAN MANUEL BAND/SERRANO MISSION INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 12/7/2007 | Kline |
| TWENTY-NINE PALMS BAND/MISSION INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $200 | 12/7/2007 | Bono Mack |
| SALT RIVER PIMA-MARICOPA INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,000 | 12/10/2007 | Kennedy |
| TULE RIVER INDIAN RIVER TRIBE | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,300 | 12/10/2007 | Rahall |
| TULE RIVER INDIAN RIVER TRIBE | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,300 | 12/10/2007 | Rahall |
| COW CREEK BAND OF UM | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,300 | 12/10/2007 | Udall |
| SANTA YNEZ BAND/CHUMASH MISSION INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,300 | 12/10/2007 | Rahall |
| SANTA YNEZ BAND/CHUMASH MISSION INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,300 | 12/10/2007 | Rahall |
| MILLE LACS BAND OF OJIBWE | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 12/10/2007 | Rahall |
| MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 12/11/2007 | Cardoza |
| CHEHALIS INDIAN TRIBE | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 12/13/2007 | Inslee |
| SALT RIVER PIMA-MARICOPA INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,000 | 12/13/2007 | Edwards |
| NATIONAL INDIAN GAMING ASSN | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 12/13/2007 | Cole |
| TULE RIVER INDIAN RIVER TRIBE | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,300 | 12/13/2007 | Pomeroy |
| SALT RIVER PIMA-MARICOPA INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,000 | 12/13/2007 | Bean |
| CHICKASAW NATION | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,000 | 12/15/2007 | Udall |
| GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $500 | 12/15/2007 | Udall |
| FOXWOODS RESORT CASINO | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $500 | 12/16/2007 | Paul |
| LITTLE TRAVERSE BAY BANDS/ODAWA INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 12/17/2007 | Kennedy |
| MASHANTUCKET PEQUOT TRIBE | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,700 | 12/17/2007 | Oberstar |
| MASHANTUCKET PEQUOT TRIBE | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $300 | 12/17/2007 | Oberstar |
| TULALIP TRIBES OF WASHINGTON | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,000 | 12/18/2007 | Dicks |
| MILLE LACS BAND OF OJIBWE | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $500 | 12/18/2007 | Udall |
| MICCOSUKEE TRIBE OF INDIANS OF FLORIDA | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $300 | 12/18/2007 | Pallone |
| MICCOSUKEE TRIBE OF INDIANS OF FLORIDA | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,300 | 12/18/2007 | Pallone |
| ST REGIS MOHAWK TRIBE | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,300 | 12/18/2007 | Rahall |
| MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 12/18/2007 | Napolitano |
| NISQUALLY INDIAN TRIBE | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 12/19/2007 | Rehberg |
| SYCUAN BAND OF THE KUMEYAAY NATION | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 12/19/2007 | Boren |
| MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,300 | 12/19/2007 | Rehberg |
| MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,900 | 12/19/2007 | Rehberg |
| SAN MANUEL BAND/SERRANO MISSION INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,000 | 12/19/2007 | Rangel |
| PECHANGA BAND OF LUISENO INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,100 | 12/19/2007 | Rangel |
| EASTERN BAND OF CHEROKEE INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,000 | 12/19/2007 | Rangel |
| SALT RIVER PIMA-MARICOPA INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,000 | 12/19/2007 | Barrow |
| LITTLE TRAVERSE BAY BANDS/ODAWA INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 12/19/2007 | Cole |
| SPOKANE TRIBE | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 12/20/2007 | Inslee |
| SALT RIVER PIMA-MARICOPA INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,300 | 12/21/2007 | English |
| CHEHALIS INDIAN TRIBE | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 12/21/2007 | Baird |
| HO-CHUNK NATION | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,300 | 12/21/2007 | Kind |
| ST REGIS MOHAWK TRIBE | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 12/21/2007 | Kildee |
| MASHANTUCKET PEQUOT TRIBE | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 12/21/2007 | Kildee |
| JICARILLA APACHE NATION | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,000 | 12/22/2007 | Kennedy |
| PUEBLO OF ISLETA | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,300 | 12/26/2007 | Pearce |
| SAGINAW CHIPPEWA INDIAN TRIBE | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,000 | 12/27/2007 | Camp |
| PECHANGA BAND OF LUISENO INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,100 | 12/27/2007 | Camp |
| MASHANTUCKET PEQUOT TRIBAL NATION | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,000 | 12/27/2007 | Camp |
| VIEJAS BAND OF KUMEYAAY INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $-2,200 | 12/27/2007 | Ferguson |
| NATIONAL INDIAN GAMING ASSN | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,000 | 12/27/2007 | Kildee |
| LITTLE TRAVERSE BAY BANDS/ODAWA INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 12/27/2007 | Dicks |
| PUEBLO OF ISLETA | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,300 | 12/28/2007 | Wilson |
| PECHANGA BAND OF LUISENO INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,100 | 12/28/2007 | Gallegly |
| SAGINAW CHIPPEWA INDIAN TRIBE | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,000 | 12/31/2007 | Pearce |
| SAN MANUEL BAND/SERRANO MISSION INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,000 | 12/31/2007 | McCollum |
| MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 12/31/2007 | Kline |
| BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $200 | 12/31/2007 | Boehner |
| MASHANTUCKET PEQUOT TRIBAL NATION | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,300 | 12/31/2007 | Pallone |
| BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,300 | 12/31/2007 | Boehner |
| MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,100 | 12/31/2007 | Camp |
| MASHANTUCKET PEQUOT TRIBAL NATION | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $700 | 12/31/2007 | Pallone |
| MOHEGAN INDIAN TRIBE OF CONNECTICUT | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,000 | 12/31/2007 | Kildee |
| SAGINAW CHIPPEWA INDIAN TRIBE | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,000 | 12/31/2007 | Jones |
| MASHANTUCKET PEQUOT TRIBAL NATION | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,300 | 12/31/2007 | Kildee |
| MASHANTUCKET PEQUOT TRIBAL NATION | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $300 | 12/31/2007 | Kildee |
| MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,100 | 12/31/2007 | McMorris Rodgers |
| PECHANGA BAND OF LUISENO INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,900 | 12/31/2007 | Kildee |
| CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF THE UMATILLA | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $1,150 | 12/31/2007 | McMorris Rodgers |
| PRAIRIE BAND POTAWATOMI NATION | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $500 | 12/31/2007 | Moran |
| PECHANGA BAND OF LUISENO INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $200 | 12/31/2007 | Kildee |
| SAN MANUEL BAND/SERRANO MISSION INDIANS | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,000 | 12/31/2007 | Grijalva |
| SAGINAW CHIPPEWA INDIAN TRIBE | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,000 | 12/31/2007 | Wamp |
| SAGINAW CHIPPEWA INDIAN TRIBE | Indian Gaming | Oppose | $2,000 | 12/31/2007 | Kildee |
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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