From The Buying of the President (1996): "In 1988, 249 individuals each gave at least $100,000, achieving a total of $25 million, to help elect George Bush president. By giving that much, they became members of "Team 100" and not only had personal access to Bush and other members of the Bush administration, but many of them -- from real estate and construction to finance, from manufacturing to agribusiness to oil and gas interests -- received special favors during the Bush presidency. . . .
The many quid pro quo relationships have been well documented by Common Cause magazine and others. The two largest donors were Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM) and its chairman, Dwayne Andreas, who gave $1,072,000 and Atlantic Richfield (Arco) and its chairman, Lodwrick Cook, who contributed $862,360. Both companies made or saved hundreds of millions of dollars from their well-placed Washington investments
