It's also important to note what we didn't include: contributions from the insurance and real estate industries (including mortgage bankers), credit unions and accountants, all of which the Center for Responsive Politics lumps into one category.

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Blaming sharp downturns in the U.S. residential real estate markets and the global turnoff of the mortgage finance and credit markets, GMAC announced on Wednesday that it would cut 3, 000, or 25% of its work force, from its Residential Captial mortgage operation.

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