PAC Man Billy Long has $783,000 in the bank

Seventh District Congressman Billy Long's campaign machinery has been operating in full swing, according to his October discloure report filed Wednesday with the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

Long received $185,250 in contributions, with most of that coming from political action committees (PACs). His campaign spent $62,835.72 with more than $20,000 of that going toward meals.

As of September 30, the Billy Long for Congress committee had $783,950.34 in the bank.

Among the special interests contributing at least $1,000 to the Long campaign were the following:

Altria
FedEx
Sprint Nextel
Southern Company
Emergent
Comcast
National Beer Wholesalers
Action Committee for Rural Electrification
American Bankers Association
Centene
Koch Industries
Wendy's/Arby's
Hardwood Federation
National Association of Chain Drug Stores
Realtors PAC
Dealers Election Action Committee
Emerson Electric
Checksmart Financial
Exxon Mobil
Monsanto
Expedia
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
News America Holdings (Fox)
DTE Energy
Union Pacific
Nuclear Energy Institute
Florida Sugar Cane League
General Mills
National Telecommunications Corporation
GE
Google
American Sugar Cane League
McDonald's
United Parcel Service
Domino's
National Cable and Telecommunications
Exelon Corporation
Consumer Electronic Association
American Electric Power
Southwest Missouri Farm Bureau
Ameren
American Society of Aneshesiologists
American Airlines
Entergy
Express Scripts
Amgen
General Dynamics
Ernst and Young
American Hospital Association
Union Pacific
American Gas Association
Lockheed Martin
John Deere
American Academy of Opthalmology
Edison Electric

Billy Long spends nearly $100,000 on meals