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Getting
what’s Paid For: A history of Israeli bribery
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2004 Top Ten Career Recipients of Pro-Israel PAC Funds
Compiled by Hugh Galford
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House:
Current Cycle
Hoyer,
Steny (D-MD) $37,500
Ros-Lehtinen,
Ileana (R-FL) 36,000
Berkley,
Shelley (D-NV) 35,100
Lantos,
Tom (D-CA) 31,600
Frost,
Martin (D-TX) 31,300
Cantor,
Eric (R-VA) 23,750
Crowley,
Joseph (D-NY) 23,000
DeLay,
Tom (R-TX) 23,000
Lowey,
Nita (D-NY) 20,650
Pelosi,
Nancy (D-CA) 20,650
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House:
Career
Berkley,
Shelley (D-NV) $201,455
Frost,
Martin (D-TX) 165,414
Engel,
Eliot (D-NY) 137,918
Levin,
Sander (D-MI) 113,727
Lowey,
Nita (D-NY) 109,738
Lantos,
Tom (D-CA) 107,250
Hoyer,
Steny (D-MD) 92,275
Evans,
Lane (D-IL) 87,379
Harman,
Jane (D-CA) 86,271
DeLay,
Tom (R-TX) 81,050
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Senate:
Current Cycle
Specter,
Arlen (R-PA) $80,350
Boxer,
Barbara (D-CA) 73,000
Murray,
Patty (D-WA) 72,495
Daschle,
Tom (D-SD) 70,500
Reid,
Harry (D-NV) 64,999
Bayh,
Evan (D-IN) 56,500
Bennett,
Robert (R-UT) 55,750
Wyden,
Ronald (D-OR) 55,000
Brownback,
Samuel (R-KS) 50,850
Shelby,
Richard (R-AL) 38,500
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Senate:
Career
Daschle,
Tom (D-SD) $533,635
Specter,
Arlen (R-PA) 461,973
Lautenberg,
Frank (D-NJ) 433,806
Durbin,
Richard (D-IL) 326,671
Reid,
Harry (D-NV) 318,801
Wyden,
Ronald (D-OR) 255,562
Lieberman,
Joseph (D-CT) 227,758
Boxer,
Barbara (D-CA) 223,794
Dodd,
Christopher (D-CT) 221,178
Conrad,
Kent (D-ND) 201,939
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Pro-Israel PAC Contributions to 2004 Congressional Candidates
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State
|
Office
|
District
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Candidate
|
Party
|
Status
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2003-2004
Contributions
|
Career
Total
|
Committees
|
|
|
|
Alabama
|
S
|
|
Shelby, Richard*
|
R
|
I
|
38,500
|
193,325
|
A(FO)
|
|
|
|
H
|
2
|
Everett, Terry
|
R
|
I
|
6,000
|
15,000
|
AS, I
|
|
|
|
H
|
3
|
Rogers, Michael
|
R
|
I
|
5,000
|
8,000
|
AS
|
|
|
|
H
|
4
|
Aderholt, Robert
|
R
|
I
|
2,000
|
13,500
|
A
|
|
|
|
H
|
5
|
Cramer, Bud
|
D
|
I
|
1,000
|
44,800
|
A, I
|
|
|
|
H
|
6
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Bachus, Spencer
|
R
|
I
|
2,000
|
12,500
|
|
|
|
|
H
|
7
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Davis, Artur
|
D
|
I
|
6,500
|
68,067
|
B
|
|
|
Alaska
|
S
|
|
Murkowski, Frank
|
R
|
N
|
1,000
|
65,000
|
|
|
|
|
S
|
|
Knowles, Tony*
|
D
|
C
|
5,150
|
5,150
|
|
|
|
|
S
|
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Murkowski, Lisa*
|
R
|
I
|
34,600
|
34,600
|
|
|
|
|
S
|
|
Stevens, Ted
|
R
|
I
|
1,000
|
68,200
|
A(D)
|
|
|
Arizona
|
S
|
|
Kyl, Jon
|
R
|
I
|
1,000
|
78,525
|
|
|
|
|
H
|
8
|
Kolbe, James
|
R
|
I
|
-1,000
|
43,000
|
A(FO)
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|
|
Arkansas
|
S
|
|
Lincoln, Blanche*
|
D
|
I
|
30,500
|
43,527
|
|
|
|
|
H
|
3
|
Delay, Robert
|
R
|
C
|
4,000
|
5,000
|
|
|
|
|
H
|
4
|
Ross, Michael
|
D
|
I
|
2,500
|
14,000
|
|
|
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California
|
S
|
|
Boxer, Barbara*
|
D
|
I
|
73,000
|
223,794
|
C,
FR(NE)
|
|
|
|
S
|
|
Feinstein, Dianne
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D
|
I
|
1,000
|
114,842
|
A(D), I
|
|
|
|
H
|
5
|
Matsui, Robert
|
D
|
I
|
4,000
|
8,150
|
W
|
|
|
|
H
|
8
|
Pelosi, Nancy
|
D
|
I
|
20,650
|
57,450
|
I
|
|
|
|
H
|
12
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Lantos, Tom
|
D
|
I
|
31,600
|
107,250
|
IR
|
|
|
|
H
|
18
|
Cardoza, Dennis
|
D
|
I
|
0
|
16,000
|
|
|
|
|
H
|
20
|
Costa, Jim
|
D
|
C
|
1,000
|
1,000
|
|
|
|
|
H
|
27
|
Sherman, Brad
|
D
|
I
|
4,500
|
43,330
|
IR
|
|
|
|
H
|
29
|
Schiff, Adam
|
D
|
I
|
6,500
|
23,417
|
IR(NE)
|
|
|
|
H
|
30
|
Waxman, Henry
|
D
|
I
|
1,000
|
33,832
|
|
|
|
|
H
|
32
|
Murray, Kevin
|
D
|
C
|
2,000
|
5,000
|
|
|
|
|
H
|
33
|
Watson, Diane
|
D
|
I
|
2,000
|
7,500
|
IR
|
|
|
|
H
|
36
|
Harman, Jane
|
D
|
I
|
11,500
|
86,271
|
I
|
|
|
|
H
|
39
|
Sanchez, Linda
|
D
|
I
|
4,450
|
8,450
|
|
|
|
|
H
|
47
|
Sanchez, Loretta
|
D
|
I
|
2,000
|
36,700
|
AS
|
|
|
|
H
|
52
|
Hunter, Duncan
|
R
|
I
|
3,000
|
36,350
|
AS
|
|
|
|
H
|
53
|
Davis, Susan
|
D
|
I
|
1,500
|
8,163
|
AS
|
|
|
Colorado
|
S
|
|
Campbell, Ben Nighthorse*
|
R
|
N
|
7,000
|
92,750
|
A(FO)
|
|
|
|
H
|
2
|
Udall, Mark
|
D
|
I
|
1,500
|
11,250
|
|
|
|
Connecticut
|
S
|
|
Dodd, Christopher*
|
D
|
I
|
38,250
|
221,178
|
FR
|
|
|
|
S
|
|
Lieberman, Joseph
|
D
|
I
|
1,250
|
227,758
|
AS
|
|
|
Connecticut
|
H
|
2
|
Simmons, Robert
|
R
|
I
|
2,500
|
14,500
|
AS
|
|
|
|
H
|
3
|
DeLauro, Rosa
|
D
|
I
|
2,000
|
43,400
|
A, B
|
|
|
|
H
|
4
|
Shays, Christopher
|
R
|
I
|
5,500
|
10,850
|
B
|
|
|
Delaware
|
S
|
|
Carper, Thomas
|
D
|
I
|
1,000
|
16,500
|
|
|
|
Florida
|
S
|
|
Byrd, Johnnie*
|
R
|
O
|
5,000
|
5,000
|
|
|
|
|
S
|
|
Deutsch, Peter*#
|
D
|
O
|
18,000
|
45,941
|
|
|
|
|
H
|
1
|
Miller, Jefferson
|
R
|
I
|
1,500
|
2,500
|
AS
|
|
|
|
H
|
3
|
Brown, Corrine
|
D
|
I
|
3,000
|
8,600
|
|
|
|
|
H
|
5
|
Brown-Waite, Ginny
|
R
|
I
|
800
|
2,300
|
B
|
|
|
|
H
|
8
|
Keller, Richard
|
R
|
I
|
1,500
|
5,000
|
|
|
|
|
H
|
11
|
Davis, James, III
|
D
|
I
|
500
|
3,600
|
|
|
|
|
H
|
12
|
Putnam, Adam
|
R
|
I
|
1,500
|
4,500
|
B
|
|
|
|
H
|
14
|
Mack, Connie
|
R
|
O
|
1,000
|
1,000
|
|
|
|
|
H
|
17
|
Meek, Kendrick
|
D
|
I
|
4,000
|
7,000
|
AS
|
|
|
|
H
|
18
|
Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana
|
R
|
I
|
36,000
|
73,490
|
IR
|
|
|
|
H
|
19
|
Wexler, Robert
|
D
|
I
|
1,500
|
11,500
|
IR
|
|
|
|
H
|
20
|
Schultz, Debbie Wasserman
|
D
|
C
|
2,500
|
2,500
|
|
|
|
|
H
|
21
|
Diaz-Balart, Lincoln
|
R
|
I
|
5,000
|
10,000
|
|
|
|
|
H
|
23
|
Hastings, Alcee
|
D
|
I
|
2,500
|
23,850
|
I
|
|
|
|
H
|
24
|
Feeney, Tom
|
R
|
I
|
1,000
|
1,000
|
|
|
|
Georgia
|
S
|
|
Chambliss, Saxby
|
R
|
I
|
18,500
|
27,500
|
AS, I
|
|
|
|
S
|
|
Majette, Denise*#
|
D
|
O
|
5,000
|
57,000
|
B
|
|
|
|
H
|
3
|
Marshall, James
|
D
|
I
|
1,500
|
8,000
|
AS
|
|
|
|
H
|
5
|
Lewis, John
|
D
|
I
|
2,000
|
69,250
|
B, W
|
|
|
|
H
|
6
|
Price, Thomas
|
R
|
O
|
500
|
500
|
|
|
|
Hawaii
|
S
|
|
Inouye, Daniel*
|
D
|
I
|
25,750
|
200,925
|
A(D, FO), C
|
|
|
|
H
|
2
|
Case, Edward
|
D
|
I
|
1,000
|
2,000
|
|
|
|
Idaho
|
S
|
|
Crapo, Michael*
|
R
|
I
|
16,000
|
30,000
|
B
|
|
|
Illinois
|
S
|
|
Durbin, Richard
|
D
|
I
|
2,500
|
326,671
|
A(D, FO), I
|
|
|
|
S
|
|
Obama,
Barack*
|
D
|
O
|
2,500
|
2,500
|
|
|
|
|
H
|
2
|
Jackson, Jesse, Jr
|
D
|
I
|
2,000
|
3,500
|
A(FO)
|
|
|
|
H
|
5
|
Emmanuel, Rahm
|
D
|
I
|
3,000
|
13,500
|
B
|
|
|
|
H
|
9
|
Schakowsky, Janice
|
D
|
I
|
1,000
|
14,750
|
|
|
|
|
H
|
10
|
Kirk, Mark
|
R
|
I
|
17,500
|
42,068
|
A(FO)
|
|
|
|
H
|
11
|
Weller, Jerry
|
R
|
I
|
2,000
|
26,400
|
IR, W
|
|
|
|
H
|
14
|
Hastert, J. Dennis
|
R
|
I
|
18,500
|
80,850
|
House Speaker, I
|
|
|
|
H
|
15
|
Johnson, Timothy
|
R
|
I
|
1,500
|
4,500
|
|
|
|
|
H
|
17
|
Evans, Lane
|
D
|
I
|
5,000
|
87,379
|
AS
|
|
|
|
H
|
18
|
Bean, Melissa
|
D
|
C
|
1,000
|
1,000
|
|
|
|
Indiana
|
S
|
|
Bayh, Evan*
|
D
|
I
|
56,500
|
81,750
|
AS, I
|
|
|
|
H
|
2
|
Chocola, Chris
|
R
|
I
|
1,500
|
8,000
|
|
|
|
|
H
|
5
|
Burton, Dan
|
R
|
I
|
3,000
|
70,000
|
IR
|
|
|
|
H
|
9
|
Hill, Baron
|
D
|
I
|
1,000
|
9,465
|
AS
|
|
|
Iowa
|
S
|
|
Grassley, Charles*
|
R
|
I
|
32,000
|
139,823
|
B
|
|
|
|
H
|
3
|
Boswell, Leonard
|
D
|
I
|
3,500
|
19,575
|
I
|
|
|
Kansas
|
S
|
|
Brownback, Samuel*
|
R
|
I
|
50,850
|
95,350
|
A, C,
FR(NE)
|
|
|
|
H
|
3
|
Moore, Dennis
|
D
|
I
|
4,500
|
26,176
|
B
|
|
|
Kentucky
|
S
|
|
Bunning, Jim*
|
R
|
I
|
32,900
|
74,750
|
B
|
|
|
|
H
|
4
|
Clooney, Nick
|
D
|
C
|
2,000
|
2,000
|
|
|
|
|
H
|
4
|
Lucas, Kenneth
|
D
|
I
|
1,000
|
11,000
|
|
|
|
|
H
|
4
|
Thoney, Roger
|
R
|
C
|
1,000
|
1,000
|
|
|
|
|
H
|
5
|
Rogers, Harold
|
R
|
I
|
7,500
|
7,500
|
A
|
|
|
|
H
|
6
|
Chandler, Ben
|
D
|
O
|
13,500
|
13,500
|
|
|
|
|
H
|
6
|
Kerr, Alice Forgy
|
R
|
O
|
1,000
|
1,000
|
|
|
|
|
H
|
6
|
Miller, Jonathan
|
D
|
O
|
1,000
|
1,000
|
|
|
|
Louisiana
|
S
|
|
Terrell, Suzanne
Haik*
|
R
|
O
|
15,000
|
15,000
|
|
|
|
|
S
|
|
Vitter, David*#
|
R
|
O
|
3,500
|
18,000
|
A(FO), B
|
|
|
|
H
|
1
|
Jindal, Bobby
|
R
|
O
|
1,500
|
1,500
|
|
|
|
|
H
|
5
|
Alexander, Rodney
|
D
|
I
|
2,000
|
7,500
|
AS
|
|
|
Maryland
|
S
|
|
Mikulski, Barbara*
|
D
|
I
|
36,000
|
166,599
|
A(FO), I
|
|
|
|
H
|
2
|
Ruppersberger, C.A.
|
D
|
I
|
2,500
|
8,750
|
I
|
|
|
|
H
|
4
|
Wynn, Albert
|
D
|
I
|
1,000
|
10,250
|
|
|
|
|
H
|
5
|
Hoyer, Steny
|
D
|
I
|
37,500
|
92,275
|
A
|
|
|
|
H
|
8
|
Van
Hollen, Chris
|
D
|
I
|
1,000
|
4,000
|
|
|
|
Massachusetts
|
S
|
|
Kennedy, Edward
|
D
|
I
|
1,000
|
67,120
|
AS
|
|
|
|
H
|
1
|
Olver, John
|
D
|
I
|
1,000
|
19,500
|
A
|
|
|
|
H
|
7
|
Markey, Edward
|
D
|
I
|
1,000
|
6,250
|
|
|
|
Michigan
|
H
|
3
|
Ferguson, John, Jr.
|
D
|
C
|
1,500
|
4,500
|
|
|
|
|
H
|
7
|
Smith, Bradley
|
R
|
O
|
250
|
250
|
|
|
|
|
H
|
8
|
Rogers, Michael
|
R
|
I
|
1,500
|
2,250
|
|
|
|
|
H
|
9
|
Knollenberg, Joseph
|
R
|
I
|
1,000
|
23,750
|
A(FO)
|
|
|
|
H
|
11
|
McCotter, Thaddeus
|
R
|
I
|
5,000
|
10,000
|
B,
IR(NE)
|
|
|
|
H
|
12
|
Levin, Sander
|
D
|
I
|
3,200
|
113,727
|
W
|
|
|
Minnesota
|
S
|
|
Coleman, Norm
|
R
|
I
|
8,000
|
34,980
|
FR(NE)
|
|
|
|
S
|
|
Wellstone, Paul
(dec'd)
|
DFL
|
N
|
-1,000
|
18,472
|
|
|
|
|
H
|
2
|
Luther, Bill
|
DFL
|
C
|
1,000
|
27,913
|
|
|
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Missouri
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S
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Bond, Christopher*
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R
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I
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17,000
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149,200
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