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Buying the United States

 

Getting what’s Paid For: A history of Israeli bribery

2004 Top Ten Career Recipients of Pro-Israel PAC Funds

Compiled by Hugh Galford

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

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

 

 

Pro-Israel PAC Contributions to 2004 Congressional Candidates

 

 

State

 

Office

District

 

Candidate

 

Party

 

Status

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

Bachus, Spencer

R

I

2,000

12,500

 

 

 

H

7

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

 

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)

 

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

 

 

California

S

 

Boxer, Barbara*

D

I

73,000

223,794

C, FR(NE)

 

 

S

 

Feinstein, Dianne

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

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

 

 

Missouri

S

 

Bond, Christopher*

R

I

17,000

149,200