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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
|
|
|
|
Missouri
|
S
|
|
Bond, Christopher*
|
R
|
I
|
17,000
|
149,200
|
A(D,FO), I
|
|
|
|
S
|
|
Talent, James
|
R
|
I
|
1,000
|
12,500
|
AS
|
|
|
|
H
|
3
|
Carnahan, John
|
D
|
O
|
1,000
|
1,000
|
|
|
|
|
H
|
4
|
Skelton, Ike
|
D
|
I
|
1,000
|
65,450
|
AS
|
|
|
|
H
|
5
|
Metzl, Jamie
|
D
|
C
|
2,000
|
2,000
|
|
|
|
|
H
|
6
|
Graves, Sam, Jr.
|
R
|
I
|
1,500
|
5,000
|
|
|
|
|
H
|
7
|
Blunt, Roy
|
R
|
I
|
11,600
|
30,850
|
|
|
|
Montana
|
H
|
|
Rehberg, Dennis
|
R
|
I
|
1,500
|
1,500
|
|
|
|
Nevada
|
S
|
|
Reid, Harry*
|
D
|
I
|
64,999
|
318,801
|
A(D)
|
|
|
|
H
|
1
|
Berkley, Shelley
|
D
|
I
|
35,100
|
201,455
|
IR(NE)
|
|
|
New Jersey
|
S
|
|
Lautenberg, Frank
|
D
|
I
|
-272
|
433,806
|
C
|
|
|
|
S
|
|
Torricelli, Robert
|
D
|
N
|
-3,000
|
163,052
|
|
|
|
|
H
|
1
|
Andrews, Robert
|
D
|
I
|
4,000
|
35,250
|
|
|
|
|
H
|
3
|
Saxton, H. James
|
R
|
I
|
11,000
|
71,900
|
AS
|
|
|
|
H
|
4
|
Smith, Christopher
|
R
|
I
|
7,000
|
51,750
|
IR
|
|
|
|
H
|
6
|
Pallone, Frank, Jr.
|
D
|
I
|
5,150
|
50,550
|
|
|
|
|
H
|
7
|
Ferguson, Mike
|
R
|
I
|
8,000
|
14,500
|
|
|
|
|
H
|
9
|
Rothman, Steven
|
D
|
I
|
8,500
|
42,503
|
A(FO)
|
|
|
|
H
|
10
|
Payne, Donald
|
D
|
I
|
500
|
21,750
|
IR
|
|
|
|
H
|
11
|
Frelinghuysen, Rodney
|
R
|
I
|
1,000
|
6,250
|
A(D)
|
|
|
|
H
|
13
|
Menendez, Robert
|
D
|
I
|
15,875
|
35,483
|
IR
|
|
|
New Mexico
|
S
|
|
Domenici, Pete
|
R
|
I
|
1,000
|
50,600
|
A(D), B
|
|
|
|
H
|
1
|
Wilson, Heather
|
R
|
I
|
-1,000
|
15,500
|
AS
|
|
|
New York
|
S
|
|
Schumer, Charles*
|
D
|
I
|
24,000
|
56,635
|
|
|
|
|
H
|
1
|
Bishop, Timothy
|
D
|
I
|
1,000
|
2,000
|
|
|
|
|
H
|
2
|
Israel, Steve
|
D
|
I
|
8,000
|
17,000
|
AS
|
|
|
|
H
|
7
|
Crowley, Joseph
|
D
|
I
|
23,000
|
41,500
|
IR(NE)
|
|
|
|
H
|
8
|
Nadler, Jerrold
|
D
|
I
|
1,000
|
19,000
|
|
|
|
|
H
|
9
|
Weiner, Anthony
|
D
|
I
|
1,000
|
14,000
|
|
|
|
|
H
|
14
|
Maloney, Carolyn
|
D
|
I
|
4,500
|
22,000
|
|
|
|
|
H
|
17
|
Engel, Eliot
|
D
|
I
|
19,000
|
137,918
|
IR(NE)
|
|
|
|
H
|
18
|
Lowey, Nita
|
D
|
I
|
20,650
|
109,738
|
A(FO)
|
|
|
|
H
|
20
|
Sweeney, John
|
R
|
I
|
1,000
|
2,000
|
A
|
|
|
|
H
|
24
|
Boehlert, Sherwood
|
R
|
I
|
1,000
|
6,500
|
I
|
|
|
|
H
|
25
|
Walsh, James
|
R
|
I
|
1,000
|
15,550
|
A
|
|
|
North Carolina
|
S
|
|
Bowles,
Erskine*
|
D
|
O
|
13,500
|
23,500
|
|
|
|
|
S
|
|
Burr, Richard*#
|
R
|
O
|
7,000
|
8,250
|
|
|
|
|
S
|
|
Dole, Elizabeth
|
R
|
I
|
1,000
|
26,000
|
AS
|
|
|
North Dakota
|
S
|
|
Conrad, Kent
|
D
|
I
|
5,250
|
201,939
|
B
|
|
|
|
S
|
|
Dorgan, Byron*
|
D
|
I
|
30,750
|
131,850
|
A(D), C
|
|
|
Ohio
|
S
|
|
Voinovich, George*
|
R
|
I
|
27,000
|
37,500
|
FR(NE)
|
|
|
|
H
|
3
|
Turner, Michael
|
R
|
I
|
0
|
1,250
|
AS
|
|
|
|
H
|
11
|
Jones, Stephanie Tubbs
|
D
|
I
|
1,500
|
4,500
|
W
|
|
|
|
H
|
12
|
Harmon, Phillip
|
Ind
|
C
|
1,000
|
1,000
|
|
|
|
|
H
|
13
|
Brown, Sherrod
|
D
|
I
|
2,000
|
28,750
|
IR
|
|
|
Oklahoma
|
S
|
|
Carson, Brad*#
|
D
|
O
|
1,000
|
11,000
|
|
|
|
|
H
|
4
|
Cole, Tom
|
R
|
I
|
1,500
|
5,000
|
AS
|
|
|
Oregon
|
S
|
|
Wyden, Ronald*
|
D
|
I
|
55,000
|
255,562
|
B, C, I
|
|
|
|
H
|
1
|
Wu, David
|
D
|
I
|
5,500
|
22,427
|
|
|
|
Pennsylvania
|
S
|
|
Santorum, Richard
|
R
|
I
|
2,000
|
47,750
|
|
|
|
|
S
|
|
Specter, Arlen*
|
R
|
I
|
80,350
|
461,973
|
A(D, FO)
|
|
|
|
S
|
|
Hoeffel, Joseph*#
|
D
|
C
|
2,000
|
24,454
|
IR(NE)
|
|
|
|
S
|
|
Schwartz, Allyson*
|
D
|
C
|
1,000
|
3,500
|
|
|
|
Pennsylvania
|
H
|
2
|
Fattah, Chaka
|
D
|
I
|
-5,000
|
1,500
|
A
|
|
|
|
H
|
6
|
Gerlach, Jim
|
R
|
I
|
2,500
|
2,700
|
|
|
|
|
H
|
10
|
Sherwood, Donald
|
R
|
I
|
1,000
|
2,250
|
A
|
|
|
|
H
|
11
|
Kanjorski, Paul
|
D
|
I
|
1,000
|
16,600
|
|
|
|
|
H
|
13
|
Torsella, Joseph
|
D
|
O
|
750
|
750
|
|
|
|
|
H
|
15
|
Dent, Charles
|
R
|
O
|
5,000
|
5,000
|
|
|
|
|
H
|
17
|
Holden, Tim
|
D
|
I
|
1,000
|
9,500
|
|
|
|
|
H
|
18
|
Murphy, Tim
|
R
|
I
|
-1,000
|
1,000
|
|
|
|
Rhode Island
|
H
|
1
|
Kennedy, Patrick
|
D
|
I
|
2,000
|
27,650
|
A
|
|
|
|
H
|
2
|
Langevin, James
|
D
|
I
|
3,000
|
10,500
|
AS
|
|
|
South Carolina
|
S
|
|
DeMint, James*#
|
R
|
O
|
1,000
|
1,000
|
|
|
|
|
S
|
|
Tenenbaum, Inez Moore*
|
D
|
O
|
2,500
|
2,500
|
|
|
|
South Dakota
|
S
|
|
Daschle, Tom*
|
D
|
I
|
70,500
|
533,635
|
I
|
|
|
|
S
|
|
Thune, John*
|
R
|
C
|
1,000
|
6,480
|
|
|
|
|
S
|
|
Johnson, Tim
|
D
|
I
|
1,000
|
159,837
|
A(FO), B
|
|
|
|
H
|
At-L.
|
Herseth, Stephanie†
|
D
|
O
|
8,000
|
12,900
|
|
|
|
Tennessee
|
H
|
3
|
Wamp, Zach
|
R
|
I
|
2,000
|
2,000
|
A
|
|
|
|
H
|
4
|
Davis, Lincoln
|
D
|
I
|
1,000
|
3,000
|
|
|
|
|
H
|
6
|
Gordon, Barton
|
D
|
I
|
500
|
56,400
|
|
|
|
|
H
|
9
|
Ford, Harold, Jr.
|
D
|
I
|
1,000
|
10,000
|
B
|
|
|
Texas
|
H
|
1
|
Sandlin, Max
|
D
|
I
|
2,000
|
2,000
|
W
|
|
|
|
H
|
2
|
Lampson, Nicolas
|
D
|
I
|
2,000
|
18,506
|
|
|
|
|
H
|
7
|
Culberson, John
|
R
|
I
|
1,500
|
1,500
|
A
|
|
|
|
H
|
11
|
Edwards, Chet
|
D
|
I
|
5,500
|
18,350
|
A, B
|
|
|
|
H
|
17
|
Stenholm, Charlie
|
D
|
I
|
1,000
|
3,250
|
|
|
|
|
H
|
22
|
DeLay, Tom
|
R
|
I
|
23,000
|
81,050
|
A
|
|
|
|
H
|
23
|
Bonilla, Henry
|
R
|
I
|
1,000
|
5,000
|
A(D, FO)
|
|
|
|
H
|
24
|
Frost, Martin
|
D
|
I
|
31,300
|
165,414
|
|
|
|
|
H
|
25
|
Bell, R. Christopher
|
D
|
I
|
13,500
|
15,000
|
IR(NE)
|
|
|
|
H
|
25
|
Doggett, Lloyd
|
D
|
I
|
1,500
|
4,500
|
W
|
|
|
|
H
|
28
|
Rodriguez, Ciro
|
D
|
I
|
17,000
|
17,000
|
AS
|
|
|
|
H
|
32
|
Sessions, Pete
|
R
|
I
|
1,000
|
2,000
|
|
|
|
Utah
|
S
|
|
Bennett, Robert*
|
R
|
I
|
55,750
|
97,750
|
A(FO)
|
|
|
|
H
|
1
|
Bishop, Robert
|
R
|
I
|
1,500
|
2,500
|
AS
|
|
|
|
H
|
2
|
Matheson, James
|
D
|
I
|
4,500
|
19,000
|
|
|
|
Virginia
|
S
|
|
Allen, George
|
R
|
I
|
2,000
|
10,400
|
C, FR
|
|
|
|
H
|
3
|
Scott, Robert
|
D
|
I
|
1,000
|
1,500
|
B
|
|
|
|
H
|
4
|
Forbes, J. Randy
|
R
|
I
|
1,500
|
2,000
|
AS
|
|
|
|
H
|
7
|
Cantor, Eric
|
R
|
I
|
23,750
|
74,980
|
W
|
|
|
|
H
|
8
|
Hanley, Kate
|
D
|
C
|
250
|
250
|
|
|
|
|
H
|
8
|
Rosenberg, Andrew
|
D
|
C
|
1,250
|
1,250
|
|
|
|
|
H
|
11
|
Davis, Thomas
|
R
|
I
|
1,000
|
16,000
|
|
|
|
Washington
|
S
|
|
Murray, Patty*
|
D
|
I
|
72,495
|
146,293
|
A, B
|
|
|
|
H
|
2
|
Larsen, Richard
|
D
|
I
|
1,500
|
8,500
|
AS
|
|
|
|
H
|
5
|
Barbieri, Donald
|
D
|
O
|
2,000
|
2,000
|
|
|
|
|
H
|
6
|
Dicks, Norm
|
D
|
I
|
1,000
|
23,850
|
A(D)
|
|
|
|
H
|
8
|
Alben, Alex
|
D
|
C
|
1,000
|
1,000
|
|
|
|
|
H
|
9
|
Smith, D. Adam
|
D
|
I
|
1,000
|
8,075
|
AS, IR
|
|
|
West Virginia
|
H
|
2
|
Capito, Shelley Moore
|
R
|
I
|
1,500
|
4,250
|
|
|
|
Wisconsin
|
S
|
|
Feingold, Russell*
|
D
|
I
|
29,500
|
123,310
|
B, FR
|
|
|
|
H
|
2
|
Baldwin, Tammy
|
D
|
I
|
1,000
|
4,000
|
B
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PRESIDENT
|
|
|
Bush, George W.
|
R
|
I
|
29,000
|
37,200
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dean, Howard
|
D
|
C
|
5,000
|
6,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gephardt, Richard
|
D
|
C
|
1,000
|
173,295
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Kerry, John
|
D
|
C
|
2,000
|
5,752
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lieberman, Joseph
|
D
|
C
|
12,000
|
239,758
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sharpton, Rev. Al
|
D
|
C
|
2,000
|
2,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Specter, Arlen
|
R
|
N
|
2,000
|
463,973
|
|
|
|
TOTAL for 2003-2004
Election Cycle
TOTAL 1978-2004
Funds to Congressional Candidates
TOTAL No. of
Recipient Candidates, 1978-2004
|
$ 1,910,197
$39,532,465
1,897
|
KEY:
The “Career Total” column represents the total amount of
pro-Israel PAC money received from Jan. 1, 1978 through March 31,
2004. S=Senate, H=House of Representatives. Party affiliation:
D=Democrat, R=Republican, Ref=Reform, DFL=Democratic Farmers Labor,
Ind=Independent, Lib=Libertarian. Status: C=Challenger, I=Incumbent,
N=Not Running, O=Open Seat (no incumbent). *=Senate election year,
#=House member running for Senate seat, †=Special Election.
Committees: A=Appropriations (D=Defense subcommittee, FO=Foreign
Operations subcommittee, NS=National Security subcommittee),
AS=Armed Services, B=Budget, C=Commerce, FR=Foreign Relations
(NE=Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs subcommittee),
I=Intelligence, IR=International Relations, NS=National Security,
W=Ways and Means. “–” indicates money returned by candidate,
“0” that all money received was returned.
Comment: Now that the Saudi Ambassador,
Prince Bandar, is leaving Washngton for good, one must have pity on
our poor Congressmen. Their extra income has been cut in half. Now,
all they ca n count on to put a silver lining in their deep pockets
is what the Israeli Lobby shoves there. Ed
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