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Pro-Israel PAC Contributions to
2004 US Congressional Candidates
2004 Top Ten Career Recipients of
Pro-Israel PAC Funds
September 23, 2004
http://www.wrmea.com/archives/May_2004/0405026b.html
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House: Current Cycle
Berkley, Shelley (D-NV)
Hoyer, Steny (D-MD)
Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana (R-FL)
Lantos, Tom (D-CA)
Frost, Martin (D-TX)
DeLay, Tom (R-TX)
Hastert, J. Dennis (R-IL)
Lowey, Nita (D-NY)
Menendez, Robert (D-NJ)
Cantor, Eric (R-VA)
House: Career
Berkley, Shelley (D-NV)
Gephardt, Richard (D-MO)
Frost, Martin (D-TX)
Obey, David (D-WI)
Engel, Eliot (D-NY)
Levin, Sander (D-MI)
Lowey, Nita (D-NY)
Lantos, Tom (D-CA)
Hoyer, Steny (D-MD)
Gilman, Benjamin (R-NY) |
$37,500
36,500
31,000
27,500
24,700
23,000
18,500
16,150
15,875
15,750
$203,855
172,295
158,814
149,100
129,418
112,727
105,238
103,150
91,275
84,543 |
|
Senate: Current Cycle
Boxer, Barbara (D-CA)
Daschle, Tom (D-SD)
Wyden, Ronald (D-OR)
Bennett, Robert (R-UT)
Murray, Patty (D-WA)
Specter, Arlen (R-PA)
Reid, Harry (D-NV)
Bayh, Evan (D-IN)
Shelby, Richard (R-AL)
Brownback, Samuel (R-KS)
Senate: Career
Levin, Carl
(D-MI)
Daschle, Tom (D-SD)
Harkin, Tom (D-IA)
Specter, Arlen (R-PA)
Lautenberg, Frank (D-NJ)
McConnell, Mitch (R-KY)
Durbin, Richard (D-IL)
Baucus, Max (D-MT)
Reid, Harry (D-NV)
Bingaman, Jeff (D-NM) |
$64,000
63,500
57,000
55,750
54,120
52,600
47,999
44,500
38,500
33,350
$657,887
526,635
520,450
434,223
433,806
368,675
324,171
317,348
301,801
261,425 |
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Pro-Israel PAC Contributions to
2004 Congressional Candidates
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2003-2004 |
|
|
State |
Office |
District |
Candidate |
Party |
Status |
Contributions |
Career Total |
Committees |
Alabama |
S |
|
Shelby, Richard* |
R |
I |
38,500 |
193,325 |
A(FO) |
|
H |
2 |
Everett, Terry |
R |
I |
2,000 |
11,000 |
AS, I |
|
H |
3 |
Rogers, Michael |
R |
I |
3,000 |
6,000 |
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 |
7 |
Davis, Artur |
D |
I |
4,500 |
66,067 |
B |
Alaska |
S |
|
Murkowski, Frank |
R |
N |
1,000 |
65,000 |
|
|
S |
|
Murkowski, Lisa* |
R |
I |
23,600 |
23,600 |
|
|
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 |
28,500 |
41,527 |
|
|
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 |
64,000 |
214,794 |
C, FR(NE) |
|
S |
|
Feinstein, Dianne |
D |
I |
1,000 |
114,842 |
A(D), I |
|
H |
8 |
Pelosi, Nancy |
D |
I |
1,150 |
37,950 |
I |
|
H |
12 |
Lantos, Tom |
D |
I |
27,500 |
103,150 |
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 |
1,000 |
39,830 |
IR |
|
H |
29 |
Schiff, Adam |
D |
I |
3,000 |
19,917 |
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 |
7,000 |
81,771 |
I |
|
H |
39 |
Sanchez, Linda |
D |
I |
2,500 |
6,500 |
|
|
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 |
12,000 |
97,750 |
A(FO) |
|
H |
2 |
Udall, Mark |
D |
I |
1,500 |
11,250 |
|
Connecticut |
S |
|
Dodd, Christopher* |
D |
I |
27,500 |
210,428 |
FR |
|
S |
|
Lieberman, Joseph |
D |
I |
1,250 |
227,758 |
AS |
|
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 |
8,000 |
35,941 |
|
|
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 |
17 |
Meek, Kendrick |
D |
I |
4,000 |
7,000 |
AS |
|
H |
18 |
Ros-Lehtinen,
Ileana |
R |
I |
31,000 |
68,490 |
IR |
|
H |
19 |
Wexler, Robert |
D |
I |
1,000 |
11,000 |
IR |
|
H |
21 |
Diaz-Balart,
Lincoln |
R |
I |
5,000 |
10,000 |
|
|
H |
23 |
Hastings, Alcee |
D |
I |
0 |
21,350 |
I |
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 |
1,000 |
7,500 |
AS |
|
H |
5 |
Lewis, John |
D |
I |
1,000 |
68,250 |
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 |
H |
2 |
Jackson, Jesse, Jr |
D |
I |
1,000 |
2,500 |
A(FO) |
|
H |
5 |
Emmanuel, Rahm |
D |
I |
3,000 |
13,500 |
B |
Illinois |
H |
9 |
Schakowsky, Janice |
D |
I |
1,000 |
14,750 |
|
|
H |
10 |
Kirk, Mark
|
R |
I |
13,000 |
37,568 |
A(FO) |
|
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 |
1,500 |
83,879 |
AS |
|
H |
18 |
Bean, Melissa |
D |
C |
1,000 |
1,000 |
|
Indiana |
S |
|
Bayh, Evan* |
D |
I |
44,500 |
69,750 |
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 |
31,000 |
138,823 |
B |
|
H |
3 |
Boswell, Leonard |
D |
I |
1,500 |
17,575 |
I |
Kansas |
S |
|
Brownback, Samuel* |
R |
I |
33,350 |
77,850 |
A, C, FR(NE) |
|
H |
3 |
Moore, Dennis |
D |
I |
3,000 |
24,676 |
B |
Kentucky |
S |
|
Bunning, Jim* |
R |
I |
31,400 |
73,250 |
B |
|
H |
4 |
Lucas, Kenneth |
D |
I |
2,000 |
12,000 |
|
|
H |
5 |
Rogers, Harold |
R |
I |
3,000 |
3,000 |
A |
|
H |
6 |
Chandler, BenÝ |
D |
I |
11,000 |
11,000 |
|
|
H |
6 |
Kerr, Alice Forgy |
R |
C |
1,000 |
1,000 |
|
|
H |
6 |
Miller, Jonathan |
D |
C |
1,000 |
1,000 |
|
Louisiana |
S |
|
Terrell, Suzanne
HaikÝ |
R |
C |
15,000 |
15,000 |
|
|
H |
1 |
Vitter, David |
R |
I |
3,000 |
17,500 |
A(FO), B |
|
H |
5 |
Alexander, Rodney |
D |
I |
2,000 |
7,500 |
AS |
Maryland |
S |
|
Mikulski, Barbara* |
D |
I |
27,000 |
157,599 |
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 |
36,500 |
91,275 |
A |
|
H |
8 |
Van Hollen, Chris |
D |
I |
1,000 |
4,000 |
|
Massachusetts |
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 |
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 |
2,200 |
112,727 |
W |
Minnesota |
S |
|
Coleman, Norm |
R |
I |
9,000 |
35,980 |
FR(NE) |
|
S |
|
Wellstone, Paul
(deceased) |
DFL |
N |
-1,000 |
18,472 |
|
|
H |
2 |
Luther, Bill |
DFL |
C |
1,000 |
27,913 |
|
Missouri |
S |
|
Bond, Christopher* |
R |
I |
16,000 |
148,200 |
A(D,FO), I |
|
H |
4 |
Skelton, Ike |
D |
I |
1,000 |
65,450 |
AS |
|
H |
5 |
Metzl, Jamie |
D |
C |
1,000 |
1,000 |
|
|
H |
6 |
Graves, Sam, Jr. |
R |
I |
1,500 |
5,000 |
|
|
H |
7 |
Blunt, Roy |
R |
I |
11,600 |
30,850 |
|
Montana |
H |
At-L |
Rehberg, Dennis |
R |
I |
1,500 |
1,500 |
|
Nevada |
S |
|
Reid, Harry* |
D |
I |
47,999 |
301,801 |
A(D) |
|
H |
1 |
Berkley, Shelley |
D |
I |
37,500 |
203,855 |
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 |
5,000 |
65,900 |
AS |
|
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 |
6,500 |
40,503 |
A(FO) |
|
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 |
H |
1 |
Wilson, Heather |
R |
I |
-1,000 |
15,500 |
AS |
New York |
S |
|
Schumer, Charles* |
D |
I |
17,000 |
49,635 |
|
|
H |
1 |
Bishop, Timothy |
D |
I |
1,000 |
2,000 |
|
|
H |
2 |
Israel, Steve |
D |
I |
4,000 |
13,000 |
AS |
|
H |
7 |
Crowley, Joseph |
D |
I |
12,000 |
30,500 |
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 |
10,500 |
129,418 |
IR(NE) |
|
H |
18 |
Lowey, Nita |
D |
I |
16,150 |
105,238 |
A(FO) |
North Carolina |
S |
|
Burr, Richard*# |
R |
I |
5,000 |
6,250 |
|
|
S |
|
Dole, Elizabeth |
R |
I |
1,000 |
26,000 |
AS |
North Dakota |
S |
|
Conrad, Kent |
D |
I |
4,250 |
200,939 |
B |
|
S |
|
Dorgan, Byron* |
D |
I |
29,750 |
130,850 |
A(D), C |
Ohio |
S |
|
Voinovich, George* |
R |
I |
4,500 |
15,000 |
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 |
H |
4 |
Cole, Tom |
R |
I |
1,500 |
5,000 |
AS |
Oregon |
S |
|
Wyden, Ronald* |
D |
I |
57,000 |
257,562 |
B, C, I |
|
H |
1 |
Wu, David |
D |
I |
3,000 |
19,927 |
|
Pennsylvania |
S |
|
Santorum, Richard |
R |
I |
2,000 |
47,750 |
|
|
S |
|
Hoeffel, Joseph*# |
D |
C |
2,000 |
24,454 |
IR(NE) |
|
S |
|
Schwartz, Allyson* |
D |
C |
1,000 |
3,500 |
|
|
S |
|
Specter, Arlen* |
R |
I |
52,600 |
434,223 |
A(D, FO) |
|
H |
2 |
Fattah, Chaka |
D |
I |
-5,000 |
1,500 |
A |
|
H |
6 |
Gerlach, Jim |
R |
I |
2,500 |
2,700 |
|
|
H |
11 |
Kanjorski, Paul |
D |
I |
1,000 |
16,600 |
|
|
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 |
|
South Dakota |
S |
|
Johnson, Tim |
D |
I |
1,000 |
159,837 |
A(FO), B |
|
S |
|
Daschle, Tom* |
D |
I |
63,500 |
526,635 |
I |
|
H |
At-L |
Herseth, Stephanie |
D |
C |
6,000 |
10,900 |
|
Tennessee |
H |
3 |
Wamp, Zach |
R |
I |
1,000 |
1,000 |
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 |
1,000 |
1,000 |
W |
|
H |
7 |
Culberson, John |
R |
I |
1,500 |
1,500 |
A |
|
H |
11 |
Edwards, Chet |
D |
I |
2,500 |
15,350 |
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 |
24,700 |
158,814 |
|
|
H |
25 |
Bell, R.
Christopher |
D |
I |
12,000 |
13,500 |
IR(NE) |
|
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 |
15,750 |
66,980 |
W |
|
H |
8 |
Hanley, Kate |
D |
C |
5,250 |
5,250 |
|
|
H |
11 |
Davis, Thomas |
R |
I |
1,000 |
16,000 |
|
Washington |
S |
|
Murray, Patty* |
D |
I |
54,120 |
127,918 |
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 |
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 |
21,500 |
115,310 |
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 |
1,000 |
4,750 |
|
|
|
|
Lieberman, Joseph |
D |
C |
12,000 |
239,758 |
|
|
|
|
Sharpton, Rev. Al |
D |
C |
2,000 |
2,000 |
|
|
TOTAL for 2003-2004
Election Cycle
TOTAL 1978-2004
Funds to Congressional Candidates
TOTAL No. of
Recipient Candidates, 1978-2004
|
$1,447,172
$39,069,440
1,883 |
KEY:
The "Career Total" column represents the total amount of pro-Israel
PAC money received from Jan. 1, 1978 through Dec. 31, 2003.
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, Ý=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. |
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Earth, a planet
hungry for peace |
Apartheid
Wall
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The
Israeli Land-Grab Apartheid Wall built inside the Palestinian
territories, here separating Abu Dis from occupied East
Jerusalem. (IPC, 7/4/04). |
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The Israeli
apartheid (security) wall around Palestinian population centers in
the West Bank, like a Python (Alquds, 1/25/03. |
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