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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

 

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

 

 


Pro-Israel PAC Contributions to 2004 Congressional Candidates

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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