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1 ELECTION WATCH Conspicuous by His Absence: Who s Not Getting Money From Pro-Israel PACs TOP TEN 2014 AND CAREER RECIPIENTS OF PRO-ISRAEL PAC FUNDS HOUSE: CURRENT RACES Royce, Edward R. (R-CA) $43,450 Engel, Eliot L. (D-NY) 29,000 Boehner, John A. (R-OH) 28,700 Deutch, Theodore E. (D-FL) 25,500 Hoyer, Steny H. (D-MD) 21,000 Lowey, Nita M. (D-NY) 18,150 Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana (R-FL) 17,500 Pelosi, Nancy (D-CA) 16,350 Cantor, Eric (R-VA) 15,875 Murphy, Patrick (D-FL) 14,500 House: Career Totals Engel, Eliot L. (D-NY) $338,418 Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana (R-FL) 291,240 Hoyer, Steny H. (D-MD) 288,025 Cantor, Eric (R-VA) 240,605 Lowey, Nita M. (D-NY) 221,388 Pelosi, Nancy (D-CA) 149,150 Levin, Sander M. (D-MI) 134,827 Boehner, John A. (R-OH) 129,200 Crowley, Joseph (D-NY) 109,457 Pallone, Frank, Jr. (D-NJ) 101,050 s this magazine has demonstrated Asince 1986, monitoring the contributions of pro-israel political action committees (PACs) to House and Senate candidates is critical to identifying which members of Congress may be working to protect the interests of a foreign country, rather than of their own constituents. (Perhaps this is the time to bid farewell to the Senate s two top career recipients, who are not running for re-election this year: Carl Levin of Michigan and Iowa s Tom Harkin.) Particularly in open seat races, however, where there is no incumbent, it can be equally important to identify the good guys and gals who are not receiving pro- Janet McMahon is managing editor of the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs. Compiled by Hugh Galford SENATE: CURRENT RACES Begich, Mark (D-AK) $58,298 Udall, Mark E. (D-CO) 53,500 Hagan, Kay R. (D-NC) 51,800 Graham, Lindsey O. (R-SC) 45,000 Shaheen, Jeanne (D-NH) 42,500 Landrieu, Mary L. (D-LA) 42,329 McConnell, Mitch (R-KY) 41,500 Booker, Cory A. (D-NJ) 35,500 Franken, Al (D-MN) 33,500 Coons, Christopher A. (D-DE) 31,000 Senate: Career Totals Levin, Carl (D-MI) $729,937 Harkin, Thomas R. (D-IA) 552,950 McConnell, Mitch (R-KY) 539,641 Reid, Harry (D-NV) 394,001 Durbin, Richard J. (D-IL) 393,921 Wyden, Ronald L. (D-OR) 349,462 Kirk, Mark S. (R-IL) 339,386 Boxer, Barbara (D-CA) 279,044 Landrieu, Mary L. (D-LA) 250,218 Rockefeller, John D. IV (D-WV) 235,700 Israel contributions. A case in point: South Dakota, where Democrat Rick Weiland, a former congressional aide and regional director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, is running a populist campaign against former Gov. Mike Rounds for the seat being vacated by Sen. Tim Johnson. Weiland, who is in the midst of a second visit to all of South Dakota s 311 towns, is campaigning against big money, and has received no pro-israel PAC contributions and little support from the national Democratic Party. Rounds, on the other hand, announced his intention to raise a $9 million campaign warchest. (Weiland informed supporters in May that the median contribution to his campaign was $9.) While Rounds has received a relatively modest $7,500 in campaign contributions By Janet McMahon from pro-israel PACs, his words and actions attest to the object of his affections. In May of last year he and his wife visited the self-proclaimed Jewish state with South Dakota State Sen. Stan Adelstein one of 345 Jewish citizens in the state, according to the Jewish Virtual Library, or less than.1 percent of the would-be senator s constituents. That August Rounds attended a pro-israel event in New Jersey hosted by NORPAC one of some two dozen deceptively named pro- Israel PACs. His visit reaffirmed his belief that U.S. aid to Israel and supporting her against hostile nations is critical to our nation s foreign policy, reported The Jewish Link of Bergen County. He further stated that Jerusalem should be officially recognized as the capital of Israel and that the administration should comply with the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 which would relocate the U.S. Embassy to Israel s capital. Weiland has been focusing more on domestic issues although some clearly have international implications as well. On the back of his business card are the words of a constitutional amendment Weiland vows to introduce on his first day in the Senate: So that the votes of all, rather than the wealth of the few, shall direct the course of this Republic, Congress shall have the power to limit the raising and spending of money with respect to federal elections. Could Weiland s call for campaign finance reform explain his lack of support from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and other members of the Democratic establishment? Rewarding Pro-Israel Incumbents In Kentucky, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell clearly is the favored candidate, with $41,500 so far in pro-israel PAC contributions. Indeed, with the departure of Levin and Harkin at the end of the year, McConnell is slated to become the senator with the highest ca- 34 THE WASHINGTON REPORT ON MIDDLE EAST AFFAIRS

2 reer total in pro-israel PAC contributions assuming he is re-elected. There does seem to be some support for his Democratic opponent, Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes, half McConnell s age (and not an empty dress ), as evidenced by a token $4,000 contribution. McConnell has raised a total of more than $21 million, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, to Grimes $8 million. At the end of May he led her by 7 points in public opinion polls. The situation in Hawaii is a bit more complicated. There, following the death of Sen. Daniel Inouye, Gov. Neil Abercrombie ignored Inouye s expressed wish that he appoint Rep. Colleen Hanabusa to fill his seat. Instead the governor, a former 10-term congressman himself, appointed Lt. Gov. Brian Schatz to complete Inouye s term. Hanabusa is challenging Schatz in the Aug. 9 primary prior to the Nov. 4 special election to fill out the remaining two years of Inouye s term. Hawaii being a heavily blue state, the winner of the primary is likely to win the special election. As of mid-june, Schatz had raised twice as much campaign money as Hanabusa: more than $4 million compared to Hanabusa s $2 million. Pro-Israel PACs have been even more generous to the incumbent, giving Hanabusa a nominal $9,500 vs. $30,700 to Schatz almost enough to make him one of the top 10 recipients of pro-israel PAC money for this year s election. As of mid-may he was leading Hanabusa by 15 points in opinion polls, according to the Honolulu Civil Beat. Unlike South Dakota s Rick Weiland, Schatz has the enthusiastic support of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC), the Civil Beat reported. That not only opens fund-raiser doors for the senator, Nathan Gonzales of the Rothenberg Political Report explained, but it closes fund-raiser doors for Hanabusa, making it more difficult for her to raise money. That is one thing the DSCC can do is tell some of their biggest donors, You need to get involved with Schatz. Hawaii s senior senator, who was sworn in on Dec. 27, 2012, didn t waste much time in making his support for Israel known. Two months later Schatz joined 16 members of Congress and Israel s then-ambassador Michael Oren at an Iron Dome Tribute Luncheon in the Russell Senate Office Building. Congress has generously allocated almost $300 million of American taxpayers money to fund Israel s shortrange missile defense system. This Jewish kid from the state of Hawaii vows to continue [Inouye s] legacy of support for Israel, Schatz said at the Feb. 27, 2013 event, held days before the government sequestration took effect. My commitment to Israeli security is firmly grounded in public policy and the interests of Israel and the interests of the United States, but it is also a personal one. With the sequester looming and deep defense cuts coming, Congress must act. My colleagues must come together once again and protect funding for critical programs such as this. The resources needed to guarantee American and Israeli security cannot be subject to political partisanship. We as a nation must do what is right and guarantee the security of Israel and the United States of America. Perhaps Israel s American-born ambassador put it most succinctly. Declared Oren, Behind the Iron Dome stands a marble dome: the Capitol of the United States of America. Ain t it the truth. Increasingly, however, American voters may want to elect members of Congress who put their own country s Capitol Dome ahead of a foreign nation s Iron Dome. Alabama H 1 Byrne, Bradley R. R I 2,500 2,500 AS H 2 Roby, Martha R I 2,500 5,000 AS H 4 Aderholt, Robert B. R I 2,500 23,000 A(HS) Alaska S Begich, Mark* D I 58,298 64,798 A(FO, HS), C, HS Arizona H 1 Kirkpatrick, Ann D I 2,500 9,500 H 2 Barber, Ronald D I 3,500 5,500 HS H 3 Grijalva, Raúl M. D I 2,500 12,500 H 5 Salmon, Matt R I 2,500 9,000 FR H 7 Pastor, Ed L. D I 1,000 9,800 A, I H 8 Franks, Trent R I 4,600 5,600 AS H 9 Sinema, Kyrsten D I 3,000 3,000 Arkansas S Pryor, Mark L.* D I 27,500 85,500 A(D), HS California H 2 Huffman, Jared D I 1,000 4,500 B H 3 Garamendi, John D I 1,000 12,500 AS H 5 Thompson, Mike D I 1,000 4,500 I, W H 7 Bera, Amerish (Ami) D I 2,650 16,350 FR H 11 Miller, George D I 1,000 14,193 H 12 Pelosi, Nancy D I 16, ,150 Min. Leader H 13 Lee, Barbara D I 1,000 3,000 A(FO), B H 15 Swalwell, Eric M. D I 7,000 21,500 HS H 16 Costa, Jim D I 3,500 27,000 H 17 Honda, Mike D I 4,000 17,500 A H 18 Eshoo, Anna D I 1,000 7,750 C H 19 Lofgren, Zoe D I 1,000 6,250 H 20 Farr, Sam D I 2,000 14,150 A KEY: The Career Total column represents the total amount of pro-israel PAC money received from Jan. 1, 2009 through March 31, S=Senate, H=House of Representatives. Party affiliation: D=Democrat, R=Republican, DFL=Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party. Status: C=Challenger, I=Incumbent, N=Not Running, O=Open Seat (no incumbent), P=Defeated in primary election. *=Senate election year, #=House member running for Senate seat, =Special Election. Committees: A=Appropriations (D=Defense subcommittee, FO=Foreign Operations subcommittee, HS=Homeland Security, NS=National Security subcommittee), AS=Armed Services, B=Budget, C=Commerce, FR=Foreign Relations (NE=Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs subcommittee), HS=Homeland Security, I=Intelligence, IR=International Relations, NS=National Security, W=Ways and Means. indicates money returned by candidate, 0 that all money received was returned. THE WASHINGTON REPORT ON MIDDLE EAST AFFAIRS 35

3 California H 23 McCarthy, Kevin R I 5,000 14,000 H 24 Capps, Lois G. D I ,223 C H 27 Chu, Judy D I 1,000 2,000 H 28 Schiff, Adam D I 4,500 85,417 A(FO), I H 29 Cárdenas, Tony D I 6,000 8,600 B H 30 Sherman, Brad D I 3,000 93,430 FR H 31 Aguilar, Pete D O 3,000 5,500 H 33 Waxman, Henry A. D I 5,000 57,932 C H 34 Becerra, Xavier D I 1,000 5,000 W H 36 Ruiz, Raul D I 7,000 7,000 H 38 Sanchez, Linda D I 3,500 26,450 W H 39 Royce, Edward R. R I 43,450 52,950 FR H 41 Takano, Mark D I 1,000 6,000 H 46 Sanchez, Loretta D I 2,500 68,950 AS, HS H 47 Lowenthal, Alan D I 3,000 13,200 FR H 52 Peters, Scott D I 1,000 1,400 AS H 53 Davis, Susan D I 1,000 18,163 AS Colorado S Udall, Mark E.* D I 53, ,750 AS, I S Gardner, Cory*# R C 5,000 5,000 C H 1 DeGette, Diana L. D I 3,000 7,500 C H 2 Polis, Jared D I 1,000 1,000 Delaware S Coons, Christopher A.* D I 31,000 50,000 A(FO, HS), B, FR(NE) Florida H 6 DeSantis, Ronald D. R I 1,000 1,000 FR(NE) H 6 Stearns, Clifford B. R N 1,500 21,500 H 9 Grayson, Alan M. D I 500 8,000 FR(NE) H 10 Demings, Valdez (Val) D N 1,000 3,000 H 13 Jolly, David W. R I 2,500 2,500 H 13 Sink, Adelaide A. (Alex) D N 5,500 5,500 H 14 Castor, Kathy D I 2,500 24,900 B, C H 17 Rooney, Tom R I 1,000 2,000 AS, I H 18 Murphy, Patrick D I 14,500 22,000 H 19 Radel, Henry J. (Trey), III R N 3,000 5,500 H 21 Deutch, Theodore E. D I 25,500 83,350 FR(NE) H 22 Frankel, Lois J. D I 6,500 13,000 FR(NE) H 23 Wasserman Schultz, Debbie D I 5,500 79,800 A(FO) H 24 Wilson, Frederica S. D I ,000 H 25 Diaz-Balart, Mario R I 9,500 63,250 A(FO) H 26 Garcia, Jose A. (Joe) D I 14,445 33,445 H 27 Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana R I 17, ,240 FR(NE) Georgia S Nunn, Mary Michelle* D O 5,000 5,000 S Kingston, John H. (Jack), Sr.*# R O 1,000 6,500 A(D, HS) H 4 Johnson, Henry C. (Hank) D I 2,000 40,200 AS H 13 Scott, David A. D I 1,000 14,000 Hawaii S Schatz, Brian D I 30,700 30,700 C S Hanabusa, Colleen Wakako # D C 9,500 14,500 AS H 2 Gabbard, Tulsi D I 1,000 1,500 FR, HS Idaho S Risch, James E.* R I 25,500 39,000 FR(NE), I Illinois S Durbin, Richard J.* D I 18, ,921 A(D, FO), FR(NE) S Kirk, Mark S. R I 2, ,386 A(FO) H 2 Kelly, Robin L. D I 1,350 1,350 H 3 Lipinski, Daniel W. D I ,400 H 5 Quigley, Mike D I 500 2,000 A H 6 Roskam, Peter J. R I 7,000 28,750 W H 7 Davis, Danny K. D I 2,000 12,250 W H 8 Duckworth, L. Tammy D I 1,000 18,474 AS H 9 Schakowsky, Janice D. D I 1,500 35,645 C, I H 10 Schneider, Bradley S. D I 8,000 10,600 FR(NE) H 11 Foster, G. William (Bill) D I 4,700 23,700 H 12 Enyart, William L., Jr. D I 2,500 2,500 AS H 13 Callis, Ann D C 2,018 2,018 H 13 Davis, Rodney L. R I 800 1,800 H 14 Hultgren, Randy R I 1,000 3,000 H 17 Bustos, Cheri D I 2,000 7,000 H 18 Schock, Aaron J. R I 4,000 24,000 W Indiana S Coats, Daniel R. R I 0 69,060 A(D, FO, HS), C, I S Donnelly, Joseph S. D I ,000 AS H 2 Walorski, Jackie R I 4,700 4,700 AS, B H 4 Rokita, Theodore E. (Todd) R I 2,000 6,500 B 36 THE WASHINGTON REPORT ON MIDDLE EAST AFFAIRS

4 Indiana H 6 Messer, Allen L. (Luke) R I 1,000 1,000 B, FR(NE) Iowa S Braley, Bruce L.*# D O 11,000 28,000 H 2 Loebsack, David W. D I 2,000 18,000 AS Kansas S Roberts, Pat* R I 21,300 72,300 H 4 Pompeo, Michael R. R I C, I Kentucky S Grimes, Alison Lundergan* D C 4,000 4,000 S McConnell, Mitch* R I 41, ,641 A(D, FO) H 1 Whitfield, Edward R I 2,500 8,000 C H 3 Yarmuth, John A. D I 2,000 17,500 B, C H 5 Rogers, Harold D. (Hal) R I 6,700 22,700 A Louisiana S Landrieu, Mary L.* D I 42, ,218 A(FO, HS), HS S Cassidy, William*# R C 5,000 20,000 C H 1 Scalise, Steve R I 2,500 33,000 C H 2 Richmond, Cedric L. D I 3,500 6,000 HS H 4 Fleming, John C., Jr. R I 2,000 14,000 AS H 5 Riser, Hartwell N. (Neil), Jr. R P 2,000 2,000 Maine S Collins, Susan M.* R I 25, ,500 A(D), I H 1 Pingree, Chellie M. D I 1,000 6,676 A Maryland S Mikulski, Barbara D I 1, ,099 A(D, FO), I H 1 Harris, Andrew P. R I 2,500 8,500 A H 4 Edwards, Donna Fern D I 1,000 10,500 H 5 Hoyer, Steny H. D I 21, ,025 Min. Whip H 7 Cummings, Elijah E. D I 2,000 24,500 Massachusetts S Gomez, Gabriel R O 2,500 2,500 S Markey, Edward J.* D I 16,500 28,750 C H 2 McGovern, Jim D I 2,000 12,575 H 7 Capuano, Michael E. D I 2,000 8,000 Michigan S Land, Terri Lynn* R O 10,000 10,000 S Peters, Gary*# D I 8,000 46,500 H 5 Kildee, Daniel T. D I 2,000 29,500 H 8 Rogers, Michael J. R I 5,000 11,000 C, I H 9 Levin, Sander M. D I 1, ,827 W H 12 Dingell, John D. D N 1,000 18,700 C H 13 Conyers, John, Jr. D I 2,000 7,000 Minnesota S Franken, Al* DFL I 33,500 39,180 H 2 Kline, John P., Jr. R I 4,500 27,500 AS H 3 Paulsen, Erik R I 3,500 18,000 W H 4 McCollum, Betty DFL I 1,000 9,750 A H 5 Ellison, Keith M. DFL I 1,000 6,500 Mississippi S Cochran, Thad* R I 1,000 22,000 A(D, HS) Missouri H 5 Cleaver, Emanuel, II D I 2,000 15,000 H 7 Long, Billy R I 5,000 12,500 C Montana S Baucus, Max* D N 10, ,648 S Daines, Steven*# R C 3,500 3,500 HS S Walsh, John E.* D I 2,500 2,500 C Nebraska S Osborn, Shane* R P 5,000 5,000 S Sasse, Benjamin E.* R O 11,500 11,500 Nevada S Reid, Harry D I 1, ,001 A(D), Maj. Ldr. H 1 Titus, Alice C. (Dina) D I 2,500 16,600 New Hampshire S Ayotte, Kelly A. R I 1,000 17,500 AS, B, HS S Shaheen, Jeanne* D I 42,500 84,600 A(FO), FR New Jersey S Booker, Cory A.* D I 35,500 35,500 C H 1 Andrews, Robert E. D N 5, ,025 H 2 LoBiondo, Frank A. R I 2,000 32,750 AS, I H 6 Pallone, Frank, Jr. D I 12, ,050 C H 8 Sires, Albio D I 10,000 11,000 FR H 9 Pascrell, William J., Jr. D I 2,000 17,853 B, W H 11 Frelinghuysen, Rodney P. R I 1,000 13,350 A(D, HS) H 12 Coleman, Bonnie Watson D O 4,000 4,000 New Mexico S Udall, Tom* D I 24,500 66,000 S Wilson, Heather A. R N -2,000 49,750 H 1 Lujan Grisham, Michelle D I 1,000 2,000 B H 3 Lujan, Ben R. D I 2,000 2,000 C New York H 8 Jeffries, Hakeem D I 2,100 22,400 B H 10 Nadler, Jerrold L. D I 2,500 32,500 H 11 Grimm, Michael R I 2,000 2,000 H 12 Maloney, Carolyn B. D I 1,000 30,970 H 14 Crowley, Joseph D I ,457 W H 16 Engel, Eliot L. D I 29, ,418 C, FR THE WASHINGTON REPORT ON MIDDLE EAST AFFAIRS 37

5 New York H 17 Lowey, Nita M. D I 18, ,388 A(FO) H 18 Hayworth, Nan R C -7,000-4,000 H 18 Maloney, Sean P. D I 3,000 8,000 H 19 Eldridge, Sean D C 1,000 1,000 H 20 Tonko, Paul D. D I 1,000 6,000 C H 23 Reed, Thomas W., II R I 1,000 2,000 W H 23 Robertson, Martha D C 1,000 1,000 H 24 Maffei, Daniel B. D I 1,000 24,500 AS North Carolina S Hagan, Kay R.* D I 51,800 59,800 AS H 2 Ellmers, Renee Jacisin R I 3,000 3,000 C H 3 Jones, Walter B. R I 2,500 2,500 AS H 4 Price, David E. D I 2,000 62,827 A(HS) H 5 Foxx, Virginia Ann R I 2,000 7,000 H 11 Shuler, Joseph H. (Heath) D N 4,000 13,250 Ohio H 1 Chabot, Steve R I 10,000 30,000 FR(NE) H 8 Boehner, John A. R I 28, ,200 House Spkr. H 11 Fudge, Marcia L. D I 6,700 9,700 H 14 Joyce, David P. R I 2,500 3,500 A Oklahoma S Inhofe, James M.* R I 2, ,800 AS S Lankford, James P.*# R C 5,000 5,000 B Oregon S Merkley, Jeffrey A.* D I 10,000 31,600 A, B S Wyden, Ronald L. D I 1, ,462 B, I H 1 Bonamici, Suzanne D I 1,000 8,000 H 3 Blumenauer, Earl D I 1,000 10,000 B, W H 4 DeFazio, Peter A. D I 1,000 12,600 Pennsylvania H 8 Fitzpatrick, Michael G. R I 5,000 25,000 H 13 Margolies-Mezvinsky, Marjorie D P 2,000 27,190 H 13 Schwartz, Allyson Y. D N 1,500 66,650 B, W H 14 Doyle, Mike D I 1,000 6,000 C Rhode Island S Reed, Jack F.* D I 17, ,850 A(D), AS H 1 Cicilline, David N. D I 3,000 31,000 B, FR H 2 Langevin, James R. D I 6,000 39,000 AS, I South Carolina S Graham, Lindsey O.* R I 45, ,500 A(FO), AS, B S Scott, Timothy E. R I 18,100 22,100 C H 1 Colbert Busch, Elizabeth D P 2,000 2,000 H 1 Sanford, Marshall C. (Mark), Jr. R I HS South Dakota S Rounds, Marion M. (Mike)* R O 7,500 7,500 H At-L. Noem, Kristi Lynn R I 2,000 5,000 AS Tennessee S Alexander, Lamar* R I 13,500 21,500 A(D) H 5 Cooper, James H.S. D I 1,000 31,250 AS H 9 Cohen, Stephen Ira D I 2,000 28,500 Texas S Cornyn, John* R I 9,000 76,480 S Cruz, Rafael E. (Ted) R I 2,500 18,500 AS, C H 12 Granger, Kay R I 12,500 34,000 A(D, FO) H 13 Thornberry, Mac R I 2,500 2,500 AS, I H 23 Gallego, Pete D I 1,000 1,000 AS H 25 Williams, Roger R I B H 30 Johnson, Eddie Bernice D I 2,000 4,500 H 33 Veasey, Marc A. D I 4,100 5,100 AS H 35 Doggett, Lloyd D I 1,000 6,500 W Vermont S MacGovern, John R N 1,000 1,000 H At-L. Welch, Peter D I 2,000 11,000 C Virginia S Warner, Mark R.* D I 11,500 53,000 B, C, I H 2 Rigell, Edward S. (Scott) R I 2,000 4,500 AS, B H 6 Goodlatte, Robert W. R I 1,000 5,500 H 7 Cantor, Eric R P 15, ,605 Maj. Leader H 10 Wasinger, Robert K. R P 1,000 1,000 Washington H 5 McMorris Rodgers, Cathy R I 2,500 3,850 C H 6 Kilmer, Derek D I 1,000 6,000 AS H 7 McDermott, James D I 1,000 7,000 B, W H 9 Smith, D. Adam D I 4,600 30,925 AS Wisconsin H 1 Ryan, Paul D. R I 1,850 23,600 B, W H 8 Ribble, Reid J. R I 1,000 2,000 B Wyoming S Enzi, Michael B.* R I 22,000 48,250 B, HS Total Contributions: 1,499,721 Total Contributions ( ): 56,244,153 Total No. of Recipients ( ): 2, THE WASHINGTON REPORT ON MIDDLE EAST AFFAIRS

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