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AL
HABTOOR INFORMATION RESEARCH DEPARTMENT
Pro-Israel
PAC Contributions to the 2000
Congressional Candidates
1999-2000
Cycle
-compiled
by The Washington Report on the Middle
East Affairs
TOTAL for 1999-2000 Election Cycle $2,044,606
TOTAL 1978-2000 Funds to Congressional
Candidates $34,607,182
TOTAL No. of Recipient Candidates,
1978-2000 1,732
Related
figures:
Total
US aid to Israel
since 1948:
According to the US government: $82
Billion
According to WRMEA's calculations:
$94 Billion
Below
are the top 26 recipients of funding from
Pro-Israeli PACs
Key:
The "Career Total" column
represents the total amount of Pro-Israel
PAC money received from January 1, 1978
through December 31, 2001.
S=
Senate. H=
House of Representative. D=Democrat.
R=Republican. Ref=Reform.
DFL=Democratic
Farmers Labor. Ind=Independent.
Lib=Libertarian. Status: C=Challenger.
I=Incumbent.
O=Open Seat. *=Senate
Election Year. #=House
member running for Senate seat.
Committees: A=Appropriations.
AS=Armed
Services. D=Defense
Subcommittee. FO=Foreign
Operations Subcommittee. NS=National
Security Subcommittee. IR=International
Relations. W=Ways
and Means. "0" means money received was returned by candidate.
| STATE |
OFFICE
DIST. |
CANDIDATE |
PARTY |
STATUS |
CONTRIBUTIONS |
CAREER |
COMMITTEES |
| California |
S |
Feinstein, D* |
D |
I |
32,250 |
112,842 |
A |
| Connecticut |
S |
Dodd, C |
D |
I |
1,000 |
182,928 |
FR(NE) |
| |
S |
Lieberman, J* |
D |
I |
86,000 |
226,508 |
AS |
| |
H2 |
Gejdenson, S |
D |
I |
29,500 |
335,601 |
IR |
| Florida |
S |
Graham, Bob |
D |
I |
-5,000 |
94,250 |
I |
| |
S |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Hawaii
|
S |
Akaka, D.* |
D |
I |
5,000 |
93,500 |
|
| Idaho |
S |
Durbin, R. |
D |
I |
16,000 |
245,671 |
A(D), |
| Illinois |
S |
Harkin, T |
D |
I |
1,000 |
423,895 |
A(D, FO) |
| Kansas |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Kentucky |
S |
McConnell, M |
R |
I |
3,000 |
285,425 |
A(FO, D)
|
| Maryland |
S |
Sarbanes, P* |
D |
I |
48,250 |
159,963 |
B,FR(NE)
|
| |
S |
Levin, Carl |
D |
I |
1,500 |
564,858 |
AS, I |
| |
S |
Baucus, Max |
D |
I |
2,000 |
232,248 |
I
|
| |
S |
Burns, C.* |
R |
I |
52,960 |
165,010 |
A |
| Nebraska |
S |
Kerrey, J.R.* |
D |
N |
8,000 |
198,500 |
FR, I |
| |
S |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
S |
Reid, Harry |
D |
I |
-3,000 |
253,802 |
A |
| |
H1 |
Berkley, S. |
D |
I |
66,951 |
100,410 |
|
| New Jersey |
S |
Torricelli, R. |
D |
I |
5,000 |
125,652 |
FR(NE) |
| New Mexico |
S |
Bingaman, J* |
D |
I |
32,500 |
261,425 |
AS |
| |
S |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| North Dakota |
S |
Conrad, Kent* |
D |
I |
43,000 |
195,689 |
B |
| |
S |
Specter, Arlen |
R |
I |
-250 |
366,123 |
A(D, FO) |
| |
S |
Licht, R.* |
D |
C |
2,005 |
245,605
|
|
| |
S |
Pell, C. |
D |
N |
-2,500 |
180,950 |
|
| |
H24 |
Frost, Martin |
D |
I |
10,000 |
126,864 |
|
| |
S |
Robb, C.* |
D |
I |
102,821 |
255,093 |
AS, |
| |
S |
Gorton, Slade* |
R |
I |
64,250 |
180,000 |
A, B, C |
| |
H7 |
Obey, David |
D |
I |
4,500 |
147,100 |
A |
Source: WRMEA
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