Pro-Israel Contributions to U. S. Congress

[yellowwoodII]

Very interesting. Ask your Congressperson what he/she is doing to earn the big bucks.
http://maplight.org/us-congress/interest/J5100/view/all

Senate
Mark Kirk $747,029
John McCain $575,187
Mitch McConnell $342,231
Robert Menéndez $341,170
Kirsten Gillibrand $301,637
Sherrod Brown $272,301
Bill Nelson $263,000
Harry Reid $261,708
Benjamin Cardin $249,543
Charles Schumer $248,149
Timothy Kaine $246,820
Barbara Boxer $245,179
Ron Wyden $233,031
Mary Landrieu $230,085
Claire McCaskill $212,671
Mark Udall $210,223
Cory Booker $184,569
Tammy Baldwin $179,980
Richard Durbin $178,800
Barbara Mikulski $169,250
Debbie Stabenow $167,852
Jeanne Shaheen $163,990
Martin Heinrich $162,923
Roger Wicker $158,861
Jeff Merkley $156,980
Mark Warner $150,351
Robert Casey $147,975
Dianne Feinstein $141,541
Jon Tester $133,971
Pat Roberts $125,625
Tom Udall $124,568
Lindsey Graham $121,265
Sheldon Whitehouse $121,150
Roy Blunt $120,500
Jeff Flake $119,350
Joe Manchin $117,110
John Thune $115,175
Kelly Ayotte $112,899
Michael Bennet $109,126
David Vitter $108,119
Mark Begich $107,293
Alan Franken $107,218
Bob Corker $102,950
Susan Collins $101,078
John Barrasso $98,050
Maria Cantwell $91,562
Orrin Hatch $91,500
Amy Klobuchar $89,047
Elizabeth Warren $87,838
Daniel Coats $86,233
Lisa Murkowski $83,400
Marco Rubio $82,200
Patty Murray $81,550
Richard Blumenthal $80,640
Joe Donnelly $79,662
Saxby Chambliss $77,550
Tim Scott $75,260
Patrick Leahy $74,062
Ted Cruz $73,004
Dean Heller $71,100
Richard Burr $70,850
Robert Portman $68,815
John Hoeven $67,535
Kay Hagan $64,133
Mike Johanns $63,635
Thomas Carper $62,700
Heidi Heitkamp $62,188
Charles Grassley $57,600
Chris Coons $53,774
Jerry Moran $53,400
James Risch $50,250
Christopher Murphy $49,050
John Cornyn $49,050
James Inhofe $47,850
Thomas Coburn $47,445
Thomas Harkin $46,980
Michael Enzi $46,600
Angus King $46,500
Michael Crapo $45,750
Mike Lee $45,030
Tim Johnson $44,415
Patrick Toomey $40,750
John Reed $40,350
Deb Fischer $39,900
Mazie Hirono $39,050
John Boozman $34,250
John Isakson $31,600
Brian Schatz $30,700
Richard Shelby $27,250
Mark Pryor $26,800
Carl Levin $23,400
Jefferson Sessions $10,700
Ron Johnson $10,400
Edward Markey $6,500
Rand Paul $5,500
Lamar Alexander $5,000
John Rockefeller $1,000

Contributions shown for the last six years of available data, Jan 1, 2008 - Dec 31, 2013, including contributions to presidential campaigns.
House

Bradley Schneider $170,834
Eric Cantor $166,996
Nita Lowey $133,350
Steny Hoyer $123,125
Tammy Duckworth $121,550
Bill Foster $110,519
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen $109,050
Cheri Bustos $88,206
Theodore Deutch $85,410
Eliot Engel $83,650
Hakeem Jeffries $81,000
Edward Royce $74,550
John Boehner $73,800
Patrick Murphy $66,335
Lois Capps $60,199
Ann Kuster $59,230
Henry Waxman $56,050
Ron Barber $50,900
Eric Swalwell $49,350
Joe Garcia $48,105
Brad Sherman $44,700
Carol Shea-Porter $44,310
Janice Schakowsky $42,475
Ami Bera $40,793
Debbie Wasserman Schultz $40,700
Nancy Pelosi $38,100
Bruce Braley $37,525
Howard McKeon $36,900
Michele Bachmann $35,350
Marcia Fudge $34,150
Paul Ryan $33,450
Adam Smith $33,250
Daniel Maffei $32,700
Sean Maloney $31,225
Joseph Kennedy $30,000
Jack Kingston $26,868
Steve Chabot $26,050
Kathy Castor $25,250
Mike Quigley $24,500
John Garamendi $24,450
Gary Peters $23,800
Suzan DelBene $22,650
Joseph Crowley $22,077
James Langevin $21,649
Mario Diaz-Balart $21,250
Sander Levin $20,900
Steve Israel $20,503
Allyson Schwartz $19,850
Lois Frankel $19,750
Peter King $19,250
Steve Scalise $19,100
Gerald Connolly $18,650
Adam Schiff $18,600
David Cicilline $17,750
Peter Roskam $17,700
Kevin McCarthy $17,475
Frank Pallone $17,250
Doug Lamborn $17,000
Kay Granger $17,000
David Loebsack $16,535
Colleen Hanabusa $16,500
Timothy Bishop $16,254
Alan Lowenthal $15,700
Alcee Hastings $15,250
Bob Goodlatte $14,700
Charles Boustany $14,300
Bill Pascrell $13,750
Matt Salmon $13,600
Michael Doyle $12,750
Ed Pastor $12,500
Bill Cassidy $12,122
Adam Kinzinger $11,300
Raúl Grijalva $11,000
Robin Kelly $11,000
Scott Peters $10,800
Rush Holt $10,780
Gwen Moore $10,500
Mike Kelly $10,300
Andy Harris $10,000
Mike Thompson $10,000
Jerry McNerney $10,000
Lloyd Doggett $9,800
Frederica Wilson $9,750
Louie Gohmert $9,750
Billy Long $9,700
Christopher Smith $9,675
Elizabeth Esty $9,650
David Joyce $9,500
John Lewis $9,300
Suzanne Bonamici $9,250
Trent Franks $9,100
Sheila Jackson Lee $9,100
Aaron Schock $9,000
Janice Hahn $9,000
Tom Cotton $9,000
Spencer Bachus $8,750
Derek Kilmer $8,750
Raul Ruiz $8,700
Jared Polis $8,700
Emanuel Cleaver $8,500
Mike Rogers $8,500
Steve King $8,500
John Fleming $8,500
Jim Matheson $8,500
Erik Paulsen $8,300
Thomas Rooney $8,000
Vern Buchanan $8,000
Frank LoBiondo $8,000
Ron DeSantis $8,000
Mike Rogers $8,000
Sean Duffy $8,000
Michael Michaud $8,000
Randy Hultgren $7,700
Charles Rangel $7,700
Mark Takano $7,600
Tim Ryan $7,587
James Renacci $7,450
Michael Fitzpatrick $7,250
Albio Sires $7,000
Grace Meng $6,750
Ron Kind $6,750
Jared Huffman $6,750
Eddie Johnson $6,750
Zoe Lofgren $6,700
Harold Rogers $6,600
John Dingell $6,500
Frank Wolf $6,500
John Barrow $6,500
Susan Davis $6,500
Barbara Lee $6,500
Linda Sánchez $6,450
Peter Welch $6,300
David Scott $6,250
Tulsi Gabbard $6,100
Cory Gardner $6,000
Diana DeGette $6,000
Rodney Davis $5,800
Michael Grimm $5,800
Steve Cohen $5,750
David Price $5,750
Todd Rokita $5,600
William Enyart $5,500
Paul Gosar $5,500
Michelle Lujan Grisham $5,500
Betty McCollum $5,400
Gus Bilirakis $5,350
John Yarmuth $5,250
Paul Tonko $5,250
Ann Kirkpatrick $5,100
Todd Young $5,100
Scott Garrett $5,000
Dan Benishek $5,000
Steve Daines $5,000
Duncan Hunter $5,000
Jackie Speier $5,000
Peter DeFazio $5,000
Reid Ribble $5,000
Mike Coffman $5,000
Louise Slaughter $4,875
Cedric Richmond $4,500
Jeff Miller $4,500
Kristi Noem $4,500
Keith Ellison $4,400
David Schweikert $4,250
Daniel Lipinski $4,200
Chellie Pingree $4,110
Mike Pompeo $4,100
Rodney Frelinghuysen $4,000
James McGovern $4,000
Gregg Harper $4,000
Anna Eshoo $4,000
Larry Bucshon $4,000
Virginia Foxx $3,800
Marc Veasey $3,750
John Kline $3,750
Ted Poe $3,750
Tom Reed $3,500
Jeff Denham $3,500
Daniel Webster $3,500
Cathy McMorris Rodgers $3,350
John Conyers $3,250
Carolyn McCarthy $3,250
Kyrsten Sinema $3,079
Leonard Lance $3,000
Jerrold Nadler $3,000
Shelley Capito $2,800
John Mica $2,750
Xavier Becerra $2,600
Jon Runyan $2,550
Marshall Sanford $2,500
Michael Capuano $2,500
Robert Aderholt $2,500
Bradley Byrne $2,500
Luke Messer $2,500
Tom Price $2,500
Terri Sewell $2,500
Earl Blumenauer $2,500
Richard Nugent $2,500
Tom Latham $2,300
Loretta Sanchez $2,250
Dina Titus $2,250
Jim Costa $2,000
Karen Bass $2,000
Ed Perlmutter $2,000
Renee Ellmers $2,000
Steven Horsford $2,000
Carolyn Maloney $2,000
Scott Tipton $1,850
Chris Van Hollen $1,750
Michael Honda $1,500
Chris Collins $1,500
Timothy Walz $1,500
Danny Davis $1,500
George Miller $1,500
Joseph Heck $1,500
Tony Cárdenas $1,250
Sam Farr $1,250
Martha Roby $1,000
John Carney $1,000
Henry Johnson $1,000
Jim McDermott $1,000
Joe Wilson $1,000
Dennis Ross $1,000
Charles Dent $1,000
Jim Cooper $1,000
Donna Edwards $500
John Delaney $500
Alan Grayson $500
Paul Broun $500
Jason Smith $500
Jackie Walorski $500
Ben Luján $500
Robert Pittenger $300
Steve Stockman $300
Mark Amodei $300
Tim Huelskamp $300
Patrick Meehan $250
Jim Gerlach $250

[Fred Sanders]

1. Positions for hire, also cuts down on having to think through an issue. Also known as corruption.

What are the pro-Palestinian contributions?

[spanone]

2. best government money can....well, you know.

[Purveyor]

3. I will not vote for ANY candidate that supports this ongoing massacre in Gaza.

I don't give a fuck what party they belong.

[yellowwoodII]

4. I made that vow about Iraq

I kept the list of Congresspersons who voted to go to war in Iraq. I still have it. It's a good guide for me as to whom I might (or might not) support in future elections.
I knew that war was wrong. Why didn't our elected officials?

[Purveyor]

5. Just a small part we as individuals can do. Of course it may not matter much

but at least we can lay our heads down at night and know what we advocate is right and just.

All that can be asked of anyone with a decent conscience.

[sabrina 1]

15. I will not either. I said that after the vote on the Iraq War and have kept that promise to myself.

It is the reason I supported Obama over Clinton. It is probably the reason she lost.

But since every single member of OUR PARTY has voted on the wrong side of history this time, who do we support?

[Scuba]

6. Very disappointing to see some of the names on this list ....

Tammy Baldwin
Sherrod Brown
Tammy Duckworth
Raul Grijalva

and others.

[yellowwoodII]

7. Mark Kirk at the top of Senate list

This is surprising. Why would an Illinois Senator be so involved in this?
Here he is calling for end of aid for Palestine.
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Mark-Kirk-Marco-Rubio-cut-off-Palestine-US-aid-Hamas-261683161.html
Calling for Iran sanctions:
http://www.rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/Kirk_Mark

He is earning his money.

[Scuba]

8. Him I expected. Alan Grayson, not so much.

[yellowwoodII]

9. Grayson almost at bottom of list

$500? That's almost a snub.

[Scuba]

11. Yeah, but still.

[el_bryanto]

10. Not the best organized website is it?

I question their methodology for determining what donations are made to support Pro-Israel policies. If I look down the list of those who donated to John McCain for example, you see the Republican Jewish Coalition and World Alliance For Israel, but you also see Northern Californians For Good Govt and Maryland Assn For Concerned Citizens - how are these determined to be Pro Israel dollars? Not to mention a whole passle of individual citizens.

Bryant

[Marrah_G]

13. look up Northern Californians for good government

Official PAC Name:
FRIENDS OF ISRAEL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - FIPAC
Location: EMERYVILLE, CA 94662
Industry: Pro-Israel
Treasurer: LEVINSON, FRED
FEC Committee ID: C00141747
(Look up actual documents filed at the FEC)

From opensecrets.org

The Maryland one:

Official PAC Name:
MARYLAND ASSOCIATION FOR CONCERNED CITIZENS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
Location: PIKESVILLE, MD 21282
Industry: Pro-Israel
Treasurer: SIBEL, STEVEN J. MR.
FEC Committee ID: C00195024
(Look up actual documents filed at the FEC)

[Comrade Grumpy]

12. Kick. Bought and paid for. n/t

[HooptieWagon]

14. All the Senate, and over half the House.

No wonder no-one is speaking up on behalf of the murdered children.... but they falling all over themselves to give Israel more baby-killing tools.

[yellowwoodII]

17. The Silence

The silence from Congress is deafening.

[Roy Serohz]

16. Most prostitutes are harmless

These "leaders"? Not so much. K&R!