Pro-Israel PAC Contributions to 2004 Congressional Candidates

2004 Top Ten Career Recipients of Pro-Israel PAC Funds

Compiled by Hugh Galford

House: Current Cycle
Hoyer, Steny (D-MD) $37,500
Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana (R-FL) 36,000
Berkley, Shelley (D-NV) 35,100
Lantos, Tom (D-CA) 31,600
Frost, Martin (D-TX) 31,300
Cantor, Eric (R-VA) 23,750
Crowley, Joseph (D-NY) 23,000
DeLay, Tom (R-TX) 23,000
Lowey, Nita (D-NY) 20,650
Pelosi, Nancy (D-CA) 20,650

House: Career
Berkley, Shelley (D-NV) $201,455
Frost, Martin (D-TX) 165,414
Engel, Eliot (D-NY) 137,918
Levin, Sander (D-MI) 113,727
Lowey, Nita (D-NY) 109,738
Lantos, Tom (D-CA) 107,250
Hoyer, Steny (D-MD) 92,275
Evans, Lane (D-IL) 87,379
Harman, Jane (D-CA) 86,271
DeLay, Tom (R-TX) 81,050

Senate: Current Cycle
Specter, Arlen (R-PA) $80,350
Boxer, Barbara (D-CA) 73,000
Murray, Patty (D-WA) 72,495
Daschle, Tom (D-SD) 70,500
Reid, Harry (D-NV) 64,999
Bayh, Evan (D-IN) 56,500
Bennett, Robert (R-UT) 55,750
Wyden, Ronald (D-OR) 55,000
Brownback, Samuel (R-KS) 50,850
Shelby, Richard (R-AL) 38,500

Senate: Career
Daschle, Tom (D-SD) $533,635
Specter, Arlen (R-PA) 461,973
Lautenberg, Frank (D-NJ) 433,806
Durbin, Richard (D-IL) 326,671
Reid, Harry (D-NV) 318,801
Wyden, Ronald (D-OR) 255,562
Lieberman, Joseph (D-CT) 227,758
Boxer, Barbara (D-CA) 223,794
Dodd, Christopher (D-CT) 221,178
Conrad, Kent (D-ND) 201,939

Pro-Israel PAC Contributions to 2004 Congressional Candidates
						2003-2004	Career
State	Office	District	Candidate	Party	Status	Contributions	Total	Committees
Alabama	S		Shelby, Richard*	R	I	38,500	193,325	A(FO)
	H	2	Everett, Terry	R	I	6,000	15,000	AS, I
	H	3	Rogers, Michael	R	I	5,000	8,000	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	6	Bachus, Spencer	R	I	2,000	12,500
	H	7	Davis, Artur	D	I	6,500	68,067	B
Alaska	S		Murkowski, Frank	R	N	1,000	65,000
	S		Knowles, Tony*	D	C	5,150	5,150
	S		Murkowski, Lisa*	R	I	34,600	34,600
	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	30,500	43,527
	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	73,000	223,794	C, FR(NE)
	S		Feinstein, Dianne	D	I	1,000	114,842	A(D), I
	H	5	Matsui, Robert	D	I	4,000	8,150	W
	H	8	Pelosi, Nancy	D	I	20,650	57,450	I
	H	12	Lantos, Tom	D	I	31,600	107,250	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	4,500	43,330	IR
	H	29	Schiff, Adam	D	I	6,500	23,417	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	11,500	86,271	I
	H	39	Sanchez, Linda	D	I	4,450	8,450
	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	7,000	92,750	A(FO)
	H	2	Udall, Mark	D	I	1,500	11,250
Connecticut	S		Dodd, Christopher*	D	I	38,250	221,178	FR
	S		Lieberman, Joseph	D	I	1,250	227,758	AS
Connecticut	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	18,000	45,941
	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	14	Mack, Connie	R	O	1,000	1,000
	H	17	Meek, Kendrick	D	I	4,000	7,000	AS
	H	18	Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana	R	I	36,000	73,490	IR
	H	19	Wexler, Robert	D	I	1,500	11,500	IR
	H	20	Schultz, Debbie Wasserman	D	C	2,500	2,500
	H	21	Diaz-Balart, Lincoln	R	I	5,000	10,000
	H	23	Hastings, Alcee	D	I	2,500	23,850	I
	H	24	Feeney, Tom	R	I	1,000	1,000
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	1,500	8,000	AS
	H	5	Lewis, John	D	I	2,000	69,250	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	S		Durbin, Richard	D	I	2,500	326,671	A(D, FO), I
	S		Obama, Barack*	D	O	2,500	2,500
	H	2	Jackson, Jesse, Jr	D	I	2,000	3,500	A(FO)
	H	5	Emmanuel, Rahm	D	I	3,000	13,500	B
	H	9	Schakowsky, Janice	D	I	1,000	14,750
	H	10	Kirk, Mark	R	I	17,500	42,068	A(FO)
	H	11	Weller, Jerry	R	I	2,000	26,400	IR, W
	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	5,000	87,379	AS
	H	18	Bean, Melissa	D	C	1,000	1,000
Indiana	S		Bayh, Evan*	D	I	56,500	81,750	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	32,000	139,823	B
	H	3	Boswell, Leonard	D	I	3,500	19,575	I
Kansas	S		Brownback, Samuel*	R	I	50,850	95,350	A, C, FR(NE)
	H	3	Moore, Dennis	D	I	4,500	26,176	B
Kentucky	S		Bunning, Jim*	R	I	32,900	74,750	B
	H	4	Clooney, Nick	D	C	2,000	2,000
	H	4	Lucas, Kenneth	D	I	1,000	11,000
	H	4	Thoney, Roger	R	C	1,000	1,000
	H	5	Rogers, Harold	R	I	7,500	7,500	A
	H	6	Chandler, Ben	D	O	13,500	13,500
	H	6	Kerr, Alice Forgy	R	O	1,000	1,000
	H	6	Miller, Jonathan	D	O	1,000	1,000
Louisiana	S		Terrell, Suzanne Haik*	R	O	15,000	15,000
	S		Vitter, David*#	R	O	3,500	18,000	A(FO), B
	H	1	Jindal, Bobby	R	O	1,500	1,500
	H	5	Alexander, Rodney	D	I	2,000	7,500	AS
Maryland	S		Mikulski, Barbara*	D	I	36,000	166,599	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	37,500	92,275	A
	H	8	Van Hollen, Chris	D	I	1,000	4,000
Massachusetts	S		Kennedy, Edward	D	I	1,000	67,120	AS
	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	7	Smith, Bradley	R	O	250	250
	H	8	Rogers, Michael	R	I	1,500	2,250
	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	3,200	113,727	W
Minnesota	S		Coleman, Norm	R	I	8,000	34,980	FR(NE)
	S		Wellstone, Paul (dec'd)	DFL	N	-1,000	18,472
	H	2	Luther, Bill	DFL	C	1,000	27,913
Missouri	S		Bond, Christopher*	R	I	17,000	149,200	A(D,FO), I
	S		Talent, James	R	I	1,000	12,500	AS
	H	3	Carnahan, John	D	O	1,000	1,000
	H	4	Skelton, Ike	D	I	1,000	65,450		AS
	H	5	Metzl, Jamie	D	C	2,000	2,000
	H	6	Graves, Sam, Jr.	R	I	1,500	5,000
	H	7	Blunt, Roy	R	I	11,600	30,850
Montana	H		Rehberg, Dennis	R	I	1,500	1,500
Nevada	S		Reid, Harry*	D	I	64,999	318,801	A(D)
	H	1	Berkley, Shelley	D	I	35,100	201,455	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	11,000	71,900	AS
	H	4	Smith, Christopher	R	I	7,000	51,750	IR
	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	8,500	42,503	A(FO)
	H	10	Payne, Donald	D	I	500	21,750	IR
	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	S		Domenici, Pete	R	I	1,000	50,600	A(D), B
	H	1	Wilson, Heather	R	I	-1,000	15,500	AS
New York	S		Schumer, Charles*	D	I	24,000	56,635
	H	1	Bishop, Timothy	D	I	1,000	2,000
	H	2	Israel, Steve	D	I	8,000	17,000	AS
	H	7	Crowley, Joseph	D	I	23,000	41,500	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	19,000	137,918	IR(NE)
	H	18	Lowey, Nita	D	I	20,650	109,738	A(FO)
	H	20	Sweeney, John	R	I	1,000	2,000	A
	H	24	Boehlert, Sherwood	R	I	1,000	6,500	I
	H	25	Walsh, James	R	I	1,000	15,550	A
North Carolina	S		Bowles, Erskine*	D	O	13,500	23,500
	S		Burr, Richard*#	R	O	7,000	8,250
	S		Dole, Elizabeth	R	I	1,000	26,000	AS
North Dakota	S		Conrad, Kent	D	I	5,250	201,939	B
	S		Dorgan, Byron*	D	I	30,750	131,850	A(D), C
Ohio	S		Voinovich, George*	R	I	27,000	37,500	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	S		Carson, Brad*#	D	O	1,000	11,000
	H	4	Cole, Tom	R	I	1,500	5,000	AS
Oregon	S		Wyden, Ronald*	D	I	55,000	255,562	B, C, I
	H	1	Wu, David	D	I	5,500	22,427
Pennsylvania	S		Santorum, Richard	R	I	2,000	47,750
	S		Specter, Arlen*	R	I	80,350	461,973	A(D, FO)
	S		Hoeffel, Joseph*#	D	C	2,000	24,454	IR(NE)
	S		Schwartz, Allyson*	D	C	1,000	3,500
Pennsylvania	H	2	Fattah, Chaka	D	I	-5,000	1,500	A
	H	6	Gerlach, Jim	R	I	2,500	2,700
	H	10	Sherwood, Donald	R	I	1,000	2,250	A
	H	11	Kanjorski, Paul	D	I	1,000	16,600
	H	13	Torsella, Joseph	D	O	750	750
	H	15	Dent, Charles	R	O	5,000	5,000
	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
	S		Tenenbaum, Inez Moore*	D	O	2,500	2,500
South Dakota	S		Daschle, Tom*	D	I	70,500	533,635	I
	S		Thune, John*	R	C	1,000	6,480
	S		Johnson, Tim	D	I	1,000	159,837	A(FO), B
	H	At-L.	Herseth, Stephanie”	D	O	8,000	12,900
Tennessee	H	3	Wamp, Zach	R	I	2,000	2,000	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	2,000	2,000	W
	H	2	Lampson, Nicolas	D	I	2,000	18,506
	H	7	Culberson, John	R	I	1,500	1,500	A
	H	11	Edwards, Chet	D	I	5,500	18,350	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	31,300	165,414
	H	25	Bell, R. Christopher	D	I	13,500	15,000	IR(NE)
	H	25	Doggett, Lloyd	D	I	1,500	4,500	W
	H	28	Rodriguez, Ciro	D	I	17,000	17,000	AS
	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	23,750	74,980	W
	H	8	Hanley, Kate	D	C	250	250
	H	8	Rosenberg, Andrew	D	C	1,250	1,250
	H	11	Davis, Thomas	R	I	1,000	16,000
Washington	S		Murray, Patty*	D	I	72,495	146,293	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	8	Alben, Alex	D	C	1,000	1,000
	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	29,500	123,310	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	2,000	5,752
			Lieberman, Joseph	D	C	12,000	239,758
			Sharpton, Rev. Al	D	C	2,000	2,000
			Specter, Arlen	R	N	2,000	463,973

TOTAL for 2003-2004 Election Cycle

TOTAL 1978-2004 Funds to Congressional Candidates

TOTAL No. of Recipient Candidates, 1978-2004

$ 1,910,197

$39,532,465

1,897

KEY: The “Career Total” column represents the total amount of pro\-Israel PAC money received from Jan. 1, 1978 through March 31, 2004. 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, ” =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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Pro-Israel PAC Contributions to 2004 Congressional Candidates

2004 Top Ten Career Recipients of Pro-Israel PAC Funds