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Pro-Israel PAC Contributions to 2006 Congressional Candidates
								2005-2006
State	Office		District	Candidate	Party	Status		Contributions	Career Total	Committees
Alabama	S			Sessions, Jeff	R	I		2,000	196,825	AS, B
	H		2	Everett, Terry	R	I		6,500	22,500	AS, I
	H		7	Davis, Artur	D	I		2,000	80,067	B
Alaska	S			Stevens, Ted	R	I		4,000	73,200	A(D)
Arizona	S			Kyl, Jon*	R	I		84,500	163,025
	S			McCain, John	R	I		1,000	162,500	AS, C
Arkansas	H		3	Delay, Robert	R	C		5,000	10,000
California	S			Feinstein, Dianne*	D	I		31,500	146,342	A(D), I
	H		5	Matsui, Doris	D	I		3,000	6,050
	H		5	Matsui, Robert	D	N		1,550	10,700
	H		8	Pelosi, Nancy	D	I		0	63,450	I
	H		12	Lantos, Tom	D	I		2,500	112,750	IR
	H		24	Gallegly, Elton	R	I		1,500	45,250	I, IR
	H		25	McKeon, Howard	R	I		2,500	4,500	AS
	H		27	Sherman, Brad	D	I		5,500	48,830	IR
	H		28	Berman, Howard	D	I		3,500	67,050	IR(NE)
	H		29	Schiff, Adam	D	I		6,500	35,417	IR(NE)
	H		30	Waxman, Henry	D	I		1,000	36,832
	H		36	Harman, Jane	D	I		6,500	93,771	I
California	H		39	De La Torre, Hector	D	N		1,000	1,000
	H		44	Calvert, Ken	R	I		2,000	2,000	AS
	H		47	Sanchez, Loretta	D	I		5,500	45,700	AS
	H		50	Busby, Francine P.	D	0		1,000	1,000
	H		51	Filner, Bob	D	I		3,000	85,014
Colorado	H		3	Salazar, John	D	I		6,600	14,600
Connecticut	S			Lieberman, Joseph*	D	I		49,500	286,258	AS
	H		2	Simmons, Robert	R	I		1,000	19,500	AS
	H		4	Shays, Christopher	R	I		2,000	12,850
Delaware	S			Carper, Thomas*	D	I		14,000	30,500
	S			Biden, Joseph, Jr.	D	I		0	101,007	FR
Florida	S			Nelson, Bill*	R	I		53,500	90,860	AS, B, FR
	S			Martinez, Mel	R	I		10,000	43,500	FR
	H		6	Stearns, Clifford	R	I		6,000	9,500
	H		9	Bilirakis, Michael	R	I		10	20,116
	H		17	Meek, Kendrick	D	I		6,500	13,500	AS
	H		18	Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana	R	I		9,500	93,990	IR
	H		19	Wexler, Robert	D	I		1,000	12,500	IR
	H		20	Wasserman Schultz, Debbie		D		I	2,500	6,500
	H		22	Shaw, E. Clay, Jr.	R	I		21,005	72,505	W
Georgia	H		2	Bishop, Sanford D. Jr.	D	I		500	500	A
	H		5	Lewis, John	D	I		1,000	71,250	W
	H		6	Price, Thomas	R	I		500	1,000
	H		7	Linder, John	R	I		500	20,150	W
	H		8	Marshall, Jim	D	I		5,000	7,000	AS
	H		12	Barrow, John	D	I		8,100	16,600
Illinois	S			Durbin, Richard	D	I		1,500	329,171	A(D, FO)
	H		2	Jackson, Jesse, Jr.	D	I		4,500	10,500	A(FO)
	H		5	Emanuel, Rahm	D	I		8,500	22,000	W
	H		6	Roskam, Peter	R	O		4,000	4,000
	H		8	Bean, Melissa	D	I		19,680	29,680
	H		10	Kirk, Mark	R	I		66,064	119,382	A(FO)
	H		11	Weller, Jerry	R	I		2,500	33,900	IR, W
	H		14	Hastert, J. Dennis	R	I		16,200	97,050	House Speaker
	H		15	Johnson, Timothy	R	I		-1,000	7,000
Indiana	S			Lugar, Richard*	R	I		32,250	75,450
	H		5	Burton, Dan	R	I		1,000	73,000	IR
	H		6	Pence, Mike	R	I		11,000	22,250	IR(NE)
	H		8	Ellsworth, Brad	D	C		6,000	6,000
Iowa	H		3	Boswell, Leonard	D	I		3,100	23,675	I
Kansas	H		3	Moore, Dennis	D	I		3,600	42,776	B
Kentucky	S			McConnell, Mitch	R	I		9,010	377,685	A(FO)
	H		4	Davis, Geoffrey	R	I		1,000	9,500	AS
Louisiana	S			Vitter, David	R	I		2,000	33,000
	H		1	Jindal, Bobby	R	I		2,000	8,500
	H		3	Melancon, Charles	D	I		100	18,100
	H		4	McCrery, James, III	R	I		2,000	39,500	W
	H		6	Baker, Richard	R	I		1,000	36,350
	H		7	Mount, Willie Landry	D	N		-5,000	13,000
Maine	S			Snowe, Olympia J.*	R	I		2,000	73,000	I
	S			Collins, Susan M.	R	I		1,000	54,500	AS
	H		2	Michaud, Michael	D	I		500	6,750
Maryland	S			Cardin, Benjamin L.#*	D	O		17,500	43,950	W
	S			Steele, Michael*	R	O		5,000	5,000
	H		5	Hoyer, Steny	D	I		28,500	120,775	A
Massachusetts	S			Kennedy, Edward*	D	I		12,000	79,120	AS
Michigan	S			Stabenow, Debbie*	D	I		55,296	96,106	B
	H		12	Levin, Sander	D	I		3,000	119,227	W
Minnesota	S			Kennedy, Mark*#	R	O		1,000	3,250
	S			Klobuchar, Amy*	D	O		1,000	1,000
	S			Coleman, Norm	R	I		3,000	38,980	FR
	H		2	Kline, John P.	R	I		10,000	10,000	AS
	H		7	Peterson, Collin C.	DFL	I		100	100
	H		8	Oberstar, James L.	DFL	I		2,000	2,000
Mississippi	S			Lott, Trent*	R	I		13,000	80,200	I
Missouri	S			Talent, James*	R	I		36,010	53,510	AS
	S			McCaskill, Claire*	D	C		1,000	1,000
	H		3	Carnahan, Russ	D	I		2,500	8,000
	H		4	Skelton, Ike	D	I		1,000	69,450		AS
Montana	S			Burns, Conrad*	R	I		29,500	194,510	A(D)
	S			Baucus, Max	D	I		2,000	319,348
Nebraska	S			Nelson, E. Benjamin*	D	I		46,500	77,260	AS
Nevada	S			Ensign, John*	R	I		9,500	21,700	AS, B
	H		1	Berkley, Shelley	D	I		36,750	243,705	IR(NE)
New Jersey	S			Menendez, Robert*#	D	I		24,500	68,983	B
	H		1	Andrews, Robert	D	I		3,000	41,750	AS
	H		3	Saxton, H. James	R	I		1,000	72,900	AS
	H		5	Garrett, E. Scott	R	I		5,000	19,700	B
	H		6	Pallone, Frank, Jr.	D	I		5,000	60,550
	H		7	Ferguson, Mike	R	I		500	10,000
	H		9	Rothman, Steven	D	I		9,000	56,503	A(FO)
	H		11	Frelinghuysen, Rodney	R	I		4,100	10,350	A(D)
New Mexico	S			Bingaman, Jeff*	D	I		1,000	262,425
New York	S			Clinton, Hillary Rodham*	D	I		37,118	56,118	AS
	H		2	Israel, Steve	D	I		5,100	28,100	AS
	H		7	Crowley, Joseph	D	I		10,500	62,657	IR(NE)
	H		8	Nadler, Jerrold	D	I		1,000	21,000
	H		9	Weiner, Anthony	D	I		2,000	17,000
	H		14	Maloney, Carolyn	D	I		2,000	24,000
	H		17	Engel, Eliot	D	I		22,000	163,918	IR
	H		18	Lowey, Nita	D	I		1,000	112,238	A(FO)
	H		25	Maffei, Daniel	D	C		5,000	5,000
	H		26	Reynolds, Thomas	R	I		2,000	4,000	W
	H		27	Higgins, Brian	D	I		4,600	9,600
North Carolina	H		10	McHenry, Patrick	R	I		9,000	9.500	B
	H		11	Shuler, Joseph Heath	D	C		1,000	1,000
North Dakota	S			Conrad, Kent*	D	I		52,600	254,539	B
Ohio	S			DeWine, Mike*	R	I		31,000	54,500	A(FO), I
	S			Brown, Sherrod*#	D	C		2,000	32,750	IR
	H		7	Hobson, David	R	I		3,500	11,000	A(D)
Oklahoma	S			Inhofe, James M.	R	I		2,000	89,800	AS
	H		2	Boren, David	D	I		6,500	7,500	AS
	H		5	Bode, Denise	R	O		1,500	1,500
Pennsylvania	S			Santorum, Rick*	R	I		46,950	94,700
	S			Casey, Bob*	D	C		10,000	10,000
	H		6	Gerlach, Jim	R	I		5,500	8,450
	H		6	Murphy, Lois	D	C		1,000	9,000
	H		8	Fitzpatrick, Michael	R	I		2,000	8,000
	H		13	Schwartz, Allyson	D	I		2,500	23,650	B
Rhode Island	S			Chafee, Lincoln*	R	I		1,500	16,500	FR(NE)
Rhode Island	S			Laffey, Stephen*	R	C		5,000	5,000
Rhode Island	S			Reed, Jack	D	I		1,000	107,350	AS
South Carolina	H		5	Spratt, John M. Jr.	D	I		2,500	17,400	AS, B
	H		6	Clyburn, James E.	D	I		500	4,600	A
South Dakota	S			Johnson, Tim	D	I		5,000	166,837	A(FO), B
	H		At-L.	Herseth, StephanieÝ	D	I		2,100	28,500
Tennessee	S			Ford, Harold, Jr.*#	D	O		4,500	14,500	B
	H		3	Wamp, Zach	R	I		2,000	4,000	A
	H		6	Gordon, Barton	D	I		1,000	57,900
Texas	H		2	Poe, Ted	R	I		5,000	5,000	FR
	H		10	McCaul, Michael	R	I		2,000	2,000	FR
	H		17	Edwards, Chet	D	I		5,100	40,700	A, B
	H		22	DeLay, Tom	R	N		26,000	112,050
	H		22	Lampson, Nicholas	D	C		3,000	30,506
	H		28	Cuellar, Henry	D	I		500	2,500	B
	H		32	Frost, Martin	D	N		1,000	190,014
	H		32	Sessions, Pete	R	I		1,000	4,750	B
Utah	S			Hatch, Orrin G.*	R	I		1,000	51,700	I
	H		1	Bishop, Robert	R	I		1,000	4,500	AS
	H		2	Matheson, James	D	I		2,100	37,100
	H		3	Cannon, Christopher B.	R	I		500	1,500
Virginia	S			Allen, George*	R	I		19,000	29,400	FR
	H		1	Davis, Jo Ann	R	I		1,000	3,750	AS, FR, I
	H		7	Cantor, Eric	R	I		26,500	112,230	W
Washington	S			Cantwell, Maria*	D	I		2,844	2,844
	H		2	Larsen, Richard	D	I		3,000	15,000	AS
Wisconsin	H		7	Obey, David R.	D	I		1,000	150,100	A(FO), B
Wyoming	S			Thomas, Craig*	R	I		11,000	24,500
PRESIDENT				Lieberman, Joseph	D	C		$7,000	286,258

	TOTAL for 2005-2006 Election Cycle TOTAL 1978-2004 Funds to Congressional Candidates TOTAL No. of Recipient Candidates, 1978-2004	$ 1,358,537 $42,365,498 1,978
KEY: The “Career Total” column represents the total amount of pro-Israel PAC money received from Jan. 1, 1978 through Dec. 31, 2005. 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, “[]” = independent expenditures on behalf of candidate (not included in candidate totals).

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