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Nine Senators, 16 Representatives in 112Th Congress’ “Hall of Fame” by Shirl Mcarthur Congresswatch mcarthur_halls_24-37_Congress Watch 7/24/12 1:28 PM Page 24 Nine Senators, 16 Representatives in 112th Congress’ “Hall of Fame” By Shirl McArthur CongressWatch ith the November HALL OF FAME HALL OF SHAME ative columns with no more Wgeneral election than one positive mark. rapidly approaching, the Career Pro-Israel Career Pro-Israel The House and Senate is- Washington Report is Senate PAC Donations Senate PAC Donations sues are enumerated below: pleased to again present Bingaman, Jeff (D-NM) $ 272,425 Ayotte, Kelly (R-NH) $ 14,500 its scorecard for the cur- Harkin, Tom (D-IA) 552,950 Blumenthal, Richard (D-CT) 25,500 HOUSE: The Positives rent members of Con- Kerry, John (D-MA) 23,502 Blunt, Roy (R-MO) 78,350 1. No “Contain” Iran. In Leahy, Patrick (D-VT) 145,911 Boozman, John (R-AR) 8,500 gress. As it has done in Paul, Rand (R-KY) 2,000 Brown, Scott (R-MA) 15,000 May 2012, the House passed previous congresses, the Reid, Harry (D-NV) 393,001 Cardin, Benjamin (D-MD) 148,695 the AIPAC-promoted H.Res. American Israel Public Sanders, Bernie (I-VT) 4,000 Casey, Robert (D-PA) 76,300 568, introduced by Ros-Lehti- Affairs Committee Udall, Tom (D-NM) 41,500 Collins, Susan (R-ME) 112,000 nen in March, on a roll call Webb, Jim (D-VA) 0 Coons, Chris (D-DE) 19,000 (AIPAC) exerted major Cornyn, John (R-TX) 67,480 vote of 401-11, with nine pressure on members of Crapo, Mike (R-ID) 56,500 members voting “present” Congress to sign on to Gillibrand, Kirsten (D-NY) 77,950 (i.e., abstaining). Among other letters and measures re- Isakson, Johnny (R-GA) 41,500 things, it says “containing” a Lautenberg, Frank (D-NJ) 503,578 flecting not American, Lee, Mike (R-UT) 20,500 nuclear Iran is not an option but hard-line Israeli po- Menendez, Robert (D-NJ) 184,318 and affirms the unacceptabil- sitions. Two Iran sanc- Moran, Jerry (R-KS) 15,700 ity of an Iran with nuclear- Nelson, Bill (D-FL) 179,871 tions bills, H.R. 1905 Risch, James (R-ID) 13,500 weapons capability. Those and H.R. 2105, and the Rubio, Marco (R-FL) 15,600 who voted no or abstained are Israel “cooperation” bill, Schumer, Charles (D-NY) 83,885 recognized in Column 1. H.R. 4133, were passed Vitter, David (R-LA) 40,500 2. Diplomacy. H.R. 4173, so overwhelmingly that House House introduced by Rep. Barbara those bills are omitted Lee (D-CA) March 2012, calls from this listing. Amash, Justin (R-MI) 0 Bartlett, Roscoe (R-MD) 750 for the U.S. to pursue all Blumenauer, Earl (D-OR) 2,500 Burton, Dan (R-IN) 143,336 For the House, five Conyers, John (D-MI) 5,000 Canseco, Francisco (R-TX) 0 diplomatic avenues to avoid a positive and five nega- Edwards, Donna (D-MD) 9,500 Chabot, Steve (R-OH) 20,000 war with Iran. It has 30 co- tive issues were chosen. Ellison, Keith (D-MN) 5,500 Chaffetz, Jason (R-UT) 11,000 sponsors, including Lee. In Because it was difficult Johnson, Eddie Bernice (D-TX) 0 Coble, Howard (R-NC) 0 addition, this May, 71 repre- Kucinich, Dennis (D-OH) 14,500 Duncan, Jeff (R-SC) 0 finding positive mea- Lee, Barbara (D-CA) 0 Fleming, John (R-LA) 10,000 sentatives signed a letter to sures, two of the five McCollum, Betty (D-MN) 8,750 Franks, Trent (R-AZ) 1,000 President Barack Obama to positive columns reflect McDermott, Jim (D-WA) 6,000 Gallegly, Elton (R-CA) 50,250 continue diplomatic efforts Moore, Gwen (D-WI) 2,500 Gohmert, Louie (R-TX) 0 those who resisted Moran, Jim (D-VA) 3,000 Hartzler, Vicky (R-MO) 0 with Iran. Signers of the letter AIPAC’s pressures. Six- Olver, John (D-MA) 19,500 Hultgren, Randy (R-IL) 2,000 and co-sponsors of H.R. 4173 teen members registered Pingree, Chellie (D-ME) 5,676 Johnson, Bill (R-OH) 0 are shown in Column 2. in all five positive Stark, Pete (D-CA) 12,750 Lamborn, Doug (R-CO) 3,500 3. Unilateral Statehood. Woolsey, Lynn (D-CA) 3,500 Marino, Tom (R-PA) 0 columns with no more McClintock, Tom (R-CA) 0 In July 2011, the House than one negative mark, McKinley, David (R-WV) 0 passed H.Res. 268, introduced or in four positive Pence, Mike (R-IN) 83,250 by Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) Pitts, Joseph (R-PA) 1,750 columns with no nega- Poe, Ted (R-TX) 15,000 and strongly pushed by tive marks, and they are Pompeo, Mike (R-KS) 0 AIPAC. Among other things, shown in the “Hall of Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana (R-FL)* 258,240 the measure says that “Pales- Fame.” Schmidt, Jean (R-OH) 14,000 tinian efforts to gain recogni- Tiberi, Patrick (R-OH) 500 The “Hall of Shame” Turner, Bob (R-NY) 0 tion of a state outside direct lists the 29 House mem- Walsh, Joe (R-IL) 0 negotiations demonstrates ab- bers who registered in West, Allen (R-FL) 12,000 sence of a good faith commit- four or five negative Westmoreland, Lynn (R-GA) 250 ment to peace negotiations, columns with no more Wilson, Joe (R-SC) 250 and will have implications for than one positive mark. *honorary continued U.S. aid.” After re- Because leading Israel- lentless AIPAC pressure, the firster Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) ap- country, she is included as an “honorary” vote was 407-6, with 13 voting “present.” parently only signed on to bills with member of the “Hall of Shame.” Those 19 are recognized in Column 3. which she was directly involved, she did For the Senate, four positive and four 4. Two-State Solution. In April 2012, not meet the criteria for the “Hall of negative issues were chosen. Three of the 74 representatives signed a letter to Obama Shame.” However, in recognition of the four positive columns reflect those who expressing their “strong support for active fact that she arguably has done more than resisted AIPAC’s pressures. Nine senators American leadership toward achieving a any other member of Congress to promote registered in three or four positive two-state resolution to the Israeli-Palestin- Israel’s interests over those of her own columns with no negative marks, and they ian and Israeli-Arab conflicts,” and saying are shown in the “Hall of Fame.” The that “U.S. equivocation on support for the Shirl McArthur is a retired U.S. foreign “Hall of Shame” lists those 22 senators emergence of a Palestinian state emboldens service officer based in the Washington, who registered in three negative columns violent extremists.” Signers are recognized DC area. with no positive marks, or in all four neg- in Column 4. 24 THE WASHINGTON REPORT ON MIDDLE EAST AFFAIRS SEPTEMBER 2012 mcarthur_halls_24-37_Congress Watch 7/24/12 1:28 PM Page 25 5. Afghanistan. Again, in March 2011, bassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Its co- D. Cluster Munitions. In March 2011, Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) introduced a sponsors are named in Column 9. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) again intro- resolution, H. Con. Res. 28, directing the 10. U.N. Reform. In the 112th Con- duced a bill that would prohibit the use of president “to remove the U.S. Armed Forces gress, Ros-Lehtinen continued her assault cluster munitions, with tightly defined ex- from Afghanistan.” It was brought to a vote on the U.N. and UNRWA. In August 2011 ceptions. Co-sponsors of S. 558 are shown and defeated by a vote of 93-321. Those she introduced H.R. 2829, her “U.N. in Column D. voting yes are recognized in Column 5. In Transparency, Accountability, and Re- May 2011, Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) in- form” bill. Among its many harsh provi- SENATE: The Negatives troduced H.R. 1735 to require a plan for sions are those that would withhold U.S. E. Iran War Hawks. In May 2012, 12 the accelerated transition of U.S. military contributions to any U.N. agency that up- senators issued a statement expressing and security operations in Afghanistan to grades the status of the PLO, withhold their skepticism about the possibility of the Afghan government. The bill’s co-spon- funding for UNRWA, and shift U.S. contri- negotiations with Iran over Iran’s nuclear sors are also shown in Column 5. butions to the U.N. to a voluntary basis. Its program and saying that “no option co-sponsors are identified in Column 10. should be taken off the table” to prevent HOUSE: The Negatives Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapons ca- 6. Syria Sanctions. In June 2011, Ros- SENATE: The Positives pability. That June, 44 senators signed a Lehtinen introduced H.R. 2106, which A. No “Contain” Iran. The AIPAC- letter to Obama saying negotiations should would, among other things, impose a wide promoted Senate version of H.Res. 568, be abandoned unless Iran agrees to shut range of export, financial, procurement, S.Res. 380, was introduced by Sen. Lind- down the uranium enrichment facility banking and property sanctions aimed at sey Graham (R-SC) in February 2012. As near Qom, freeze all uranium enrichment Syria’s energy sector. It has gradually with the House bill, it says among other above 5 percent, and ship all uranium en- gained co-sponsors and now has 68, in- things that “containing” a nuclear Iran is riched above 5 percent out of the country.
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