ELECTION WATCH By Janet McMahon More Secretive Than Stealth PACs: Super PACs and 501(c)(4)s Financing 2012 Presidential Race
ith the exception of a measly W$250 given to former Republi - TOP TEN 2012 AND CAREER RECIPIENTS OF can presidential candidate and self- PRO -I SRAEL PAC F UNDS proclaimed intellectual Newt Gingrich, the two dozen-plus pro-Israel political Compiled by Hugh Galford action committees (PACs) whose con - tributions to 2012 federal candidates HOUSE: CURRENT RACES SENATE: CURRENT RACES are summarized on these pages made no contributions to candidates for the Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana (R-FL) $49,500 Berkley, Shelley (D-NV) $63,500 highest office of all —the presidency of Engel, Eliot L. (D-NY) 31,000 Casey, Robert P., Jr. (D-PA) 60,400 the United States. That this is not an Rothman, Steven R. (D-NJ) 30,000 Cardin, Benjamin L. (D-MD) 55,680 anomaly points to the fact that, as far Hoyer, Steny H. (D-MD) 29,250 Menendez, Robert (D-NJ) 55,000 as Israel is concerned, Congress is Berman, Howard L. (D-CA) 25,500 Klobuchar, Amy J. (D-MN) 45,000 where the action is —at least when it Wasserman-Schultz, Debbie (D-FL) 21,000 McCaskill, Claire (D-MO) 44,500 comes to money. Not only do the for - Lowey, Nita M. (D-NY) 18,000 Nelson, Bill (D-FL) 43,650 eign country’s acolytes in the House Andrews, Robert E. (D-NJ) 16,500 Stabenow, Debbie (D-MI) 39,800 and Senate make sure that Israel re - Smith, D. Adam (D-WA) 14,250 Whitehouse, Sheldon, II (D-RI) 36,500 ceives a minimum of $3 billion a year Rogers, Michael D. (R-AL) 14,000 Tester, Jon (D-MT) 30,500 in American taxpayer money, how - ever. They also can be of help in a myriad of other ways, from lobbying the president or tying his hands to House: Career Totals Senate: Career Totals inviting Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to address a joint Berkley, Shelley (D-NV) $389,555 Levin, Carl (D-MI) $729,937 session of Congress so U.S. lawmakers Engel, Eliot L. (D-NY) 300,418 Harkin, Thomas R. (D-IA) 552,950 can demonstrate their obeisance by Hoyer, Steny H. (D-MD) 264,525 Lautenberg, Frank R. (D-NJ) 503,578 jumping up and down with Tom Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana (R-FL) 258,240 McConnell, Mitch (R-KY) 498,141 Cruise-like enthusiasm. Cantor, Eric I. (R-VA) 219,230 Reid, Harry (D-NV) 393,001 But these pro-Israel PACs with Lowey, Nita M. (D-NY) 195,238 Durbin, Richard J. (D-IL) 375,421 misleading monikers (e.g., National Berman, Howard L. (D-CA) 150,050 Lieberman, Joseph I. (Ind.-CT) 366,851 Action Committee, to name the Burton, Danny L. (R-IN) 149,336 Baucus, Max (D-MT) 351,648 largest) no longer are the only game Pelosi, Nancy (D-CA) 132,800 Wyden, Ronald L. (D-OR) 345,962 in town. The Supreme Court’s 2010 Rothman, Steven R. (D-NJ) 113,503 Kirk, Mark (R-IL) 337,386 ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (FEC) has re - sulted in the rapid proliferation of so- appears to donate to itself, so its Super to former governor and current Senate called Super PACs and 501(c)(4) “social PAC disclosure is of little use —but at candidate Tim Kaine (D-VA) and $427,939 welfare” organizations. Unlike PACs, nei - least its name identifies its agenda). on behalf of former Rep. and current Sen - ther type of group can contribute di - According to the Center for Responsive ate candidate Heather Wilson (R-NM). rectly to a candidate for federal office; in - Politics (
22 THE WASHINGTON REPORT ON MIDDLE EAST AFFAIRS OCTOBER 2012 never were more true than they are today: pro-Israel PAC contributions than any sional district, is running for Akaka’s “Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.” other member of the House or any cur - Senate seat, and has received $5,000 in rent candidate for the Senate), New Jer - pro-Israel PAC contributions. Her Repub - Odds and Ends sey, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, lican opponent, however, has received As mentioned above, pro-Israel PAC Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Go figure. $25,000 from pro-Israel PACs! names are misleadingly innocuous. One Another characteristic of pro-Israel But there’s an explanation. Linda Lin - would think, however, that when given PACs is that they prefer to donate to in - gle was governor of Hawaii from 2002 to the chance they would make some stab at cumbants rather than challengers (hence 2010. She was the first Republican gover - credibility. For instance, not one penny their $16,000 to Republican Sen. Scott nor since 1962 —as well as the only fe - of the $55,680 donated by pro-Israel Brown of Massachusetts versus $2,000 to male and only Jewish governor of the PACs to Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) for his his Democratic challenger, Elizabeth 50th state. She defeated then-Lieutenant seemingly shoo-in bid for re-election — Warren —this despite the fact that Brown Governor Hirono in the 2002 gubernator - Cardin has raised nearly $6 million to his received only $4,000 in 2010, when he ial contest. A resident of Hawaii since the Republican opponent Daniel Bongino’s defeated Democratic favorite Martha 1970s, Lingle previously served as mayor $473,091 and Independant candidate Coakley, who received $17,000 from pro- and council member of Maui County and Rob Sobhani’s $227,205 —came from the Israel PACs in the contest for the late Ed - chair of the Hawaii Republican Party. Maryland Association for Concerned Citi - ward Kennedy’s open Senate seat). Active in the Republican Jewish Coali - zens. Instead the pro-Israel PAC from So we were startled by the figures in tion, Lingle was appointed by former Cardin’s home state gave to House and the race for another open Senate seat — President George W. Bush as an honorary Senate candidates in Arizona, California, this one in Hawaii, where Democratic in - delegate on Bush’s trip to Jerusalem to Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, cumbent Sen. Daniel K. Akaka is retiring. celebrate Israel’s 60th anniversary. Minnesota, Nevada (Shelley Berkley, Democratic Rep. Mazie Hirono, who cur - Looks like in Hawaii there’s not much natch, who has received more money in rently represents Hawaii’s 2nd congres - to figure out after all. ❑ PRO -I SRAEL PAC C ONTRIBUTIONS TO 2012 C ONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES 2011-2012 State Office District Candidate Party Status Contributions Career Committees Alabama H1Bonner, Josia R. RI 2,500 13,650 A(D) H2Roby, Martha RI 2,500 2,500 AS H3Rogers, Michael D. RI 14,000 32,325 AS, HS, I H6Bachus, Spencer T., III RI 5,000 24,500 Arizona S Flake, Jeff*# RO 7,500 8,250 A H2Barber, Ronald † DI 1,000 1,000 H3Grijalva, Raúl M. DI 4,000 10,000 H6Schweikert, David RI 1,000 1,000 H7Pastor, Ed L. DI 1,000 4,800 A H9Cherny, Andrei DO 2,000 2,000 California S Feinstein, Dianne* DI 10,000 157,342 A(D), I H2Woolsey, Lynn C. DN 2,500 6,000 H3Garamendi, John DI 5,500 5,500 AS H5Thompson, Mike DI 2,500 3,500 W H7Bera, Ami DC 2,500 6,700 H9McNerney, Jerry DI 4,000 31,100 H 11 Miller, George DI 2,500 11,693 H 12 Pelosi, Nancy DI 10,500 132,800 Min. Ldr. H 13 Lee, Barbara DI 2,000 2,000 A H 14 Speier, Jackie DI 3,000 7,000 AS H 16 Costa, Jim DI 5,000 23,500 H 17 Honda, Mike DI 2,500 12,500 A, B H 18 Eshoo, Anna DI 2,500 6,750 C H 19 Lofgren, Zoe DI 2,500 4,250 H 20 Farr, Sam DI 2,500 11,650 A H 23 McCarthy, Kevin RI 7,500 9,000 Maj. Whip H 24 Capps, Lois DI 10,500 28,417 C H 25 McKeon, Howard P. (Buck) RI 2,000 7,500 AS H 25 Rogers, Lee C. DC 2,000 2,000 H 26 Brownley, Julia DO 4,000 4,000
KEY: The “Career Total” column represents the total amount of pro-Israel PAC money received from Jan. 1, 2009 through July 15, 2012. S=Senate, H=House of Representatives. Party affiliation: D=Democrat, R=Republican, Ref=Reform, DFL=Democratic Farmers Labor, Ind=Independent, Lib=Libertarian, WFP=Working Families Party. 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, HS=Homeland Security, NS=National Security subcommittee), AS=Armed Services, B=Budget, C=Commerce, FR=Foreign Relations (NE=Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs subcommittee), HS=Homeland Security, I=Intelligence, IR=International Relations, NS=National Security, W=Ways and Means. “–” indicates money returned by candidate, “0” that all money received was returned.
OCTOBER 2012 THE WASHINGTON REPORT ON MIDDLE EAST AFFAIRS 23 PRO -I SRAEL PAC C ONTRIBUTIONS TO 2012 C ONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES 2011-2012 State Office District Candidate Party Status Contributions Career Committees
California H 26 Gallegly, Elton RN 1,000 51,250 FR H 26 Strickland, Anthony A. RO 2,500 2,500 H 27 Chu, Judy DI 1,000 1,000 H 28 Schiff, Adam DI 3,500 70,917 A(FO), I H 29 Cardenas, Tony DO 2,500 2,500 H 30 Berman, Howard L. DI 25,500 150,050 FR H 30 Sherman, Brad DI 11,000 83,430 FR H 31 Aguilar, Pete DN 2,500 2,500 H 34 Becerra, Xavier DI 1,000 4,000 W H 36 Bono Mack, Mary RI 5,000 16,000 C H 37 Bass, Karen DI 1,000 3,500 B, FR H 38 Sanchez, Linda DI 4,000 22,950 H 39 Royce, Edward R. RI 2,500 7,000 FR H 44 Hahn, Janice † DI 5,500 5,500 HS H 44 Harman, Jane DN -2,500 121,271 H 46 Sanchez, Loretta DI 3,000 66,450 AS, HS H 47 Lowenthal, Alan DO 4,000 4,000 H 48 Rohrabacher, Dana RI 10,000 11,250 FR(NE) H 53 Davis, Susan A. DI 4,500 14,663 AS Colorado H1DeGette, Diana L. DI 2,000 2,000 C H2Polis, Jared DI 0 0 H5Lamborn, Douglas RI 1,000 3,500 AS Connecticut S Blumenthal, Richard DI 1,500 25,500 AS S Lieberman, Joseph I.* Ind. N -2,000 366,851 AS, HS S Shays, Christopher* RN 500 50,550 H3DeLauro, Rosa L. DI 10,000 57,400 A Delaware S Carper, Thomas R.* DI 22,800 60,400 HS S Coons, Christopher A. DI 1,000 19,000 B, FR(NE) H At-L. Carney, John C., Jr. DI 500 4,500 Florida S Nelson, Bill* DI 43,650 180,871 B, C, I S Rubio, Marco RI 10,500 15,600 C, FR(NE), I H1Miller, Jefferson B. RI 3,000 5,500 AS, I H3Stearns, Clifford B. RN 4,000 17,500 H7Mica, John L. RI 1,500 14,150 H 11 Nugent, Richard B. RI 9,100 17,100 H 12 Bilirakis, Gus M. RI 3,000 44,316 FR(NE), HS H 14 Castor, Kathy DI 7,500 17,400 B, C H 15 Ross, Dennis A. RI 7,000 16,500 H 16 Buchanan, Vernon RI 2,000 2,000 W H 17 Rooney, Tom RI 1,000 1,000 AS, I H 18 West, Allen B. RI 9,500 12,000 AS H 20 Hastings, Alcee L. DI 8,000 102,850 H 21 Deutch, Theodore E. DI 13,000 56,600 FR(NE) H 22 Hasner, Adam RO 5,000 5,000 H 23 Wasserman-Schultz, Debbie DI 21,000 74,300 B H 24 Wilson, Frederica S. DI 3,500 8,500 FR H 25 Diaz-Balart, Mario RI 7,250 53,750 A(FO) H 27 Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana RI 49,500 258,240 FR Georgia H1Kingston, Jack RI 5,000 5,500 H4Johnson, Henry C. (Hank) DI 5,000 37,200 AS H6Price, Thomas E. RI 6,000 11,500 B, W Hawaii S Lingle, Linda* RO 24,000 24,000 S Hirono, Mazie K.*# DO 5,000 9,000 H1Hanabusa, Colleen Wakako DI 1,000 5,000 AS Illinois S Durbin, Richard J. DI 2,000 375,421 A(D, FO), FR S Kirk, Mark S. RI 1,000 337,386 A(FO) H2Jackson, Jesse, Jr. DI 3,500 19,350 A(FO) H3Lipinski, Daniel DI 2,500 7,900 H5Quigley, Mike DI 500 1,500 H6Roskam, Peter RI 6,000 21,750 W H7Davis, Danny K. DI 2,500 8,750 HS H8Duckworth, L. Tammy DC 2,500 11,474
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Illinois H9Schakowsky, Janice D. DI 2,000 34,145 C, I H 10 Dold, Robert J., Jr. RI 6,500 13,500 H 10 Schneider, Bradley S. DC 2,600 2,600 H 11 Foster, G. William (Bill) DC 1,000 17,000 H 12 Costello, Jerry F. DN -500 8,500 H 14 Hultgren, Randy RI 1,500 2,000 H 16 Kinzinger, Adam RI 4,000 7,000 H 16 Manzullo, Donald A. RN 2,000 9,000 FR(NE) H 17 Bustos, Cheri DC 1,000 1,000 H 18 Schock, Aaron J. RI 5,500 20,000 W Indiana S Bayh, Evan DN -10,000 82,500 S Donnelly, Joseph S.*# DO 2,000 12,000 S Lugar, Richard G.* RN 26,500 96,950 FR(NE) S Mourdock, Richard E.* RO 2,500 2,500 H2Mullen, Brendan B. DO 1,000 1,000 H4Rokita, Theodore E. RI 3,000 4,500 B H5Burton, Danny L. RN 6,000 149,336 FR H6Pence, Mike RN 1,000 83,250 FR(NE) H8Bucshon, Larry D. RI 1,500 2,500 Iowa H1Braley, Bruce L. DI 3,500 9,500 H2Loebsack, David W. DI 5,000 12,000 AS H3Boswell, Leonard L. DI 3,000 41,675 H4Vilsack, Christie DC 1,000 1,000 Kentucky S McConnell, Mitch RI 13,000 498,141 A(D, FO), I H3Yarmuth, John A. DI 2,500 13,000 B H5Rogers, Harold D. RI 8,500 16,000 A H6Chandler, A. Ben, III DI 4,000 28,500 FR(NE), I Louisiana H1Scalise, Steve RI 11,500 30,500 C H3Landry, Jeffrey M. RI 7,000 9,500 H3Boustany, Charles, Jr. RI 2,500 13,500 W H4Fleming, John C., Jr. RI 4,500 12,000 AS H5Alexander, Rodney M. RI 5,000 21,000 A H6Cassidy, William RI 6,000 10,000 C Maine S Collins, Susan M. RI 1,000 112,000 A(D), AS, HS S Snowe, Olympia J.* RN 18,000 102,500 C, I S King, Angus S., Jr.* Ind. O 5,000 5,000 H1Pingree, Chellie M. DI 2,000 5,676 AS H2Michaud, Michael H. DI 1,000 15,250 Maryland S Cardin, Benjamin L.* DI 55,680 148,695 B, FR(NE) H4Edwards, Donna DI 5,000 9,500 H5Hoyer, Steny H. DI 29,250 264,525 Min. Whip H8Van Hollen, Chris DI -500 4,000 B Massachusetts S Brown, Scott P.* RI 16,000 20,000 AS, HS S Warren, Elizabeth* DC 2,500 2,500 H2McGovern, Jim DI 2,500 9,575 H7Capuano, Michael E. DI 2,500 4,500 Michigan S Levin, Carl DI 1,000 729,937 AS, HS, I S Stabenow, Debbie* DI 39,800 166,406 B H8Rogers, Michael J. RI 2,500 6,000 C H 12 Dingell, John D. DI 2,500 15,200 C H 13 Conyers, John, Jr. DI 2,500 5,000 H 14 Peters, Gary DI 8,000 36,000 Minnesota S Klobuchar, Amy J.* DI 45,000 77,835 C H2Kline, John P., Jr. RI 5,500 23,000 AS H3Paulsen, Erik RI 11,000 18,500 W H4McCollum, Betty DI 3,000 8,750 A, B H5Ellison, Keith M. DFL I 2,500 5,500 H8Nolan, Richard M. DFL C 1,000 1,000 Mississippi S Wicker, Roger F.* RI 10,500 60,400 AS, C Missouri S McCaskill, Claire* DI 44,500 63,835 AS, C, HS H1Carnahan, John R. (Russ) DN 6,000 35,100 FR H5Cleaver, Emanuel, II DI 5,000 10,500 H7Long, Billy RI 2,500 2,500 HS
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Montana S Baucus, Max DI 2,000 351,648 S Rehberg, Dennis R. (Denny)*# RC 5,000 7,500 A S Tester, Jon* DI 30,500 40,724 A(HS), HS Nebraska S Nelson, E. Benjamin* DN 8,500 107,760 A, AS S Bruning, Jon C.* RN 1,000 1,000 Nevada S Berkley, Shelley*# DC 63,500 389,555 W S Heller, Dean* RI 20,000 20,000 C H1Titus, Alice Constandina (Dina) DO 1,000 14,100 H2Marshall, Kate † DN 2,500 2,500 H4Horsford, Steven A. DO 1,000 1,000 New Hampshire H1Shea-Porter, Carol DC 2,500 9,500 New Jersey S Menendez, Robert* DI 55,000 183,318 FR(NE) H1Andrews, Robert E. DI 16,500 102,025 AS H2LoBiondo, Frank A. RI 4,000 29,750 AS, I H3Runyan, Jon RI 1,500 1,500 AS H3Adler, Shelley DC 1,000 1,000 H6Pallone, Frank, Jr. DI 12,000 88,550 C H7Lance, Leonard RI 4,000 11,000 C H9Pascrell, William J., Jr. DI 2,000 11,853 B, W H9Rothman, Steven R. DN 30,000 113,503 A(D, FO) H 10 Payne, Donald M. DN 7,500 36,250 FR H 10 Rice, Ronald C. † DN 1,000 1,000 H 11 Frelinghuysen, Rodney P. RI 1,000 12,350 A(D, HS) New Mexico S Heinrich, Martin T.*# DO 12,000 23,000 AS S Wilson, Heather A.* RO 5,000 41,250 New York S Gillibrand, Kirsten E.* DI 20,000 82,450 AS S Schumer, Charles E. DI -500 83,885 H1Altschuler, Randolph RC 5,000 12,500 H2King, Peter T. RI 2,500 29,000 HS, I H3Israel, Steve J. DI 3,953 55,012 H4McCarthy, Carolyn DI 1,000 7,825 H6Ackerman, Gary L. DN 2,000 57,350 FR(NE) H6Lancman, Rory WFP O 1,000 1,000 H8Jeffries, Hakeem DO 7,800 7,800 H9Weprin, David I. † DN 2,000 2,000 H 10 Nadler, Jerrold L. DI 1,000 29,000 H 13 Rangel, Charles B. DI 1,000 25,500 W H 14 Crowley, Joseph DI 3,500 109,157 W H 16 Engel, Eliot L. DI 31,000 300,418 C, FR H 17 Lowey, Nita M. DI 18,000 195,238 A(FO, HS) H 20 Tonko, Paul D. DI 1,000 1,000 B H 22 Hinchey, Maurice D. DN 2,500 9,780 A(D) H 23 Reed, Thomas W., II RI 1,000 1,000 W H 24 Buerkle, Ann Marie RI 2,500 2,500 FR(NE) H 24 Maffei, Daniel B. DC 2,500 18,500 H 25 Slaughter, Louise M. DI 2,000 63,880 H 26 Higgins, Brian DI 2,000 11,600 FR(NE), HS North Carolina H4Price, David DI 5,000 60,827 A(HS) H5Foxx, Virginia RI 1,500 5,000 H8Kissell, Larry W. DI 500 8,500 AS H 12 Watt, Melvin L. DI 1,000 2,750 North Dakota S Berg, Richard A.*# RO 25,000 25,000 W S Heitkamp, Heidi* DO 2,500 2,500 Northern Mariana Islands H At-L. Sablan, Gregorio K.C. DI 2,000 2,000 Ohio S Brown, Sherrod* DI 28,750 92,500 A(FO) S Brown, Warren P. Ind. N 6,000 6,000 S Mandel, Josh* RC 8,000 8,000 H1Chabot, Steve RI 3,500 20,000 FR(NE) H2Schmidt, Jeannette H. RN 10,000 14,000 FR H3Kilroy, Mary Jo DN 5,000 20,012 H8Boehner, John A. RI 11,500 95,500 House Spkr H 13 Ryan, Timothy J. DI 1,000 8,500 AS, B
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Ohio H 14 LaTourette, Steven C. RN 3,000 30,000 A H 16 Sutton, Betty S. DI 4,500 24,000 AS Oregon S Wyden, Ronald L. DI 1,000 345,962 B, I H1Bonamici, Suzanne † DI 7,000 7,000 H3Blumenauer, Earl DI 2,500 6,500 B, W H 4 DeFazio, Peter A. DI 1,000 8,600 Pennsylvania S Casey, Robert P., Jr.* DI 60,400 77,400 FR(NE) S Toomey, Patrick J. RI 1,000 31,250 B, C H3Kelly, George J., Jr. (Mike) RI 10,000 12,500 FR H8Fitzpatrick, Michael G. RI 1,500 20,000 H8Boockvar, Kathryn DC 1,000 1,000 H 12 Critz, Mark DI 2,000 8,000 AS H 13 Schwartz, Allyson Y. DI 12,000 60,650 B, FR(NE) H 15 Dent, Charles W. RI 500 13,750 A(FO, HS) H 17 Holden, Timothy T. DN 2,500 14,000 Rhode Island S Whitehouse, Sheldon, II* DI 36,500 108,500 B H1Cicilline, David N. DI 12,000 18,000 FR H2Langevin, James R. DI 9,500 32,000 AS, I South Carolina H1Scott, Timothy RI 1,000 1,000 South Dakota S Thune, John R. RI -500 54,230 B, C H At-L. Noem, Kristi Lynn RI 500 3,000 Tennessee S Corker, Robert P., Jr.* RI 19,500 33,500 FR H5Cooper, James H.S. DI 4,000 30,250 AS H9Cohen, Stephen I. DI 2,500 24,000 Texas S Dewhurst, David H.* RO 1,000 1,000 H2Poe, Ted RI 10,000 15,000 FR H 12 Granger, Kay RI 2,500 18,000 A(D, FO) H 16 Reyes, Silvestre DN 1,000 24,000 AS H 18 Jackson-Lee, Sheila DI 1,000 9,000 HS H 20 Gonzalez, Charles A. DN 4,500 5,500 C H 30 Johnson, Eddie Bernice DI 1,000 1,000 H 33 Veasey, Marc A. DO 1,000 1,000 H 35 Doggett, Lloyd DI 1,000 5,500 B, W Utah S Hatch, Orrin G.* RI 17,500 75,200 H3Chaffetz, Jason RI 6,000 11,000 B Vermont H At-L. Welch, Peter DI 5,000 9,000 Virginia S Allen, George* RO 10,500 62,900 S Kaine, Timothy M.* DO 9,500 9,500 S Warner, Mark R. DI 2,500 41,500 B, C, I H6Goodlatte, Robert W. RI 4,500 4,500 H7Cantor, Eric I. RI 1,500 219,230 Maj. Ldr. H 10 Wolf, Frank R. RI 1,000 74,000 A(FO) H 11 Connolly, Gerry DI 2,500 16,500 FR(NE) Washington S Cantwell, Maria* DI 3,500 6,344 C H1Inslee, Jay R. DN 2,000 5,500 C H5Rodgers, Cathy McMorris RI 1,350 1,350 C H7McDermott, James DI 4,000 6,000 W H9Smith, Adam A. DI 14,250 23,325 AS West Virginia S Manchin, Joe, III* DI 27,500 36,500 AS Wisconsin S Baldwin, Tammy*# DO 14,615 19,615 C H1Ryan, Paul D. RI 12,500 21,250 B, W H3Kind, Ron DI 2,500 3,500 W H4Moore, Gwendolynne DI 2,500 2,500 B H7Dufffy, Sean RI 4,500 6,000 Wyoming S Barrasso, John* RI 16,491 27,491 FR
Presidential Gingrich, Newt RN 250 91,912
2011-2012 Total Contributions: $1,893,989 Total Contributions (1978-2012): $52,821,354 Total No. of Recipients (1978-2012): 2,353
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