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Data compiled by Hugh Galford in Washington Report on Middle East Affairs

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2004 Top Ten Career Recipients (US Congressmen and Senators)of Pro-Israel PAC Funds

CLICK HERE ON FULL LIST OF US CONGRESSMEN WHO RECEIVED FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM PRO-ISRAEL PAC

Compiled by Hugh Galford

Read comments and voting patterns in US Congress and US Senate on Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Middle East issues against the names of these US politicians in THIS list.

CONGRESS - 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

CONGRESS : 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

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US 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

US 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