2018 Midterms

New House Foreign Affairs Chair Receives Money from Weapons Contractors He Oversees

Published on Jan 4, 2019 — 6 min read

Defense Influence

House Foreign Affairs ranking member Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) (L) and House Intelligence ranking member Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), speak to the media during a news conference on February 15, 2017 in Washington, D.C.

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Rep. Eliot Engel’s committee has jurisdiction over arms exports, and he’s gotten significant campaign donations from the defense industry and pro-Israel interests.

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Alex Kotch

Alex is a reporter at Sludge and a contributor to The Young Turks. He was previously part of the award-winning investigative team at International Business Times, and his other work has appeared in T

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