AIPAC Is Trying to Buy Another House Seat
Nearly two-thirds of the Bell campaign's funding has been raised by the pro-Israel lobbying group AIPAC.
Nearly two-thirds of the Bell campaign's funding has been raised by the pro-Israel lobbying group AIPAC.
An analysis of FEC records reveals that the $14.5 million AIPAC's super PAC has spent in the NY-16 Democratic primary is more than any outside group has ever spent on a House race.
Democratic Majority for Israel (DMFI) super PAC brought in most of the funding in its new FEC report from a handful of private equity executives and investment industry donors.
Here are the tech industry founders, Republican megadonors and others funding AIPAC and its closely-tied allies this election cycle.
Nearly three out of four dollars backing Lee's Democratic primary opponent Steve Irwin came from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee or super PACs deeply tied to it.
Democratic Majority for Israel has spent hundreds of thousands on anti-Turner attack ads and misleading mailers to influence the Ohio special election primary.
With the ouster of Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.), progressives are calling for the position to be filled by someone not beholden to special interests. Next in line for the position by seniority, however, is Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Calif.) who is heavily funded by the defense indu