House Democrats who voted against cutting US aid to Israel received three times as much money from pro-Israel donors as those who voted in favor. (Median = 3.1 times as much.)
Democrats who voted against the amendment accepted an average of $348,239; those who voted in favor received $115,932 on average. All together, $34 million in pro-Israel cash was behind the votes against cutting aid to Israel.
Did the money actually buy votes? Or did the money simply help keep in office politicians who are comfortable ignoring voters?1 Neither option is very good.
Name and shame
Steny Hoyer (D-MD), former House Minority Leader; Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), former Chair of the Democratic National Committee; and Brad Sherman (D-CA), who has served on the House Foreign Affairs Committee for nearly 30 years and is now its second-highest ranking Democrat. Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)
Wesley Bell (D-MO), George Latimer (D-NY), Ritchie Torres (D-NY), Shontel Brown (D-OH), and Haley Stevens (D-MI)