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$548.1M536 members21 clean
Follow the Money

How a Foreign Policy Lobby
Bought Congress

$548.1M in pro-Israel lobby money has flowed to 512 members of Congress — 260 Democrats and 269 Republicans. Here's exactly how the pipeline works.

Step 1: RAISE

Billionaires, porn moguls & Epstein associates fund AIPAC

Top donors include WhatsApp co-founder Jan Koum ($7.4M), Miriam Adelson ($5M), Bernard Marcus ($3M), and OnlyFans owner Leonid Radvinsky (pledged $11M per leaked AIPAC docs). The donor class ranges from Silicon Valley billionaires to associates of Jeffrey Epstein — including Les Wexner, who gifted Epstein his Manhattan mansion and donated millions to pro-Israel causes. Evangelical org CUFI adds 10M members of grassroots pressure. This is who funds the lobby that buys your Congress.

Step 2: LAUNDER

Money flows through 50+ front PACs

United Democracy Project, DMFI, 314 Action, pop-up PACs with names like 'Elect Chicago Women' — designed to obscure the source. Ads never mention Israel.

Step 3: BUY

$150M+ spent buying congressional seats

Direct PAC donations to candidates, plus massive independent expenditure campaigns to defeat anyone who opposes the agenda. Largest outside spender in congressional elections.

Step 4: VOTE

Purchased politicians vote in lockstep

Block ceasefire resolutions. Approve arms sales. Defend unconditional military aid. Silence dissent. Those who break rank get primaried with millions in attack ads.

Step 5: ARM

US weapons fuel the destruction

$3.8 billion/year in military aid. 2,000-lb bombs. F-35s. Approved by the same politicians who took the money. Over 40,000 killed in Gaza since October 2023.

Step 6: REPEAT

The cycle continues

Defense contractors profit. Lobbyists raise more. Next election cycle, spending increases. 3.5x growth since 2020. The machine feeds itself.

By the Numbers
$548.1M
Total Lobby Money
$0
Direct PAC Donations
$0
Independent Expenditures
21
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That means 515 out of 536 members of Congress took pro-Israel lobby money.
The Bipartisan Exception

Congress Can't Agree on Anything
Except Israel

Healthcare, guns, climate, wages — decades of gridlock. But when Israel needs money or protection, suddenly both parties vote together.

238/260
Democrats took the money
$359.2M
269/269
Republicans took the money
$171.1M
IssueStatusBipartisan?
Universal HealthcareGridlocked 30+ years
Gun ControlGridlocked 20+ years
Climate ActionGridlocked 15+ years
Immigration ReformGridlocked 20+ years
Minimum Wage IncreaseStalled since 2009
Police ReformFailed 2021
$3.8B/yr Military Aid to IsraelPassed unanimously
Anti-BDS LegislationPassed 97-3 (Senate)
Iron Dome Funding ($1B)Passed 420-9 (House)
Block Ceasefire ResolutionsBipartisan majority

The only thing that unites a bitterly divided Congress is money from the same lobby. That's not bipartisanship — that's a purchased consensus.

Top 10 Recipients

Wall of Shame

The politicians who took the most pro-Israel lobby money. Every dollar is documented in FEC filings.

Data sourced from TrackAIPAC.com, FEC filings & OpenSecrets