Members of House Committee on Foreign Affairs

$ = 2008/2010 (so far) campaign cycle contributions from Florida's hard line US-Cuba Democracy PAC. Larger contributions reflect the PAC's judgment of whom it is most important to influence. $0 can mean the Representative is seen as hopelessly pro-travel or a sure thing against. "na" means not in office in 2008.

More than half of the members of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs received contributions: 26 of 47 received a total of $178,000. Some recipients, like Chairman Berman, have publicly expressed support for travel. Others who are unalterably opposed did not receive anything.

While it is perfectly legal to accept out-of-district PAC money, constituents may legitimately wonder to whom their Representative is most loyal.

874 = cosponsor of stand alone travel bill
4645 = cosponsor of bill with agriculture sales and same travel provisions

text of 4645 can be seen here


Democrats

Howard L. Berman
Chairman
D-CA, 28th District
$5,000/$7,000
874,4645

Gary L. Ackerman
Vice Chair
D-NY, 5th District
$1,000/$3,500

Eni F.H. Faleomavaega
D-American Samoa
$0/$0
874

Donald M. Payne
D-NJ, 10th District
$2,500/$0
874

Brad Sherman
D-CA, 27th District
$8,500/$1,000

Eliot L. Engel
Chair, Western Hemisphere Subcommittee
D-NY, 17th District
$7,500/$7,500

Bill Delahunt
D-MA, 10th District
$0/$0
874,4645

Gregory W. Meeks
D-NY, 6th District
$0/$0
874

Diane E. Watson
D-CA, 33rd District
$0/$0
874

Russ Carnahan
D-MO, 3rd District
$2,000/$2,000

Albio Sires
D-NJ, 13th District
$10,000/$7,500

Gerald E. Connolly
D-VA, 11th District
na/$6,500

Michael E. McMahon
D-NY, 13th District
na/$8,000

Theodore E. Deutch
D-FL, 19th District
na/$3,500

John S. Tanner
D-TN, 8th District
$0/$0
874,4645

Gene Green
D-TX, 29th District
$1,000/$1,000

Lynn Woolsey
D-CA, 6th District
$0/$0
874,4645

Sheila Jackson Lee
D-TX, 18th District
$0/$0

Barbara Lee
D-CA, 9th District
$0/$0
874,4645

Shelley Berkley
D-NV, 1st District
$5,000/$2,500

Joseph Crowley
D-NY, 7th District
$0/$0
874

Mike Ross
D-AR, 4th District
$0/$0
874,4645

Brad Miller
D-NC, 13th District
$7,000/$3,000

David Scott
D-GA, 13th District
$0/$0
874,4645

Jim Costa
D-CA, 20th District
$0/$0
874,4645

Keith Ellison
D-MN, 5th District
$0/$0
874,4645

Gabrielle Giffords
D-AZ, 8th District
$5,000/$2,000

Ron Klein
D-FL, 22nd District
$10,000/$10,000


Republicans

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Ranking Republican Member
R-FL, 18th District
$0/$0

Christopher H. Smith
R-NJ, 4th District
$10,000/$1,000

Dan Burton
R-IN, 5th District
$6,000/$3,000

Elton Gallegly
R-CA, 24th District
$0/$0

Dana Rohrabacher
R-CA, 46th District
$0/$1,000

Donald A. Manzullo
R-IL, 16th District
$1,000/$0

Edward R. Royce
R-CA, 40th District
$0/$1,000

Ron Paul
R-TX, 14th District
$0/$0
874,4645

Jeff Flake
R-AZ, 6th District
$0/$0
874,4645

Mike Pence
R-IN, 6th District
$7,500/$3,000

Joe Wilson
R-SC, 2nd District
$0/$0

John Boozman
R-AR, 3rd District
$0/$0
874

J. Gresham Barrett
R-SC, 3rd District
$0/$0

Connie Mack
R-FL, 14th District
$2,000/$0

Jeff Fortenberry
R-NE, 1st District
$1,000/$0

Michael T. McCaul
R-TX, 10th District
$0/$2,000

Ted Poe
R-TX, 2nd District
$5,000/$0

Bob Inglis
R-SC, 4th District
$0/$0

Gus Bilirakis
R-FL, 9th District
$3,000/$2,000

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