FYI from BATR

The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs urges all its readers to vote. We can never endorse candidates but we can provide information to help our readers make informed choices.

Remember to check candidates’ voting records in the “Halls of Fame and Shame,” September/October 2006 issue, pages 40-53.
http://www.wrmea.com/archives/Sept_Oct_2006/0609040.html

and

“Pro-Israel PAC (Political Action Committee) Contributions to 2006 Congressional Candidates” in the May/June 2006 issue beginning on page 31.
http://www.wrmea.com/archives/May-June_2006/0605031.html and
http://www.wrmea.com/archives/May-June_2006/0605031b.html

You can also look up PAC and other campaign contributions at:
http://www.opensecrets.org/

The PoliticalMoneyline Web site from Congressional Quarterly also lists PAC contributions reported to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) at: http://www.fecinfo.com/

Don’t forget: few pro-Israel PACS are named accordingly. (Names like Women's Pro-Israel National Political Action Committee; Women’s Alliance for Israel; Friends of Israel PAC; Democrats for Israel Committee; and Brown Rudnick Berlack Israel’s LLP Federal PAC are rare. Most have deceptive names like the Delaware Valley Good Government Association in Philadelphia.)