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In reply to the discussion: HOW INFLUENTIAL IS AIPAC? LESS THAN BEER SELLERS, PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS, AND TOYOTA [View all]Devil Child
(2,728 posts)29. Highly influential if you consider the 127 billion lifetime aid delivered to Israel
Often with no-strings attached. Feel free to diminish AIPAC influence on US politics but the numbers don't suggest it. Here is FY2018's handout to Israel and Netenyahu.
P.L. 115-141, the FY2018 Consolidated Appropriations Act, provides the following for Israel:
$3.1 billion in Foreign Military Financing, of which $815.3 million is for off-shore procurement;
$705.8 million for joint U.S.-Israeli missile defense projects, including $92 million for Iron Dome, $221.5 million for David's Sling, $310 million for Arrow 3, and $82.3 million for Arrow 2;
$47.5 million for the U.S.-Israeli anti-tunnel cooperation program;
$7.5 million in Migration and Refugee Assistance;
$4 million for the establishment of a U.S.-Israel Center of Excellence in energy and water technologies;
$2 million for the Israel-U.S. Binational Research & Development Foundation (BIRD) Energy program; and
The reauthorization of War Reserves Stock Allies-Israel (WRSA-I) program through fiscal year 2019.
$3.1 billion in Foreign Military Financing, of which $815.3 million is for off-shore procurement;
$705.8 million for joint U.S.-Israeli missile defense projects, including $92 million for Iron Dome, $221.5 million for David's Sling, $310 million for Arrow 3, and $82.3 million for Arrow 2;
$47.5 million for the U.S.-Israeli anti-tunnel cooperation program;
$7.5 million in Migration and Refugee Assistance;
$4 million for the establishment of a U.S.-Israel Center of Excellence in energy and water technologies;
$2 million for the Israel-U.S. Binational Research & Development Foundation (BIRD) Energy program; and
The reauthorization of War Reserves Stock Allies-Israel (WRSA-I) program through fiscal year 2019.
https://fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/RL33222.pdf
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HOW INFLUENTIAL IS AIPAC? LESS THAN BEER SELLERS, PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS, AND TOYOTA [View all]
Mosby
Mar 2019
OP
Ah, I see your confusion. There are two categories of spending opensecrets tracks
Recursion
Mar 2019
#27
what did the chamber spend 1.5 billion on if not infuence, favorable legislation?
Mosby
Mar 2019
#12
Wouldn't a more accurate example of 'parsing words' be ignoring other forms of influence
LanternWaste
Mar 2019
#18
Do beer sellers, accountants, and Toyota attempt to influence US policy toward Israel?
Mr. Smith
Mar 2019
#14
Nothing. The soldier ran over her knowing that he would walk Scot free and our politicians
Blue_true
Mar 2019
#41
Progressive Democrats have a solution for America's distrust of politicians: Stop accepting corporat
Mosby
Mar 2019
#25
Highly influential if you consider the 127 billion lifetime aid delivered to Israel
Devil Child
Mar 2019
#29
The article addresses the differences in spending and organization of AIPAC vs. PACS
Mosby
Mar 2019
#37
Why are we quibbling over a dollar amount of bribes paid to corrupt politicians?
procon
Mar 2019
#38