Potential dual citizens of Israel are now disproportionately represented in our Senate by some 760 percent!:
Jews Make Up 8.4 Percent of Incoming 111th Congress vs. Only 1.7 Percent of the Total American Population
From White Reference
It is well known that American Jews are disproportionately represented in the mass media, the entertainment business, and the financial industry. As recently as December 19th, 2008, Joel Stein, a Jewish columnist for the Los Angeles Times, starkly reaffirmed and orgiastically celebrated their dominance of the entertainment industry in his column.
However, a recently-released report by the Pew Forum for Religion and Public Life, which included a breakdown of the faiths and denominations of the members of the incoming 111th Congress, shows that Jews are also disproportionate in Congress as well, constituting 8.4 percent of its membership, as opposed to just 1.7 percent of the overall population. The Pew report is available HERE; the 15-page appendix listing all individual members of Congress is HERE.
And, as expected, some Jewish members of Congress are more financially beholden to Israel than others. Click HERE to find out about pro-Israel PAC contributions to members of Congress through 2007-08. Then compare to the names listed below.
The list is alphabetized by state, then further alphabetized by member’s last name within each state. Click on the highlighted name to go directly to the member’s official Congressional website.
(1). U.S. Senators
— Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
— Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
— Joseph Lieberman (I-CT)
— Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD)
— Carl Levin (D-MI)
— *Norm Coleman (R)/Al Franken (D) (MN)
— Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ)
— Charles Schumer (D-NY)
— Ron Wyden (D-OR)
— Arlen Specter (D-PA)
— Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
— Russ Feingold (D-WI)
— Herb Kohl (D-WI)
* Minnesota Senate race not yet settled as of this post.
(2). U.S. Representatives
— Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ)
— Howard Berman (D-CA)
— Susan Davis (D-CA)
— Bob Filner (D-CA)
— Jane Harman (D-CA)
— Adam B. Schiff (D-CA)
— Brad Sherman (D-CA)
— Henry Waxman (D-CA)
— (Q) Jared Polis (D-CO)
— Alan Grayson (D-FL)
— Ron Klein (D-FL)
— Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-FL)
— Robert Wexler (D-FL)
— *Rahm Emanuel (D-IL)
— Jan Schakowsky (D-IL)
— John Yarmuth (D-KY)
— (Q) Barney Frank (D-MA)
— Sander M. Levin (D-MI)
— Shelley Berkley (D-NV)
— Paul W. Hodes (D-NH)
— John Adler (D-NJ)
— Steven R. Rothman (D-NJ)
— Gary Ackerman (D-NY)
— Eliot L. Engel (D-NY)
— Steve Israel (D-NY)
— Nita M. Lowey (D-NY)
— Jerrold Nadler (D-NY)
— Anthony Weiner (D-NY)
— Allyson Y. Schwartz (D-PA)
— Steve Cohen (D-TN)
— Eric Cantor (R-VA)
— Steve Kagen (D-WI)
*Rahm Emanuel to leave Congress effective January 20th. Successor to be determined in the March 3rd special primary election.
Q = Openly gay. Documentation of Jared Polis’ homosexuality HERE.
You’ll note that of all the Jews in Congress, only two are Republican. This reflects the larger national pattern of Jews voting Democratic. The preponderance is persistent and overwhelming; 78 percent of Jews voted for Obama in 2008. As a matter of fact, since the Jewish Presidential vote was first tracked in 1916, only once has a majority of Jews voted for a Republican, Warren Harding in 1920.
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