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Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Anti-Castro PACs Dole Out Campaign Cash http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2011/07/anti-castro-pacs-dole-out-campaign-cash.html

Today, though, congressional representatives are typically more wary about publicly supporting of Castro, and an active anti-Castro lobby has been financially generous to opponents of the Cuban communist leader. During the 2010 cycle, anti-Castro political action committees donated more than $3 million to congressional campaigns across the country, with a roughly two-to-one ratio of contributions to Democrats over Republicans, according to research by the Center for Responsive Politics.

Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), Rep. Howard Berman (D-Calif.) and former Rep. Ike Skelton (D-Mo.) were the top three recipients of anti-Castro PAC money during 2009 and 2010, the Center's research indicates, with each taking in more than $100,000.Menendez is on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Berman had been the chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. And Skelton had been the chair of the House Armed Services Committee.

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) was the leading Republican recipient of anti-Castro PAC money, according to the Center's research, taking in exactly $100,000 from these interests. Here is a chart showing the campaign contributions from these anti-Castro PACs during the 2010 election cycle:(CLICK LINK ABOVE)

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