Congressional Black Caucus

Updated 2024-08-25

2016-09-07 Congressional Black Caucus: Deep in the Israel Lobby’s Pocket    “[Debbie] Wasser­man Schultz embodied the enormous in­flu­ence that American Jews have within the Democratic Party. A Jew with deep communal involvements who was a key pillar of support for the mainstream pro-Israel lobby in Congress and within the party, Wasser­man was both chair­man of the Demo­cratic National Committee and a mem­ber of Congress sitting on the powerful House Commit­tee on Appropriations — a panel that votes on all major government expenditures.    

This article is not about Debbie Wasserman Schultz but of the influence of who and what she represented as chair of the Democratic National Committee until taken down by Julian Assange, and still represents, in Congress, the interests of Israel, and the power of its domestic supporters over the Black American political establishment as represented by the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC).

To be sure, the CBC’s subjugation by what is generally referred to as the pro-Israel Lobby is not unique. Thanks largely to American Jews having long been the Democratic Party’s major source of funds, estimated by reliable sources to be at least 60% in every election cycle, the Israel Lobby has been not only able to shape the party’s’ Middle East agenda but, of equal importance, determine who will be the chairs and the ranking members on the Congressional committees and subcommittees that have an impact on US-Israel relations. (The same thing can be said about the Republicans but there we see more variety among the donors.)   https://blackagendareport.com/cbc_in_israel%27s_pocket

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