Thomas Massie introduces bill that would force AIPAC to register as foreign agent
Massie says the measure would force public disclosure of AIPAC lobbying on foreign interests as he faces a Trump-backed primary challenge.
- Republican Representative Thomas Massie introduced H.R. 8809 to amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, requiring the American Israel Public Affairs Committee to register as a foreign agent with the Department of Justice due to its lobbying activities for Israel.
- Massie has criticized Israel's influence on U.S. politics and noted that Israel's actions in Gaza have affected its standing among younger U.S. voters, despite its strong influence in Congress.
- Massie faces a primary challenge from Ed Gallrein, who is supported by President Donald Trump and has received millions of dollars in spending from AIPAC and the Republican Jewish Coalition.
- The AIPAC Act aims to increase transparency by clarifying criteria for foreign political alignment and allowing Americans to file complaints requesting investigations into potential violations by foreign principals like AIPAC.
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Massie takes aim at AIPAC with new bill about Nazi-era law
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee and its affiliates routinely throw around tens of millions of dollars in American elections to ensure that hardline supporters of Israel are elected to the U.S. Congress on both sides of the aisle.Rep. Thomas Massie — a Republican lawmaker with an 86.79% lifetime Turning Point Action score whom AIPAC has once again spent a fortune trying to unseat in Kentucky's 4th Congressional District — introduced …
Leading GOP critic of Israel introduces 'AIPAC Act' days before $25m primary
Rep. Thomas Massie, the maverick Republican who pushed back against Trump on the Epstein files and Iran, aimed a not-so-subtle dig at the pro-Israel establishment that has bankrolled efforts to unseat him
Washington - In the face of an upsurge in the campaign led by pro-Israel lobby groups to exclude it politically, US Republican Attorney Thomas Massey has released a new bill committing the American-Israeli press group, known as the United States Government, to register as a foreign agent. The bill bears the name of the American Political Agents Clarity Act (AIPAC Act), aimed at amending the Act on Registering Agents [...].
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