Rep. Debbie Stabenow

Egypt, a resolution commemorating
the reunification of Jerusalem, Iran
Nonproliferation Act and Iran Missile
Proliferation Sanctions Act
• Commending Israel for leaving
south Lebanon, opposing a unilateral
declaration of a Palestinian state, com-
mending Israel's 50th anniversary and
two resolutions urging the Clinton
administration not to pressure Israel
The only time Stabenow went
against a pro-Israel position, according
to Natpac, was in February. She was
one of 68 congressional signers of a
letter to Clinton seeking an end to
economic sanctions against Iraq.
Abraham was among the 100 Senate
co-sponsors of the 1998 resolution
marking Israel's 50th anniversary. He
was among the 45 co-sponsors of the
1996 Iran and Libya Sanctions Act,
among 47 signers of a lett er seeking an
end to Russia-Iran missile cooperation,
and a co-sponsor of the Iran Missile
Proliferation Sanctions Act.

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more prominently on the political
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Arab Americans are concentrated in
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formed in 1985 to represent Arab-
American interests in government and
politics, says the campaign's effort to
reach out to Arab Americans is
"unprecedented." Gore still needs to
make himself better known to Arab-
American voters, says Zogby The lat-
est polls for Michigan show 40 per-
cent of Arab Americans for Bush and
nearly 30 percent for Gore.
As the violence in the Middle East
continues, Arab groups are also using
their political strength and making
themselves more visible by placing ads
in major newspapers across the coun-
try urging people to contact the
White House and tell the administra-
tion not to take sides in the Israeli-
Palestinian conflict.
The Clinton administration has
been working on ways to better
explain their policies to the Arab-
American community, said Greg
Sullivan of the State Department's
Near East Bureau,

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