Abdul al-Sayed: We don't want our taxes to be spent on war and murder with $42 million in IPEC spending Abdu Abdul al-Sayed, the Democratic candidate for the US Senate elections from the state of Michigan, announced that the US-Israel Public Relations Committee (IPEC's lobby) spent $42 million against his election campaign, but failed to prevent his victory. He emphasized: Thank you for giving me the opportunity to win the second victory. Criticizing IPEC's financial support for election candidates, he emphasized: We do not want our money to be used to finance apartheid, genocide or wars.