But What Can You Do? tracks where 2026 candidates stand on U.S. weapons and funding for the government of Israel. How we check

Gary Palmer

Republican · U.S. House, Alabama District 6
✗Supported sending weapons or funding in 6 of 6 tracked votes

Palmer voted for every tracked aid bill and against both amendments cutting it, and in May 2024 told the administration: “stop withholding Congressionally appropriated funds for military aid to Israel”. In March 2024 he co-sponsored the resolution denouncing ceasefire calls and demanding a halt to U.S. humanitarian aid to Gaza.

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Deep Dive

Palmer has represented Alabama’s 6th District since 2015. His six recorded votes appear as badges on this card: Yes on all four tracked aid measures, No on both amendments to cut aid to Israel.

In May 2024, as the administration paused certain weapons shipments, he said: "The Biden administration should condemn these protests, stop withholding Congressionally appropriated funds for military aid to Israel, and show that the United States stands with Israel", and in the same coverage declared "the attacks against Israel by the Hamas terrorist group and the slaughter of Israeli citizens justifies Israel’s determination to eliminate Hamas in Gaza."

On the Palestinian side his one located position is restrictive: in March 2024 he co-sponsored the resolution led by Rep. Bob Good, verified with him in the co-sponsor list, formally denouncing ceasefire calls and demanding an immediate halt to U.S. humanitarian aid to Gaza pending investigation. That same month he signed the letter accusing the administration of undermining Israel after the U.N. Security Council abstention.

He called campus encampments part of a "vast left wing conspiracy" in May 2024, said "antisemitism has no place in our country", and in June 2025 was "heartbroken" over the Boulder attack on a Jewish group. His October-November 2023 statements are on the research page; his June 2025 statement on the Israel-Iran strikes and his 2015 opposition to the Iran nuclear deal are there too. AIPAC’s tracked support appears as a badge on this card.

The record

Supported sending weapons or funding in 6 of 6 tracked votes · Backs 0 of 1 tracked bills to restrict weapons transfers

Floor votes
H.R. 6126 - Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act2023-11-02 · Passed 226-196
✗ Voted Yes
supported sending it
H.R. 7217 - Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 20242024-02-06 · Failed 250-180 (needed 2/3 under suspension)
✗ Voted Yes
supported sending it
H.R. 8034 - Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 20242024-04-20 · Passed 366-58
✗ Voted Yes
supported sending it
H.R. 8369 - Israel Security Assistance Support Act2024-05-16 · Passed 224-187
✗ Voted Yes
supported sending it
H.R. 8595 - Massie amendment (Part A No. 8) to bar FY27 funds for Israel and cut $3.3B in Foreign Military Financing2026-07-15 · Failed 104-314
✗ Voted No
voted against limiting it
H.Amdt. 55 to H.R. 4016 - strike $500M for Israeli Cooperative Programs2025-07-18 · Failed 6-422 (only 6 voted to cut)
✗ Voted No
voted against limiting it
Bill sponsorship
H.R. 3565 - Block the Bombs ActWould bar transfer of 2,000-lb/BLU-109 bunker busters, JDAMs, 120mm tank rounds, and 155mm artillery shells to Israel. Does not affect Iron
Not sponsoringhas not backed this restriction bill
H.R. 1229 - United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025Formalizes/expands bilateral defense cooperation with Israel.
Not sponsoringhas not backed this support bill
How this mark works

We track key votes on sending U.S. weapons and money to the government of Israel. A check means every tracked vote they cast came down against sending more, on the side of peace and de-escalation. A question mark means a mixed record: they sided with sending up to half of the time. An X means they voted to send more weapons and money in over half of their tracked votes, even as the way those weapons and dollars were being used became more and more obvious. At exactly half, money this election cycle from a lobbying group we track, or an endorsement from a group that backs sending weapons, makes it an X. Only votes actually cast are counted. Where a candidate has no recorded votes on these bills, the mark comes instead from a reviewed reading of their public record (money from the lobbying groups we track, endorsements, and their own words since January 26, 2024). There an X also covers fully backing the conduct of the war by the government of Israel without significant reservations, and a question mark also covers speaking about Israel without saying clearly where they stand on U.S. weapons and funding. A dash means No Position Found: we found nothing in their own words about Israel, Gaza or the war.

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Voted to send weapons or funding in more than half of their recorded tracked votes. (Supported sending weapons or funding in 6 of 6 tracked votes.)

The money

$12K in lifetime support from the five lobbying groups we track

Lifetime support from the five lobbying groups we track
AIPAC PAC: $12,100
Support-only OpenFEC data (as of 2026-10-03). Opposition independent expenditures are excluded.
Who these lobbying groups are
AIPAC$12,100The American Israel Public Affairs Committee; its PAC backs candidates it sees as strengthening U.S. ties with the government of Israel, including continued U.S. military aid.Direct contributions and independent expenditures supporting this candidate from the five lobbying groups we track, every cycle each has filed, through 2026. Excludes earmarked and conduit contributions.
Endorsed by AIPAC
AIPACThe American Israel Public Affairs Committee; its PAC backs candidates it sees as strengthening U.S. ties with the government of Israel, including continued U.S. military aid.These endorsements come from groups that back sending U.S. weapons and funding to the government of Israel.

In their words

“The Biden administration should condemn these protests, stop withholding Congressionally appropriated funds for military aid to Israel, and show that the United States stands with Israel.”
Source ↗, 2024-05-28
Endorsements

AIPAC (2026 endorsement)

Research log

The notes behind this card: what we looked at, what we found, and where each item came from.

U.S. military aid and weapons to Israel

  • His recorded votes appear as badges on this card: Yes on H.R. 6126, H.R. 8034, H.R. 8369, and H.R. 7217; No on both amendments to cut aid to Israel.
  • [Position, 2024-05-28] The withholding statement, verified and quoted on the card, on his own site’s repost of the coverage.
  • His November 2, 2023 aid-package remarks are not on the card summary.

U.S. aid to Palestinians

  • [Position, 2024-03-04] The Good resolution co-sponsorship, verified with him named: denounces ceasefire calls and demands a halt to U.S. humanitarian aid to Gaza pending investigation.

Characterization of the conflict

  • [Position, 2024-05-28] The eliminate-Hamas justification, verified in the same coverage.
  • His October 7 and October 25, 2023 statements are not on the card summary.
  • [Iran, 2025-06-13] His statement on the Israel-Iran strikes calling October 7 "Israel’s 9/11" and defending preemption; Iran material, research page only.

Related rhetoric and lobbying

  • [Action, 2024-03-28] The U.N.-abstention letter, per his own site’s repost.
  • [Iran, 2015-07-18] His opposition to the Iran nuclear deal; prior era, research page only.
  • Tracked committee support appears as a badge on this card.

Safety and antisemitism

  • [Position, 2024-05-21] The campus-encampments characterization, verified by his own site’s repost; the conspiracy framing is his.
  • [Position, 2025-06-03] The Boulder-attack response, verified.
  • [Reported, 2024-06-14] The research reports a resolution he introduced disapproving of antisemitic campus protests; his site’s listing page is the only offered source, so it stays reported.

Sources retrieved for this card

Race and status context

  • Sitting member, nominated. His Democratic challenger’s card carries its own record.

Also in this race

  1. – Maurice Mercer (Democrat)

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