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

Nanette Diaz Barragán

Democrat · U.S. House, California District 44
?Supported sending weapons or funding in 2 of 6 tracked votes

Barragán said in July 2026: "Things have changed... It was time to say we're not just going to keep funding something because we've done it in the past," describing her shift from supporting 2024 military aid to Israel to voting for an amendment to end that aid.

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Deep Dive

In a July 29, 2026 NOTUS interview, Barragán described a shift on U.S. military assistance to the government of Israel: "Things have changed, the landscape has changed. It was time to say we're not just going to keep funding something because we've done it in the past," and "we're not going to support a president in Israel who is just frankly doing whatever he wants." The article says Netanyahu's leadership moved her from supporting the 2024 military aid package to voting for an amendment to end aid to Israel.

On May 2, 2024 she was reported among more than 50 lawmakers signing a letter urging the administration to invoke existing U.S. law to withhold certain offensive military aid to Israel to prevent a full-scale assault on Rafah. In April 2024, reporting on Democrats who shifted on Israel aid described her urging President Biden to keep pressure on Netanyahu to follow international law and protect civilians in Gaza. On June 4, 2025 she was reported as co-sponsoring a Jayapal resolution urging immediate, unobstructed delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza.

On October 7, 2023 she said she was "shocked, appalled, and angered" by Hamas's "unprovoked war against Israel and her people" and affirmed Israel's right to defend itself. In December 2023, at a Long Beach constituent briefing, she defended her position against calls for a ceasefire; local coverage reported her as maintaining her opposition to a ceasefire at the time while acknowledging community concern over civilian suffering in Gaza. On January 15, 2025 she welcomed the ceasefire and hostage-release deal.

The record

Supported sending weapons or funding in 2 of 6 tracked votes · Cosponsors the Block the Bombs Act

Floor votes
H.R. 6126 - Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act2023-11-02 · Passed 226-196
✓ Voted No
voted against 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 No
voted against sending it
H.R. 7217 - Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 20242024-02-06 · Failed 250-180 (needed 2/3 under suspension)
✓ Voted No
voted against sending 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
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 Yes
voted to limit or block 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
Co-sponsorbacks this bill to restrict weapons transfers
H.R. 1229 - United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025Formalizes/expands bilateral defense cooperation with Israel.
Not sponsoringhas not backed this support bill
Notable actions

• Vote record imported from official House Clerk roll calls for H.R. 6126, H.R. 8034, and H.R. 8369. Other position fields remain under investigation.

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 some, but no more than half, of their recorded tracked votes. (Supported sending weapons or funding in 2 of 6 tracked votes.)

The money

$7K in lifetime support from the five lobbying groups we track

Lifetime support from the five lobbying groups we track
AIPAC PAC: $7,100
Support-only OpenFEC data (as of 2026-10-03). Opposition independent expenditures are excluded.
Who these lobbying groups are
AIPAC$7,100The 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.

In their words

“Things have changed, the landscape has changed. It was time to say we're not just going to keep funding something because we've done it in the past.”
Source ↗, 2026-07-29
“We're not going to support a president in Israel who is just frankly doing whatever he wants.”
Source ↗, 2026-07-29

Research log

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

Searched 2026-08-10 for: Barragán antisemitism/Jewish/safety; Barragán AIPAC/lobbying; Barragán military aid/weapons Israel Gaza; Barragán Israel Palestine statements; Barragán ceasefire antisemitism). Recorded key votes are badges; the 2026 aid-ending amendment vote is characterized because she spoke about it in the NOTUS interview. NOTE: none of the eight sources found is recorded as naming her; items below where she is a signer or co-sponsor are marked accordingly.

U.S. military aid and weapons to Israel

  • 2024-04 [Current position; month-only inline date anchored to source publish date 2024-04-23; source does not name her in metadata]: Reported as urging President Biden to maintain pressure on Netanyahu to follow international law and protect civilians during Gaza operations, in Responsible Statecraft's report on Democrats who shifted on Israel aid. Article.
  • 2024-05-02 [Current position; multi-signer letter; SIGNER UNCONFIRMED by source metadata]: Reported among 50+ lawmakers on the Pressley-Jayapal-Dean letter urging the administration to invoke existing U.S. law and policy to withhold certain offensive military aid to Israel to prevent a full-scale Rafah assault. Pressley release.
  • 2026-07-29 [Current position; verified against source]: NOTUS interview: "Things have changed, the landscape has changed. It was time to say we're not just going to keep funding something because we've done it in the past."; "we're not going to support a president in Israel who is just frankly doing whatever he wants." Article states she moved from supporting 2024 military aid to Israel to voting for an amendment to end all aid to the country. NOTUS.

U.S. aid to Palestinians

  • 2025-06-04 [Current position; COSPONSOR UNCONFIRMED by source metadata]: Reported as co-sponsoring the Jayapal resolution urging immediate, unobstructed delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza. Jayapal release.

Characterization of the conflict

  • 2023-10-07 [Months after October 7, 2023]: Statement: "shocked, appalled, and angered"; Hamas's attack an "unprovoked war against Israel and her people"; "Israel has a right to defend itself from this brutal assault on the Israeli people and their sovereign homeland." (Quotes per the search notes, not independently verified.) Release.
  • 2023-12 briefing, source published 2023-12-22 [Months after October 7, 2023; FOUND DATE 2024-01-20 CONFLICTS with the source's 2023-12-22 publish date; anchored to source]: Long Beach constituent briefing; described being "horrified" and "stunned" by October 7, compared it to September 11; the source's headline states she maintained her opposition to a ceasefire at this briefing, a stance the search notes omitted. CALÓ News.
  • 2025-01-15 [Current position]: Welcomed the ceasefire and hostage-release deal; "for months, the war has taken a devastating toll on the region and the world, with tens of thousands of deaths, and millions of lives upended" (not independently verified); called for full implementation of all phases. Release.

Rhetoric and lobbying

  • 2023-12 briefing [Months after October 7, 2023; date anchored as above]: Took constituent questions on Israel-related lobbying groups and foreign-policy advocacy; acknowledged disagreement while defending her stance. CALÓ News.
  • No dedicated speeches or proposals on Israel-related lobbying found. [Nothing found]

Safety and antisemitism (context, not a weapons or funding position)

  • 2023-08/09 [Earlier record; the date in the search notes, 2023-08-09, conflicts with source publish 2023-09-08]: Community roundtable on gun violence prevention tied to the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act; not Israel- or antisemitism-related; out of scope. Everytown.
  • No standalone statements on antisemitism or Jewish community safety found. [Nothing found]

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