But What Can You Do? tracks where 2026 candidates stand on U.S. weapons and funding for the government of Israel. How we check
Joe Neguse
Neguse’s votes point both ways: for the April 2024 aid package, against the bill forcing release of the paused shipments, and in July 2026 for the amendment cutting aid, explaining with three Colorado colleagues: "Today we voted against additional taxpayer-funded military aid being given to Prime Minister Netanyahu’s government."
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Deep Dive
Neguse represents Colorado’s 2nd District, Boulder and the northern mountains, and is the sitting member and a member of House Democratic leadership.
His recorded votes on the tracked bills appear as badges on this card and point both ways: against the November 2023 standalone bill, for the April 2024 package, against the May 2024 bill forcing release of paused shipments, against the amendment striking Israeli Cooperative Programs funding, and in July 2026 for the Massie amendment barring FY27 funds. The joint statement explaining that last vote, issued with Representatives Pettersen, Crow and DeGette, reads: "Today we voted against additional taxpayer-funded military aid being given to Prime Minister Netanyahu’s government. We support Israel’s right to exist and defend itself. We believe that both Israelis and Palestinians have the right to safety, security, and self-determination."
When the first ceasefire agreement was announced in October 2025 he welcomed it, saying he was "closely monitoring developments concerning the first phase of a peace plan" and grateful for the hostages’ release. After the June 2025 firebombing of a hostage-awareness march in his district, he condemned it as an antisemitic attack and co-led the House resolution that passed unanimously.
His November 2023 explanation of his vote against the first standalone bill is on the research page.
The record
Supported sending weapons or funding in 2 of 6 tracked votes
• 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
$24K in lifetime support from the five lobbying groups we track
In their words
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 on the tracked bills appear as badges on this card and point both ways; the grounding for each sits in the record section. The July 2026 Massie-amendment YES is grounded by the joint statement quoted on the card.
- [Position, 2026-07-15] The four-member joint statement on Representative Pettersen’s site, verified; the same page grounds the same vote on his three colleagues’ cards.
- [Reaction window, 2023-11-07] His statement on the November 2023 Republican bill: the bill inserted "partisan poison pills", rescinded IRS funding, and denied humanitarian aid to civilians in Gaza. Not on the card summary; it is the in-window explanation of his hr6126 No, and it is kept here.
- [Reported, uncorroborated] A March 2024 discharge-petition signature for the $95 billion supplemental, per AJP Action’s scorecard; the scorer’s page, not corroborated elsewhere; his recorded April 2024 YES carries the substance.
U.S. aid to Palestinians
- The November 2023 statement above objected to denying humanitarian aid to civilians in Gaza; in-window, kept here. Nothing located in the position band addresses U.S. humanitarian funding as its own question.
Characterization of the conflict
- [Position, 2025-10] His statement on the Gaza ceasefire agreement, verified: "closely monitoring developments concerning the first phase of a peace plan for the Middle East", with gratitude for hostage releases.
- [Position, 2024-03-01] His statement supporting negotiations between Israel and Hamas, his own release, dated March 1, 2024 on the page: support for the Egypt- and Qatar-brokered talks to free hostages and pause the fighting, and for a colleagues’ letter to the President saying a pause could open a path to ending the conflict.
- [Reaction window, 2023-10-07] His condemnation of the attack; [Reaction window, 2023-10-15] the Stand with Israel rally at the state Capitol. Not on the card summary.
- [Position, 2024] A letter on international law and humanitarian access reported by the research without a resolving source; nothing claimed.
Related rhetoric and lobbying
- Tracked funding totals appear as a badge on this card.
- An adversary tracker (Reverse Canary Mission) keeps a page on him; nothing adopted.
- Two Facebook video/photo sources (his own account; Rev. Sharpton’s show) do not open; nothing claimed from either.
Safety and antisemitism (context)
- [Position, 2025-06-01] His condemnation of the Boulder firebombing ("the scourge of antisemitism has metastasized across our country") and the Van Drew-Neguse resolution’s unanimous passage. His own releases; the attack happened in his district.
Race and status context
- Sitting member, nominated. His Republican challenger’s card carries its own record.
Also in this race
- –No Position Found Kelley Dennison (Republican)
- –Research Underway Gaylon Kent (Libertarian)
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