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

Rosa L. DeLauro

Democrat · U.S. House, Connecticut District 3
?Supported sending weapons or funding in 3 of 6 tracked votes

DeLauro co-led the 80-lawmaker push to sanction Israeli ministers Smotrich and Ben-Gvir over settler violence, and in June 2026 ended her acceptance of AIPAC support, her campaign saying the Netanyahu government has abandoned a two-state path. She voted against the 2026 $3.3 billion cut as “overly broad”.

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Deep Dive

DeLauro has represented Connecticut’s 3rd District since 1991 and is the House Appropriations Committee’s top Democrat. Her six recorded votes appear as badges on this card: Yes on the April 2024 package, No on the three standalone or mandate bills, No on both amendments to cut aid to Israel.

Her July 2026 statement on the amendment to cut $3.3 billion from aid to Israel explains the No she cast: "I share the concerns of many Americans about U.S. support to Israel’s military operations", but the amendment was overly broad, would jeopardize humanitarian work, exchanges, and embassy operations, and, unlike her own amendment to the 2027 Defense Appropriations Bill requiring reporting on any use of American weapons by Israel in violation of the ceasefire, "does the opposite" of creating transparency.

In November 2024 she co-led the bicameral push, more than 80 lawmakers, urging sanctions on Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir over settler violence and settlement expansion, and welcomed the sanctions on the settler organization Amana. She welcomed the January 2025 and October 2025 ceasefire agreements, pressed for surging humanitarian aid into Gaza, and in February 2026 joined a delegation to Israel and Gaza that criticized the Netanyahu government’s direction.

In June 2026 she rejected further AIPAC support, her campaign stating she had accepted it when she believed Israel was committed to a two-state solution: "It is abundantly clear now that the Netanyahu government has no interest in either." In December 2025 she co-introduced the Antisemitism Response and Prevention Act: "a national strategy for combating the rising threat of antisemitism while protecting freedom of speech". AIPAC’s prior tracked support appears as a badge on this card.

The record

Supported sending weapons or funding in 3 of 6 tracked votes · Backs 0 of 1 tracked bills to restrict weapons transfers

Committees

House Committee on Appropriations

Floor votes
H.R. 6126 - Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act2023-11-02 · Passed 226-196
✓ 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.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. 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 some, but no more than half, of their recorded tracked votes. (Supported sending weapons or funding in 3 of 6 tracked votes.)

The money

$13K in lifetime support from the five lobbying groups we track

Lifetime support from the five lobbying groups we track
AIPAC PAC: $12,900
Support-only OpenFEC data (as of 2026-10-03). Opposition independent expenditures are excluded.
Who these lobbying groups are
AIPAC$12,900The 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

“I share the concerns of many Americans about U.S. support to Israel’s military operations, and successfully introduced an amendment to the 2027 Defense Appropriations Bill requiring reporting on the use of American weapons by Israel that could be in violation of the ceasefire.”
Source ↗, 2026-07-15
“It is abundantly clear now that the Netanyahu government has no interest in either.”
Source ↗, 2026-06-30

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

  • Her recorded votes appear as badges on this card: No on H.R. 6126, Yes on H.R. 8034, No on H.R. 8369, No on H.R. 7217, No on both amendments to cut aid to Israel.
  • [Position, 2026-07-15] The cutting-amendment statement, verified and quoted on the card, including her transparency amendment.
  • [Context, 2026-04] Appropriations-committee debates on conditioning aid, per Jewish Insider; reported, not confirmed directly.

U.S. aid to Palestinians

Characterization of the conflict

  • [Position, 2025-01-15] The ceasefire-deal statement, verified by page; her October 7 framing within it is reported by the research.
  • [Position, 2025-10-07/10] The second-anniversary statement (her own social account, held for human verification) and the ceasefire welcome, verified.
  • [Position, 2026-07-08] The Hamas-dissolution statement, verified by page.
  • [Action, 2026-02] The Israel-Gaza delegation and its joint statement; reported, not confirmed directly.

Related rhetoric and lobbying

Safety and antisemitism

  • [Action, 2025-12-19] The ARPA introduction, verified and quoted in the deep dive, including her criticism of the administration’s use of antisemitism.

Sources retrieved for this card

Race and status context

  • Sitting member, nominated. Her Republican challenger’s card carries its own record.

Also in this race

  1. – Christopher Lancia (Republican)
  2. – Thomas Egan (Other)

All Connecticut candidates.

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