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

Delia Ramirez

Democrat · U.S. House, Illinois District 3
✓Supported sending weapons or funding in 0 of 5 tracked votes

Ramirez leads the Block the Bombs Act, which would withhold U.S. offensive weapons from Israel until its government establishes compliance with U.S. and international law. In February 2026 she said: "There is no ceasefire in Gaza. US-supplied bombs are still being used to murder Palestinians."

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Deep Dive

Ramirez represents Illinois's 3rd District in Chicago and is running for re-election. Beyond her voting record, she is one of the House members driving the legislative push to restrict the transfers themselves.

In June 2025 she led Reps. Sara Jacobs, Pramila Jayapal and Mark Pocan and 18 members in introducing the Block the Bombs Act. The bill would require Israel's government to establish in writing that offensive weapons are used in accordance with U.S. and international law, with Congress approving by joint resolution. Her words on introducing it: "Trump has bypassed Congressional oversight on weapons transfers. The Israeli government is currently escalating attacks on the civilian population of Gaza. They are both out of control. Congress needs to assert its oversight authority."

In February 2026, sharing a report that Israeli strikes had killed at least 30 Palestinians during a declared ceasefire, she wrote: "There is no ceasefire in Gaza. US-supplied bombs are still being used to murder Palestinians," and urged colleagues to back the bill.

After the ICJ's provisional-measures order she called on the United States to confront its complicity and end unconditional support for the military campaign. She marked the bill's one-year anniversary in June 2026.

The record

Supported sending weapons or funding in 0 of 5 tracked votes · Sponsors 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 No
voted against 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)
– Did not vote
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
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
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 against sending weapons or funding in every recorded tracked vote. (Supported sending weapons or funding in 0 of 5 tracked votes.)

The money

Targeted with $143K by PACs we track that support U.S. weapons funding for the government of Israel (2022); no direct 2026 support from them

2026 support from the five lobbying groups we track
Nothing recorded (as of 2026-07-23) from the five lobbying groups we track; earlier cycles and earmarked donations not yet tracked.
Support-only OpenFEC data. Opposition independent expenditures are excluded.
Money spent against them
Independent expenditures opposing this candidate: advertising and other spending made to defeat them, without the candidate's involvement or consent. DMFI reported 4 independent expenditures opposing this candidate, 2022-06-01 to 2022-06-16, totalling $143K. This counts only the five lobbying groups we track, so it is a floor on what was spent against this candidate, not a total. Each expenditure is counted because the committee itself named this candidate as the target on its FEC filing. These lobbying groups often spend along party lines, or to protect an incumbent they back, so this is not by itself a reading of the candidate's position.
✓ Endorsed by USCPR Action +3 more
USCPR ActionThe political arm of the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights. Its endorsed candidates commit to block U.S. weapons transfers and military funding to Israel and to refuse AIPAC money.Peace ActionA national peace and disarmament group. Its endorsements cover war, Pentagon spending and diplomacy broadly, not only U.S. weapons for the government of Israel.A New Policy PACA group backing congressional candidates who want a new U.S. policy toward Israel and Palestine grounded in U.S. and international law, including conditions on military aid.Track AIPACA watchdog on AIPAC-linked money. It backs candidates who reject AIPAC support and call for an arms embargo and conditions on aid to the government of Israel.These endorsements come from groups that push to restrict or end U.S. weapons transfers to the government of Israel. Endorsements from these groups are shown for information; they do not decide the mark.

In their words

“There is no ceasefire in Gaza. US-supplied bombs are still being used to murder Palestinians”
Source ↗, 2026-02-06
“Trump has bypassed Congressional oversight on weapons transfers. The Israeli government is currently escalating attacks on the civilian population of Gaza. They are both out of control. Congress needs to assert its oversight authority.”
Source ↗, 2025-06-05
Endorsements

USCPR Action (2026 endorsement) · Peace Action (2026 endorsement) · A New Policy PAC (2026 endorsement) · Track 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

  • [Position, 2025-06-05] Led the introduction of the Block the Bombs Act with Reps. Jacobs, Jayapal and Pocan and 18 members. Opened and confirmed word for word. The release describes the bill: it "would withhold the transfer of offensive weapons to Israel and demand Israel's compliance with U.S. and international law," requires Israel's government "to establish in writing the use of offensive weapons in accordance with US and International law," approved "by Congress through a joint resolution," and "focuses on the worst-offending offensive weapons that are supplied by the US." Her own quote: "Netanyahu and Trump are a lethal, unaccountable, extremist duo. Trump has bypassed Congressional oversight on weapons transfers. The Israeli government is currently escalating attacks on the civilian population of Gaza. They are both out of control. Congress needs to assert its oversight authority. Enough is enough." **Wrong-person note: this release also quotes Jacobs, Jayapal and Pocan at length. Only Ramirez's own paragraph is used.**
  • [Position, 2026-02-06] Anadolu Agency report, confirmed verbatim: "There is no ceasefire in Gaza. US-supplied bombs are still being used to murder Palestinians," posted on X while sharing a report that Israeli strikes killed at least 30 Palestinians including several children during the declared ceasefire. She "urged lawmakers to assert congressional authority over US foreign military assistance and support her proposed legislation."
  • [Position, 2025-09-16] Defended the Act on Democracy Now!, saying continued offensive arms sales in violation of international humanitarian norms are indefensible (video; source not opened).
  • [Position, 2025-11-14] Social-media call to end U.S. complicity in Gaza by halting arms transfers (her Facebook post; login-walled, as found).
  • [Position, 2026-06-05] One-year anniversary press conference for the Block the Bombs Act.
  • [After October 7, 2023-10-16] Co-introduced H. Res. 786, the Ceasefire Now Resolution, urging an immediate ceasefire, humanitarian aid to Gaza, and no support for military actions endangering civilians. From the weeks right after October 7; never on a card, and it is her earliest in-scope act.
  • Her recorded votes on the tracked bills appear as badges on this card and are consistent with the position stated here.
  • An advocacy petition for the bill (Action Network) was consulted; advocacy sources never carry a card.

U.S. aid to Palestinians

  • [After October 7, 2023-10-16] The Ceasefire Now Resolution urged delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza (above).
  • [Position, 2025-01-17] Statement on the ceasefire deal: long-term safety requires addressing the systemic causes of violence, toward a future for Israelis and Palestinians free of "systems of occupation, apartheid, and extremism." Not opened.

Characterization of the conflict

  • [Position, 2024-03-01] Statement on the ICJ order: called on the U.S. to confront its complicity and end unconditional support for Israeli military campaigns.
  • [After October 7, 2023-10-16] On introducing the ceasefire resolution: "lasting peace for both Israelis and Palestinians can only be achieved through recognition of our interdependence and a commitment to diplomacy."
  • [After October 7, 2023-10-20/25] In These Times interview: called rhetoric equating empathy for Palestinian civilians with support for Hamas "heartbreaking" and "dangerous."

Related rhetoric and lobbying

  • [Position, undated] A post on her campaign page notes over $30 million spent by super PACs affiliated with AIPAC, crypto and DraftKings (her page; login-walled). Recorded as its own item; not an answer about U.S. weapons or funding.
  • A Middle East Monitor post republishing her February 2026 statement; the Anadolu report above is the source used.

Safety and antisemitism (context)

Also in this race

  1. – Angel Oakley (Republican)

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