But What Can You Do? tracks where 2026 candidates stand on U.S. weapons and funding for the government of Israel. How we check
Rudy Yakym
- Backed with $30K by PACs we track that support U.S. weapons funding for the government of Israel (lifetime)
- Endorsed by AIPAC
Yakym voted for every Israel aid bill and against both amendments to cut that aid, keeps a pro-Israel page listing his record, and marked the attack’s second anniversary: “Today marks two years since Hamas terrorists carried out a brutal attack on Israel”. Nothing located on U.S. aid to Palestinians.
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Deep Dive
Yakym represents Indiana’s 2nd District and is the sitting member.
His recorded votes on the tracked bills appear as badges on this card, all on the support side, including votes against both amendments to cut aid to Israel. His office maintains a standing pro-Israel initiatives page, and his 2023 appropriations requests sought funding for the U.S.-Israel security memorandum including missile-defense and counter-tunnel systems; specifics on the research page.
His second-anniversary statement in October 2025 reads: "Today marks two years since Hamas terrorists carried out a brutal attack on Israel, murdering i[nnocents]...", quoted on the card to its verified span. His November 2023 statement calling Israel "our closest ally in the Middle East" is on the research page.
His campus-antisemitism record is extensive (letters pressing more than 130 colleges), and he has discussed Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Washington visits on local television. Nothing located has him addressing U.S. humanitarian aid for Palestinians.
The record
Supported sending weapons or funding in 6 of 6 tracked votes
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
$30K in lifetime support from the five lobbying groups we track
In their words
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, all support-side; the grounding for each sits in the record section.
- [Position, standing page] His pro-Israel initiatives page, verified to exist and read; a live page, recorded on the date we read it.
- [Position, 2023-10, appropriations requests] Funding requests for the U.S.-Israel memorandum including Iron Dome, anti-tunneling and counter-drone systems; defensive-systems detail stays off the front; our research from his resources page.
- [Reaction window, 2023-11-02] His statement on the November 2023 bill ("our closest ally in the Middle East", "they need our unwavering support now more than ever"). Not on the card summary; per our research.
U.S. aid to Palestinians
- Nothing located at any date.
Characterization of the conflict
- [Position, 2025-10-07] The second-anniversary statement, verified; quoted on the card.
Related rhetoric and lobbying
- [Position] The Gottheimer-Yakym bipartisan resolution appears via both offices’ releases; dates checked, nothing quoted.
- Tracked funding totals appear as a badge on this card.
Safety and antisemitism (context)
- [Position, 2024-2025] His letters pressing over 130 colleges and universities and over 100 college DEI offices on campus antisemitism; his own releases.
Race and status context
- Sitting member, nominated. His Democratic challenger’s card carries its own record.
Also in this race
- –No Position Found Jamee Decio (Democrat)
- –Research Underway William Eric Henry (Libertarian)
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