But What Can You Do? tracks where 2026 candidates stand on U.S. weapons and funding for the government of Israel. How we check
André Carson
Carson voted against every Israel aid bill and for the 2026 amendment to cut aid to Israel. His standing stance page condemns Hamas’s attacks and “the Israeli government’s cruel response on civilians”, calling for “an immediate ceasefire and solution to end the occupation”; he co-leads legislation conditioning weapons.
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Deep Dive
Carson represents Indiana’s 7th District (Indianapolis) and is the sitting member, one of the House’s longest-standing restraint-side voices on this subject.
His recorded votes on the tracked bills appear as badges on this card and point one way: against every aid bill, a missed vote on the shipment-release bill, and for the 2026 Massie amendment. His office keeps a standing stance page that reads: "Carson condemns Hamas’ attacks against civilians, and he calls for the swift release of all hostages. He also condemns the Israeli government’s cruel response on civilians and calls for an immediate ceasefire and solution to end the occupation." The same page lists his co-lead of the Ceasefire Now Resolution and his co-sponsorship of the resolution condemning Hamas’s attack.
He is a named co-lead of legislation to condition weapons transfers to Israel, whose release affirms colleagues’ support for defensive systems while opposing offensive transfers. In October 2024 he canceled an event with the UN special rapporteur for the Palestinian territories amid criticism of her record.
His November 2023 Leahy-law concerns to The Guardian are on the research page. Nothing located has him addressing U.S. humanitarian aid for Palestinians as a separate funding question; his ceasefire-and-occupation frame is quoted above.
The record
Supported sending weapons or funding in 1 of 5 tracked votes · Cosponsors the Block the Bombs Act
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 1 of 5 tracked votes.)
The money
Checked the five lobbying groups we track; no direct 2026 support found
In their words
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
- His recorded votes appear as badges on this card, all restraint-side; the grounding for each sits in the record section.
- [Position, standing page, read 2026-08-21] His stance page: the two-sided condemnation and ceasefire call quoted on the card, plus the legislative-action list. A live page, recorded on the date we read it.
- [Position, 2025-06-06] Co-lead of the Ramirez-Jacobs-Jayapal-Pocan-Carson conditioning legislation; his own site carries the joint release. The release’s Iron Dome-supporting quote belongs to Representative Jacobs and is not attributed to him.
- [Reaction window, 2023-11-03] His email to The Guardian on Leahy-law compliance ("very concerned that our taxpayer dollars may be used for violations of human rights"). Not on the card summary.
- [Position, 2024-04-20] A 19-member joint statement opposing further offensive aid is reported by the research from his site; the specific release was not separately verified and its "complicit in this tragedy" line is recorded but not confirmed.
U.S. aid to Palestinians
- His stance page’s humanitarian-situation letter (to the President and Secretary of State) is listed there; the ceasefire-and-occupation frame is his stated position.
Characterization of the conflict
- The stance page’s language, quoted on the card, is his standing characterization: condemnation of Hamas’s attacks and of the Israeli government’s response, with an end-the-occupation call.
Related rhetoric and lobbying
- [Position, 2024-10] The canceled Albanese event, per Jewish Insider. A Washington Examiner piece on a spat with a colleague is rhetoric coverage; nothing adopted.
- No tracked funding badge appears because no committee support is recorded for him.
Safety and antisemitism (context)
- His stance page lists his work against anti-Muslim hate; his co-sponsorship of the Hamas-condemnation resolution is on the same page.
Race and status context
- Sitting member, nominated. His Republican challenger’s card carries its own record.
Also in this race
- –No Position Found Patrick McAuley (Republican)
- –Research Underway James M Sceniak (Libertarian)
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