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

Michelle Fischbach

Republican · U.S. House, Minnesota District 7
✗Supported sending weapons or funding in 6 of 6 tracked votes

Fischbach voted for every tracked aid bill, including the April 2024 package, and against both amendments cutting aid to Israel; nothing located has her addressing aid to Palestinians. Her statements from the war’s first months and her earlier record, including the 2021 Visa Waiver letter, are on the research page.

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Deep Dive

Fischbach has represented Minnesota’s 7th District since 2021. Her six recorded votes appear as badges on this card: Yes on all four tracked aid measures, No on both amendments to cut aid to Israel.

Her alliance record predates the war: Jewish Insider profiled her pro-Israel position paper in her first campaign, and in November 2021 she co-led the bipartisan letter supporting Israel’s admission to the Visa Waiver Program. In July 2023 she joined the Minnesota Republican delegation’s statement affirming Israel as the strongest Middle East ally and condemning antisemitism, carried on a colleague’s site, and criticized colleagues’ remarks she called antisemitic in a constituent update.

Her October-December 2023 material, the Iran-backed-terrorists statements, the H.Res. 771 release calling the war a defense against "true evil", her supplemental-vote release, the Ways and Means terror-financing update, and the university-leadership letter, is on the research page. She denounced campus demonstrations in a May 2024 speech, per local coverage, and pressed universities on protecting Jewish students after a June 2024 committee hearing. AIPAC’s and the Republican Jewish Coalition’s tracked support appears as badges on this card.

The record

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

Floor votes
H.R. 6126 - Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act2023-11-02 · Passed 226-196
✗ Voted Yes
supported sending it
H.R. 7217 - Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 20242024-02-06 · Failed 250-180 (needed 2/3 under suspension)
✗ Voted Yes
supported 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 Yes
supported 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 more than half of their recorded tracked votes. (Supported sending weapons or funding in 6 of 6 tracked votes.)

The money

$35K in lifetime support from the five lobbying groups we track

Lifetime support from the five lobbying groups we track
AIPAC PAC: $25,000 · Republican Jewish Coalition: $10,000
Support-only OpenFEC data (as of 2026-10-03). Opposition independent expenditures are excluded.
Who these lobbying groups are
AIPAC$25,000The 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.Republican Jewish Coalition$10,000The Republican Jewish Coalition's PAC; it financially supports Republican candidates who reflect its priorities, including strong U.S. backing of the government of Israel.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.
Endorsed by AIPAC
AIPACThe 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.These endorsements come from groups that back sending U.S. weapons and funding to the government of Israel.

In their words

Endorsements

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

  • Her recorded votes appear as badges on this card: Yes on H.R. 6126, H.R. 8034, H.R. 8369, and H.R. 7217; No on both amendments to cut aid to Israel.
  • Her November 2023 supplemental-vote release (Iron Dome reinforcement framing) is not on the card summary; retrieved and verified for the record.

U.S. aid to Palestinians

  • Nothing located at any date.

Characterization of the conflict

  • Her October 2023 statements (Iran-backed terrorists; true-evil framing) are not on the card summary.

Related rhetoric and lobbying

  • [Action, 2021-11-22] The Visa Waiver letter, verified on her own site.
  • [Prior profile, 2020-11-06] The Jewish Insider profile, verified by the article.
  • [Action, 2023-07-19] The delegation statement, verified on the colleague’s site; pre-window.
  • [Iran, 2023-10] The Iranian-fund-freeze letter; in-window and Iran material, research page for the record only.
  • Tracked AIPAC and RJC support appears as badges on this card.

Safety and antisemitism

  • [Position, 2024-05-23] The campus-demonstrations speech; local coverage, reported, not confirmed directly.
  • [Position, 2024-06-14] The universities-failing statement after the Ways and Means hearing; video source, awaiting a watch.
  • Her November 17 and December 8, 2023 items are not on the card summary.

Sources retrieved for this card

Race and status context

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

Also in this race

  1. ? Erik Osberg (Democrat)

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