But What Can You Do? tracks where 2026 candidates stand on U.S. weapons and funding for the government of Israel. How we check
Alma S. Adams
- ✓ Cosponsors the Block the Bombs Act
- Backed with $8K by PACs we track that support U.S. weapons funding for the government of Israel (lifetime)
Adams co-sponsored the Block the Bombs Act "to end the shipment of destructive weapons to Israel," but voted against the July 2026 amendment, calling it "a blunt instrument that would have caused collateral damage to programs that save lives."
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Deep Dive
Adams represents North Carolina's 12th District and is running for re-election.
Her July 2026 statement sets out both halves plainly: "I share the deep frustration so many Americans feel about how conflicts in Gaza and Iran have unfolded, and I have not been silent about the need for accountability and lasting peace. That is why I have co-sponsored the Block the Bombs Act to end the shipment of destructive weapons to Israel. However, a vague amendment that jeopardizes humanitarian and diplomatic efforts in the region is the wrong vehicle."
She itemises what she objected to: the amendment "was broadly written; it included non-military funding cuts that would limit humanitarian aid, cut refugee resettlement support programs, reduce U.S. Embassy operations, and inhibit peacebuilding efforts in the Middle East." And: "My opposition to this amendment is a rejection of a blunt instrument that would have caused collateral damage to programs that save lives."
In February 2024 she criticised a standalone Israel supplemental for funding "Israel's offensive operations in Gaza, with no humanitarian assistance for the victims of war, nor military aid for our besieged Ukrainian allies."
Her recorded votes appear as badges on this card, and the July 2026 statement is her own explanation of the most recent one.
The record
Supported sending weapons or funding in 3 of 6 tracked votes · Cosponsors the Block the Bombs Act
• Vote record imported from official House Clerk roll calls for H.R. 6126, H.R. 8034, and H.R. 8369. Other position fields remain under investigation.
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
$8K in lifetime support from the five lobbying groups we track
In their words
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, 2026-07-16] Her statement on the Massie amendment, opened and confirmed word for word: "That is why I have co-sponsored the Block the Bombs Act to end the shipment of destructive weapons to Israel. However, a vague amendment that jeopardizes humanitarian and diplomatic efforts in the region is the wrong vehicle." And: "The Massie Amendment was broadly written; it included non-military funding cuts that would limit humanitarian aid, cut refugee resettlement support programs, reduce U.S. Embassy operations, and inhibit peacebuilding efforts in the Middle East." And: "My opposition to this amendment is a rejection of a blunt instrument that would have caused collateral damage to programs that save lives."
- [Position, undated] Co-sponsor of the Block the Bombs Act, restricting transfers of heavy offensive weapons (stated in her own release above).
- [Position, 2024-02-06] Statement on the House Republican supplemental: opened and confirmed word for word: "Tonight's proposal funds Israel's offensive operations in Gaza, with no humanitarian assistance for the victims of war, nor military aid for our besieged Ukrainian allies." The release records it as her statement following her vote against H.R. 7217. Dated 2024-02-06, which is position band, and it is on the research page because the July 2026 statement is the fuller and more recent account.
- Her recorded votes appear as badges on this card; the July 2026 statement explains the most recent.
U.S. aid to Palestinians
- [Position, 2026-07-16] Her stated objection to the amendment is substantially about humanitarian aid, refugee resettlement and peacebuilding (confirmed verbatim above).
- [Position, 2025-01-15] Statement on the Gaza ceasefire. Not opened.
Characterization of the conflict
- [Position, 2026-07-16] Refers to "deep frustration" about how the conflicts in Gaza and Iran have unfolded and to the need for "accountability and lasting peace."
Related rhetoric and lobbying
- Listed on a Working Families ceasefire tracker and an advocacy tracker page; advocacy sources, consulted only, never card sources.
- ⚠ A Ballotpedia page for Kyah Creekmore, a different person, was returned among her sources. Nothing from it is used.
Safety and antisemitism (context)
- Nothing distinct located.
Also in this race
- ?Mixed Jack Codiga (Republican)
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