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

Julie Fedorchak

Republican · U.S. House, North Dakota District 1
✗Supported sending weapons or funding in 2 of 2 tracked votes

Fedorchak’s issues page states it plainly: "A secure Israel means a more secure America, and my commitment to supporting Israel’s safety and stability is unwavering." She voted against both amendments to cut aid to Israel and toured Israel in August 2025. Nothing located on U.S. aid to Palestinians.

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Deep Dive

Fedorchak represents North Dakota’s at-large district, elected in 2024.

Her two recorded votes on the tracked bills, against both amendments to cut aid to Israel, appear as badges on this card, and her official issues page carries her standing frame: "A secure Israel means a more secure America, and my commitment to supporting Israel’s safety and stability is unwavering." Running in 2024 she told Jewish Insider of her "staunch support for continued U.S. assistance to Israel", saying "Israel needs to have the resources necessary to properly secure its safety and stability". In August 2025 she toured Israel and returned optimistic about a post-war Middle East, per local coverage of the trip.

Her regional Jewish community council welcomed the House’s rejection of the 2026 amendment to cut aid to Israel she voted against; the Republican Jewish Coalition endorses her, and tracked support appears as a badge on this card.

Nothing located has her addressing U.S. aid to Palestinians at any date.

The record

Supported sending weapons or funding in 2 of 2 tracked votes

Floor votes
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
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
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 2 of 2 tracked votes.)

The money

$18K in lifetime support from the five lobbying groups we track

Lifetime support from the five lobbying groups we track
AIPAC PAC: $15,000 · Republican Jewish Coalition: $2,500
Support-only OpenFEC data (as of 2026-10-03). Opposition independent expenditures are excluded.
Who these lobbying groups are
AIPAC$15,000The 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$2,500The 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

“A secure Israel means a more secure America, and my commitment to supporting Israel’s safety and stability is unwavering.”
Source ↗, 2026-08-21
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: No on both amendments to cut aid to Israel; she took office in January 2025.
  • [Position, standing page] Her issues page, verified and quoted on the card; live page recorded on the date we read it.
  • [Position, 2024-05-27] The Jewish Insider primary interview, verified: staunch-support and resources-necessary quotes.
  • [Position, 2025-08] The Israel tour coverage, verified by the local paper’s trip report.

U.S. aid to Palestinians

  • Nothing located at any date.

Characterization of the conflict

  • The issues-page and interview frames above; her bill co-sponsorships in the defense-cooperation space appear via trackers, dates checked.

Related rhetoric and lobbying

Safety and antisemitism (context)

  • Colleague releases in the awareness-act space name her; dates checked.

Race and status context

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

Also in this race

  1. – Trygve Hammer (Democrat)
  2. – Charles Tuttle (Independent)
  3. – Helene Neville (Independent)

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