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

Mike Flood

Republican · U.S. House, Nebraska District 1
✗Supported sending weapons or funding in 6 of 6 tracked votes

Flood voted for every tracked aid bill and against both amendments to cut aid to Israel, saying in April 2024 “it’s long overdue for America to step up and provide much-needed aid to our friend and ally”. At a July 2026 town hall he said “antisemitism is running rampant”.

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Deep Dive

Flood has represented Nebraska’s 1st District since 2022. His six recorded votes on the tracked bills, for all four aid measures and against both amendments to cut aid to Israel, appear as badges on this card.

His own releases carry the positions. Voting for the $17.6 billion Israel Security Supplemental in February 2024 and backing the April 2024 foreign-aid package, where he said "It’s long overdue for America to step up and provide much-needed aid to our friend and ally as they continue to root out this evil." In a 2022 iVoterGuide questionnaire, a prior cycle, he wrote "First and foremost we must continue to be strong in our support of the State of Israel."

At a July 2026 Lincoln town hall he addressed civilian casualties directly: operations "should be conducted in a way that respects civilian populations, when they are embedded in Gaza City, at times that was very difficult to separate those two things", and declared "antisemitism is running rampant" while distinguishing disagreement with Israeli policy from anti-Jewish bigotry.

He hosted an Omaha rabbi for Prime Minister Netanyahu’s July 2024 address, traveled to Israel in 2025 on an AIPAC-affiliated delegation, defended that support at a Bellevue town hall in July 2026, on video a volunteer watched, and in February 2026 said the University of Nebraska-Lincoln should “stand against the slander and bigotry” of divestment movements.

Nothing located has him addressing U.S. aid to Palestinians as a distinct question.

The record

Supported sending weapons or funding in 6 of 6 tracked votes

Floor votes
H.R. 6126 - Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act2023-11-02 · Passed 226-196
✗ 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. 7217 - Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 20242024-02-06 · Failed 250-180 (needed 2/3 under suspension)
✗ Voted Yes
supported sending 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
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.
Co-sponsorbacks this bill to send more support
Notable actions

• 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 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

Lifetime support from the five lobbying groups we track
AIPAC PAC: $30,000
Support-only OpenFEC data (as of 2026-10-03). Opposition independent expenditures are excluded.
Who these lobbying groups are
AIPAC$30,000The 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.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

“It’s long overdue for America to step up and provide much-needed aid to our friend and ally as they continue to root out this evil.”
Source ↗, 2024-04-20
“And while it should be conducted in a way that respects civilian populations, when they are embedded in Gaza City, at times that was very difficult to separate those two things.”
Source ↗, 2026-07-28
“First and foremost we must continue to be strong in our support of the State of Israel.”
Source ↗, 2022-12-31
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

  • His recorded votes appear as badges on this card: Yes on all four tracked aid bills, No on both amendments to cut aid to Israel.
  • [Position, 2024-02-06] His release on the $17.6 billion supplemental vote, verified.
  • [Position, 2024-04-20] His release on the foreign-aid package, verified and quoted on the card.
  • [Context, 2024-12-11] His NDAA release highlighting joint exercises and cooperative missile-defense funding; defensive-systems detail held off the front.

U.S. aid to Palestinians

  • Nothing located as a distinct position at any date.

Characterization of the conflict

  • [Position, 2026-07-28] The Lincoln town hall, verified: civilian-populations and intelligence-partners remarks, quoted in the deep dive.
  • Two October 2023 statements are not on the card summary.

Related rhetoric and lobbying

Safety and antisemitism

  • [Position, 2026-07-28] The running-rampant remark at the Lincoln town hall, verified and quoted on the card.
  • [Position, 2026-02-03] His statement against the UNL divestment resolution, verified via Nebraska Public Media quoting his post.
  • [Action, 2023-08-28] A bipartisan campus-antisemitism letter naming him among signers is carried on colleague-site reprints; reported, not confirmed directly.

Race and status context

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

Also in this race

  1. ? Chris Backemeyer (Democrat)
  2. ✓ Nik Sandman (Libertarian)
  3. – Dan Hartong (Other)

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