But What Can You Do? tracks where 2026 candidates stand on U.S. weapons and funding for the government of Israel. How we check
Gabe Vasquez
- ✓ Cosponsors the Block the Bombs Act
- Backed with $3K by PACs we track that support U.S. weapons funding for the government of Israel (lifetime)
- Sits on House Armed Services
Vasquez voted in 2026 to cut $3.3 billion from U.S. aid to Israel, saying “hardworking New Mexicans’ tax dollars should not be spent on a blank check for Netanyahu’s far-right government”. In July 2025 he called for pausing all military assistance until a ceasefire, and welcomed the October 2025 ceasefire.
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Deep Dive
Vasquez has represented New Mexico’s 2nd District, a perennial swing seat, since 2023. His six recorded votes, mixed across the tracked bills, appear as badges on this card: No on three aid measures, Yes on the April 2024 supplemental, No on the amendment to cut $500 million for Israeli missile-defense programs, Yes on the 2026 amendment to cut $3.3 billion from aid to Israel.
His arc runs from conditional support to pause demands. After his April 2024 supplemental vote, he joined the New Mexico delegation’s letter urging that funding "remains strictly defensive in nature" and pressing for de-escalation and a ceasefire. By July 2025 he condemned what he called a starvation policy in Gaza, demanding the administration "immediately pause all military assistance until a ceasefire is reached" and sanction "Israeli officials who have ordered or condoned the killing of innocent civilians". In June 2026 he opposed NDAA language tying U.S. military priorities to Israel: "We cannot reward a nation responsible for mass civilian casualties in Gaza and constant violent aggression in the West Bank and Lebanon."
His July 2026 cutting vote came with the blank-check statement quoted on the card; Jewish Insider noted he was one of only two Democrats in Toss-Up districts to back the amendment. He welcomed the October 2025 ceasefire agreement. His October-November 2023 statements are on the research page; his own 2025 release describes him as the first member of New Mexico’s delegation to call for a ceasefire.
The record
Supported sending weapons or funding in 2 of 6 tracked votes · Cosponsors the Block the Bombs Act
House Committee on Armed Services
• Voted No on first Israel aid bill (Nov 2023), switched to Yes on $26.38B package (April 2024), then voted No on H.R. 8369 bomb delivery bill (May 2024). Boycotted Netanyahu's address to Congress. Called for ceasefire.
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 2 of 6 tracked votes.)
The money
$3K 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
- His recorded votes appear as badges on this card: No on H.R. 6126, Yes on H.R. 8034, No on H.R. 8369, No on H.R. 7217, No on the amendment to cut $500 million for Israeli missile-defense programs, Yes on the 2026 amendment to cut $3.3 billion from aid to Israel.
- [Position, 2024-04-26] The delegation letter release, verified: strictly-defensive funding and de-escalation.
- [Position, 2025-07-30] The pause-all-assistance release, verified and quoted in the deep dive.
- [Position, 2026-06-05] The NDAA release, verified.
- [Position, 2026-07-15] The cutting-amendment release, verified and quoted on the card; Jewish Insider’s vote analysis, verified, for the district context.
U.S. aid to Palestinians
- His humanitarian demands (aid access, starvation condemnation) appear within the 2025 release above; no separate aid-program position located outside that period.
Characterization of the conflict
- [Position, 2025-07-30] The starvation-policy release, verified: "intentional starvation of innocent children" framing.
- [Position, 2025-10-10] The ceasefire welcome, verified by his own release.
- His October 11, October 16, and November 16, 2023 statements are not on the card summary.
Related rhetoric and lobbying
- [Opposition attack, 2024-05-07] An NRCC release criticizing his silence on NMSU campus protests; a partisan committee attack, carried as such.
- Tracked committee support appears as a badge on this card.
Safety and antisemitism
- His October 2023 antisemitism remarks are not on the card summary; nothing located outside it.
Race and status context
- Sitting member, nominated, in a Toss-Up district. His Republican challenger’s card carries its own record.
Also in this race
- ✗Supports Greg Cunningham (Republican)
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