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

Susie Lee

Democrat · U.S. House, Nevada District 3
✗Supported sending weapons or funding in 4 of 6 tracked votes

Lee backed both 2024 supplementals and rejected every amendment to cut aid to Israel, while opposing the mandated-shipments bill as “dangerous, divisive, and misguided”. In July 2025 she said “the starvation of innocent children is unbearable to watch”, pressing for a ceasefire and aid access.

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Deep Dive

Lee has represented Nevada’s 3rd District since 2019. Her six recorded votes appear as badges on this card: Yes on both 2024 supplemental aid bills, No on the 2023 IRS-offset bill and the mandated-shipments bill, No on both amendments to cut aid to Israel.

Her May 2024 vote against the Israel Security Assistance Support Act came with a statement calling it "a dangerous, divisive, and misguided bill that will tie both the U.S. and Israel’s hands at a time when coordination and flexibility are critical to dealing with Hamas, Iran, Hezbollah, and other terrorist groups who seek to destroy our ally and kill Jews." In March 2024 she told The Nevada Independent: "We could end the war right now if Hamas surrenders and returns hostages", backing a two-state solution and naming Gaza humanitarian assistance as what she wants in any aid package.

By July 2025 she paired continued defense-assistance support with the starvation quote on the card, and marking two years since October 7 she called it "the single deadliest day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust" while noting "Palestinians have also suffered unimaginable horrors". She welcomed the October 2025 ceasefire.

On campuses, her April 2024 statement said harassing Jewish students "is not legitimate discourse" and reminded universities that Title VI violations risk federal funding. AIPAC endorsed her in 2022; tracked support appears as badges on this card.

The record

Supported sending weapons or funding in 4 of 6 tracked votes

Committees

House Committee on Appropriations

Floor votes
H.R. 6126 - Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act2023-11-02 · Passed 226-196
✓ Voted No
voted against 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 No
voted against 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
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 4 of 6 tracked votes.)

The money

$34K in lifetime support from the five lobbying groups we track

Lifetime support from the five lobbying groups we track
AIPAC PAC: $27,900 · DMFI: $6,000
Support-only OpenFEC data (as of 2026-10-03). Opposition independent expenditures are excluded.
Who these lobbying groups are
AIPAC$27,900The 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.DMFI PAC$6,000Democratic Majority for Israel's PAC; calls itself the home for pro-Israel Democrats and backs Democratic candidates who support a strong U.S. alliance with 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 +1 more
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.DMFI PACDemocratic Majority for Israel's PAC; calls itself the home for pro-Israel Democrats and backs Democratic candidates who support a strong U.S. alliance with the government of Israel.These endorsements come from groups that back sending U.S. weapons and funding to the government of Israel.

In their words

“This is a dangerous, divisive, and misguided bill that will tie both the U.S. and Israel’s hands at a time when coordination and flexibility are critical to dealing with Hamas, Iran, Hezbollah, and other terrorist groups who seek to destroy our ally and kill Jews.”
Source ↗, 2024-05-16
“The starvation of innocent children is unbearable to watch. In addition to providing aid to Israel, the U.S. must be resolute in ensuring that food and medical supplies gets to people in need.”
Source ↗, 2025-07-28
Endorsements

AIPAC (2026 endorsement) · DMFI PAC (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 H.R. 6126, Yes on H.R. 8034, No on H.R. 8369, Yes on H.R. 7217, No on both amendments to cut aid to Israel.
  • [Position, 2024-05-16] The mandated-shipments statement, verified and quoted on the card.
  • [Position, 2024-02-06] Her standalone-supplemental statement, verified: backing security assistance while pressing for a broader bipartisan package.
  • Her November 4, 2023 statement on the IRS-offset bill is not on the card summary.

U.S. aid to Palestinians

  • [Position, 2025-07-28] The humanitarian-crisis statement, verified and quoted on the card.
  • [Position, 2024-03-16] Humanitarian assistance to Gaza as her stated requirement for aid packages, per The Nevada Independent.

Characterization of the conflict

Related rhetoric and lobbying

  • [Endorsement, 2022-04] AIPAC’s 2022 endorsement, which she welcomed on Facebook; the Facebook source is not yet confirmed, and tracked support appears as badges on this card.
  • Her criticism of Republican leadership for politicizing the alliance appears within the verified statements above.

Safety and antisemitism

Race and status context

  • Sitting member, nominated, in a swing district. Her Republican challenger’s card carries its own record.

Also in this race

  1. ? Marty O'Donnell (Republican)
  2. – Jon Kamerath (Other)

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