But What Can You Do? tracks where 2026 candidates stand on U.S. weapons and funding for the government of Israel. How we check
Steven Horsford
- ✓ Cosponsors the Block the Bombs Act
- Backed with $32K by PACs we track that support U.S. weapons funding for the government of Israel (lifetime)
Horsford voted for the 2026 amendment to cut aid to Israel, writing that “American taxpayer dollars should never be appropriated automatically or without accountability” while remaining “unwavering in my support for Israel’s right to exist and defend itself” and backing defensive systems. He backed the April 2024 supplemental.
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Deep Dive
Horsford has represented Nevada’s 4th District since 2019. His six recorded votes appear as badges on this card: Yes on the April 2024 supplemental, No on the other three aid measures, 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 July 2026 statement explains that pairing: "Congress has a responsibility to exercise meaningful oversight of U.S. military assistance provided to any country. American taxpayer dollars should never be appropriated automatically or without accountability", while stating the amendment does not affect "Israel’s critical defensive systems" and that he remains "unwavering in my support for Israel’s right to exist and defend itself".
In May 2024 he opposed the mandated-shipments bill as an attack on executive authority, in a statement that also called the Rafah operation "outsized to the level of threat, using bombs that can bring destruction to entire neighborhoods, harming and killing innocent civilians in Rafah and across Gaza", while calling Israel "our strongest ally and the only democracy in the Middle East". In March 2024 he told The Nevada Independent that "Israel absolutely has the right to defend itself" while stressing civilian protection, and in October 2024 he called for a ceasefire in a video message.
His October-December 2023 statements, including his Congressional Black Caucus statements as its then-chairman and a House floor speech on antisemitism, are on the research page. His June 2025 statement backing Israeli strikes on Iranian targets sits on the research page. Tracked committee support appears as badges on this card.
The record
Supported sending weapons or funding in 2 of 6 tracked votes · Cosponsors the Block the Bombs Act
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
$32K 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, 2026-07-15] The cutting-vote statement, verified and quoted on the card; his listing of specific defensive systems is held off the front.
- [Position, 2024-05-16] The mandated-shipments statement, verified.
- His November 2, 2023 statement on the IRS-offset bill is not on the card summary.
U.S. aid to Palestinians
- His humanitarian-pause and relief demands of November 2023 are not on the card summary; post-window, his civilian-protection demands appear within the statements above.
Characterization of the conflict
- [Position, 2024-05-16] The Rafah passage, verified and quoted in the deep dive.
- [Position, 2024-03-16] The Nevada Independent remarks, verified.
- [Position, 2024-10-01] His ceasefire-call video message; a YouTube source, not yet confirmed.
- [Iran, 2025-06-13] His statement backing Israeli strikes on Iranian military and nuclear targets ("inaction can cost lives" in the title, verified); Iran material, research page only.
Related rhetoric and lobbying
- [Reported, 2024-03-16] A reported Las Vegas meeting with AIPAC representatives, marked uncorroborated in the research; reported, not confirmed directly.
- Tracked committee support appears as badges on this card.
Safety and antisemitism
- His November 3, 2023 CBC statement condemning the surge in antisemitism and Islamophobia and his December 11, 2023 floor speech are not on the card summary.
- [Position, 2026-07-15] The same July 2026 statement reiterates his condemnation of the October 7 attacks and rejection of antisemitism in all forms, verified.
Race and status context
- Sitting member, nominated. His Republican challenger’s card carries its own record.
Also in this race
- –No Position Found Cody Whipple (Republican)
- –Research Underway Russell Best (Other)
- –Research Underway William Johnson (Other)
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