But What Can You Do? tracks where 2026 candidates stand on U.S. weapons and funding for the government of Israel. How we check
Claudia Tenney
- Backed with $28K by PACs we track that support U.S. weapons funding for the government of Israel (lifetime)
- Endorsed by AIPAC
Tenney sought a special counsel to investigate the 2024 pause in U.S. military aid shipments to Israel, calling it unlawful. Her 2026 Israel and Iran Plan proposes expanding joint U.S.-Israel defense capabilities.
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Deep Dive
Tenney represents New York’s 24th District and has an extensive legislative record on this.
In May 2024 she wrote to the Attorney General requesting a special counsel to investigate President Biden’s decision to pause certain military aid shipments to Israel, contending the delay violated the Impoundment Control Act of 1974. That is an unusual move: not an argument that the pause was unwise but that it was unlawful.
On August 7, 2026 she published her 2026 Israel and Iran Plan, setting out legislative priorities to enhance U.S.-Israel military cooperation and expand joint defense capabilities against Iranian threats. She has also led a resolution supporting Israeli strikes aimed at ending Iran’s nuclear programme.
Recorded votes on the tracked bills are shown separately on this card.
The record
Supported sending weapons or funding in 6 of 6 tracked votes
• 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
$28K in lifetime support from the five lobbying groups we track
In their words
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
- 2023-10-10 [Months after October 7, 2023; on this page only]: Introduced the "Operation Swords of Iron" Iron Dome Supplemental Appropriations Act, proposing $2 billion in federal funding to restock Israel’s Iron Dome.
- 2023-10-25 [Months after October 7, 2023]: Introduced legislation appropriating $14.056 billion in targeted security aid for Israel to advance its military capabilities against Hamas, Hezbollah and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
- 2024-05-15 [Current position]: Letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland requesting appointment of a special counsel to investigate the decision to pause certain military aid shipments to Israel, contending the delay violated the Impoundment Control Act of 1974. Independent local reporting, and the strongest source page on this card.
- 2026-08-07 [Current position]: Published her 2026 Israel and Iran Plan, with an accompanying release, highlighting legislative priorities to enhance U.S.-Israel military cooperation and expand joint defense capabilities against Iranian threats.
Characterization of the conflict
- 2023-10-10 [Months after October 7, 2023]: Characterised the October 7 attacks and the ensuing war; an initial search did not capture the specific wording.
- Undated [Current position]: Statement on the one-year anniversary of the attacks.
- Undated [Current position]: Led a resolution supporting Israel’s strikes to end Iran’s nuclear programme. About Iran rather than about what the U.S. sends to Israel, and recorded rather than used on the card.
Rhetoric and lobbying
- Nothing separable from the above.
Safety and antisemitism
- Nothing located.
What came back empty or unusable
- No statement located on U.S. aid to Palestinians, UNRWA or Gaza humanitarian funding.
- Her two largest and most specific appropriations proposals, $2bn and $14.056bn, both fall in the months after October 7, 2023. Note: they are legislative acts, not sentiments.
Also in this race
- ✓Opposes Alissa Ellman (Democrat)
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