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

Greg Landsman

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

Landsman opposes conditioning aid, telling an interviewer that withholding it would "undermine" Israel "in a way that is really significant." He called the April 2024 package leverage "to get all the aid in" to Gaza.

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Deep Dive

Landsman has represented Ohio's 1st District, centred on Cincinnati, since 2023.

He is one of the House Democrats arguing publicly against his own party's critics on this question. Jewish Insider reported in October 2025 that he said withholding aid from Israel would "undermine" the country "in a way that is really significant," under a headline describing him as hitting Democratic critics of Israel and laying out a path to rebuild support.

His April 2024 statement frames the vote in both directions at once. On Israel: "In 75 years, this is arguably one of the most significant votes in the history of the state of Israel." On Gaza: "The bills also include billions in humanitarian aid for Sudan, Ukraine, and Gaza. In Gaza, this gives us even more leverage to get all the aid in and to every corner of the strip. This is absolutely critical and we must get it done."

In February 2024 he criticised standalone Israel bills that excluded humanitarian assistance for Palestinians. We could not open that letter, so it is summarised rather than quoted.

His recorded votes appear as badges on this card, and the April 2024 statement is his own explanation of one of them.

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

• Voted Yes on every weapons package - all three House bills. One of only 22 Democrats who voted to censure Rep. Tlaib for criticizing the government of Israel. One of only 16 Democrats who voted to force delivery of 2,000-lb bombs after Biden paused the shipment.

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

$26K in lifetime support from the five lobbying groups we track

Career signals
Endorsed by a group we track that supports U.S. weapons funding for the government of Israel
Lifetime support from the five lobbying groups we track
AIPAC PAC: $20,000 · DMFI: $6,000
Support-only OpenFEC data (as of 2026-10-03). Opposition independent expenditures are excluded.
Who these lobbying groups are
AIPAC$20,000The 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.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

“In 75 years, this is arguably one of the most significant votes in the history of the state of Israel.”
Source ↗, 2024-04-20
“In Gaza, this gives us even more leverage to get all the aid in and to every corner of the strip. This is absolutely critical and we must get it done.”
Source ↗, 2024-04-20
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

  • [Position, 2025-10-01] Jewish Insider, opened and confirmed word for word. The outlet's subheading: "The Ohio Democrat said that withholding aid from Israel would 'undermine' the country 'in a way that is really significant'." The quoted fragments are his, reported inside the outlet's sentence, and the card presents them that way rather than as a continuous quotation from him.
  • [Position, 2024-04-20] His statement on the national security and global aid votes, opened and confirmed word for word: "In 75 years, this is arguably one of the most significant votes in the history of the state of Israel. The bills also include billions in humanitarian aid for Sudan, Ukraine, and Gaza. In Gaza, this gives us even more leverage to get all the aid in and to every corner of the strip. This is absolutely critical and we must get it done." The statement opens on Russia, Iran and China "empire building."
  • [Position, 2024-02-07, reported] Criticised standalone Israel aid bills excluding humanitarian assistance for Palestinians as an attempt to "embarrass Democrats" (Business Insider). Not opened.
  • [Position, 2026-02-25, reported] Said targeted strikes on Iranian ballistic missile depots "may very well save lives" (Jewish Insider). Not opened.
  • [Undated] His own Israel resources page, cited twice by the research, and a statement on unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state. Not opened.
  • His recorded votes appear as badges on this card.

U.S. aid to Palestinians

  • [Position, 2024-04-20] "In Gaza, this gives us even more leverage to get all the aid in and to every corner of the strip. This is absolutely critical and we must get it done" (confirmed verbatim, above). This is a position in favour of humanitarian aid stated in the same breath as support for the military package, and the card keeps both.
  • [Position, 2024-02, reported] Opposed Israel-only packages that excluded humanitarian assistance.

Characterization of the conflict

  • [After October 7, 2023-11-15, reported] Wrote to constituents, as reported, that the conflict is awful and that two images were etched in his mind, bloodstained walls above a toddler's bed in Israel and a terrified toddler in the rubble in Gaza. Source not readable, so summarised rather than quoted (his letter, cited three times). From the weeks right after October 7; not used on the card. Not opened.
  • [After October 7, 2024-01-12, reported] Wrote, as reported, that while he denounced extremist remarks by some Israeli officials, the elimination of the Palestinian people is not Israel's intent but rather the elimination of the threat posed by Hamas. Source not readable, so summarised rather than quoted (his January letter). Dated inside the weeks right after October 7 by two weeks. Not opened.
  • [Position, 2024-03, reported] After travelling to Egypt, Jordan and Israel he is reported to have said he hates the war and wants it to end. The research's source is a Reddit thread in which a constituent posts an email reply, cited twice. **A third party's posting of correspondence is not a citable statement of his**, and the quote is not used on the card.
  • [Prior, 2023-08-06, reported] In floor remarks praised Israel as "one of the most inclusive & progressive democracies in the world." Prior band.
  • [Position, 2025-10-09] Signal Ohio coverage of criticism he faces from the left over Gaza, cited twice. Third-party reporting; not opened.

Related rhetoric and lobbying

  • [After October 7, 2023-11-16, reported] Defended his vote to censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib over her use of "from the river to the sea," telling CityBeat it was his responsibility to "stand up to the more extreme folks" (CityBeat). From the weeks right after October 7. Not opened.
  • [Undated] Two advocacy sources were returned, JACPAC and Jewish Virtual Library. Consulted, never card sources.

Safety and antisemitism (context)

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