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

Marilyn Strickland

Democrat · U.S. House, Washington District 10
✗Supported sending weapons or funding in 3 of 6 tracked votes

Strickland backed the April 2024 package and rejected every amendment to cut aid to Israel, but opposed the February 2024 standalone bill: “my support for her right to defend herself against terrorists and their enablers is steadfast”, while refusing “a cynical political ploy that pits one democratic ally against others”.

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Deep Dive

Strickland has represented Washington’s 10th District since 2021. Her six recorded votes appear as badges on this card: Yes on the April 2024 supplemental, No on the other three aid measures, No on both amendments to cut aid to Israel.

Her February 2024 statement explains the pattern: steadfast support for Israel’s self-defense, paired with refusal to separate Israel funding from allies-and-humanitarian packages. Her April 2024 statement hopes for "a safe Palestinian state, free from Hamas rule" beside a secure Israel, calls Hamas "the greatest threat to the Palestinian people’s safety, right to self-determination and regional peace", and says the IDF "must do more to minimize deaths of innocent Palestinian civilians and aid workers".

Her alliance framing is long-standing: a May 2021 statement condemning Hamas rockets while mourning civilian deaths; 2020-21 interviews backing the relationship and the Abraham Accords. In May 2025 she signed the 41-Democrat statement organized by Democratic Majority for Israel, a group that backs pro-Israel Democrats, on hostages and aid; in 2025 she joined the Schneider-led letter pressing for restored humanitarian aid flow into Gaza. In September 2024 she signed the statement defending Michigan AG Nessel against antisemitic attacks, verified in the signer list, and in May 2026 met the Seattle JCRC’s fly-in delegation. Her November 8, 2023 river-to-the-sea statement and October 25, 2023 security-grant letter are on the research page; her March 2026 THAAD-inventory questioning is there too. AIPAC’s and DMFI’s tracked support appears as badges on this card.

The record

Supported sending weapons or funding in 3 of 6 tracked votes

Committees

House Committee on Armed Services

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 No
voted against 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

• 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 exactly half of their recorded tracked votes. The tie is broken by money this election cycle from a lobbying group we track and an endorsement from a group that backs sending weapons. (Supported sending weapons or funding in 3 of 6 tracked votes.)

The money

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

Lifetime support from the five lobbying groups we track
AIPAC PAC: $24,200 · DMFI: $2,000
Support-only OpenFEC data (as of 2026-10-03). Opposition independent expenditures are excluded.
Who these lobbying groups are
AIPAC$24,200The 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$2,000Democratic 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

“My support for her right to defend herself against terrorists and their enablers is steadfast. I will not, however, vote for a cynical political ploy that pits one democratic ally against others.”
Source ↗, 2024-02-06
“In control of Gaza since 2007, Hamas and their enablers are the greatest threat to the Palestinian people’s safety, right to self-determination and regional peace.”
Source ↗, 2024-04-12
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

U.S. aid to Palestinians

  • [Position, 2024-04-12] The April 2024 statement’s civilian-protection demand, verified.
  • [Action, 2025] The Schneider-led humanitarian-aid letter and the DMFI statement (verified with her in the signer list).

Characterization of the conflict

  • [Position, 2024-04-12] The war statement, verified and quoted in the deep dive.
  • [Position, 2021-05-18] The 2021 statement, verified.
  • [Prior positions, 2020-2021 and 2023-07] Jewish Insider and JNS interviews and the July 2023 joint statement (legitimate-homeland language); reported, not confirmed directly on unretrieved or colleague sources.
  • Her November 8, 2023 joint statement is not on the card summary.

Related rhetoric and lobbying

Safety and antisemitism

  • [Action, 2024-09-24] The Nessel-defense statement, verified with her named.
  • Her October 25, 2023 DHS/FBI security-grant letter is not on the card summary; later items (Black-Jewish Relations Caucus statement, social-media-content letter) are colleague-source reported, not confirmed directly.

Race and status context

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

Also in this race

  1. – Chris D. Chung (Republican)

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