How did Representative Abigail Spanberger vote on H.R. 6986 Israel assistance 2024?

1. Conflicting Bill Numbers and the Central Uncertainty

The materials submitted present inconsistent bill identifiers for what appears to be related Israel-assistance measures. Some sources record a roll call and vote totals identifying the Israel aid measure as H.R. 8034, with a roll-call on April 20, 2024, showing Representative Spanberger voted “Yea” ^{[1] [2]}. Other analyses and summaries reference an Israel assistance package as H.R. 6986 while reporting similar vote margins (366–58) and funding amounts, but they do not tie Spanberger’s name to that specific bill number ^[3]. This mismatch is the core reason a definitive statement about H.R. 6986 cannot be made from the supplied files alone, despite multiple references to an Israel aid vote in April 2024.

2. Direct Roll-Call Evidence: Spanberger’s Recorded “Yea” on H.R. 8034

The clearest roll-call record in the provided set lists H.R. 8034, the Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024, and explicitly shows Representative Spanberger voting “Yea” on April 20, 2024 ^{[1] [2]}. That official roll call lists 366 yeas and 58 nays overall and includes a complete member tally that names Spanberger among the affirmative votes. If H.R. 8034 is the operative legislative vehicle for the April vote widely described in these sources, then Spanberger’s position on the congressional record is established as supportive of that supplemental package ^[2].

3. Narrative Summaries Reference H.R. 6986 but Lack Member-Level Detail

A separate summary narrative describes a House passage of an Israel aid bill with a $14.3 billion Israel package, humanitarian funding, and similar vote totals—attributes that match the H.R. 8034 record—but cites the bill as H.R. 6986 and does not list Spanberger’s individual vote ^[3]. This suggests some outlets or summaries may have conflated or misattributed bill numbers when reporting the same legislative action. Because the narrative contains high-level totals and policy descriptions without a roll-call roster, it cannot substitute for the official roll-call document in establishing how a named member voted on that specific bill number.

4. Inconclusive earlier analyses and missing direct references

Some supplied analyses explicitly note that the available sources do not mention H.R. 6986 and therefore cannot verify Spanberger’s vote on that bill, while separately documenting her overall 2024 voting statistics without this specific entry ^{[4] [5] [6]}. Those assessments reinforce that the dataset provided contains fragmented coverage: an authoritative roll call for H.R. 8034 with Spanberger’s “Yea,” alongside other records and summaries that reference an Israel aid bill under a different number or omit member-level data entirely ^{[4] [5]}.

5. How to reconcile the record and what remains unresolved

The most defensible conclusion from these materials is that Spanberger voted for the Israel supplemental identified in the House roll call as H.R. 8034 ^{[1] [2]}. The unresolved element is whether the same legislative action was elsewhere labeled H.R. 6986 in reporting; that discrepancy prevents affirmation that Spanberger voted on a bill formally numbered H.R. 6986 without consulting an external authoritative roll-call database or the Congressional Record for that exact bill number ^{[3] [4]}.

6. Recommended next steps to close the gap and verify definitively

To resolve this definitively, consult the official House roll-call archives or the Congressional Record entry for H.R. 6986 and H.R. 8034 for April–May 2024; those primary records will show whether the vote identified in the roll call for H.R. 8034 corresponds to any separate bill labeled H.R. 6986 and will list Spanberger’s vote under the exact bill number ^{[2] [3]}. Given the current evidence, the responsible, fact-based position is to report Spanberger’s recorded “Yea” on the April 20 roll call for H.R. 8034 while noting that the supplied sources do not independently verify her vote on H.R. 6986 ^{[1] [2] [3]}.