Did Jasmine Crockett support or oppose specific 2023-2025 congressional votes on aid to Israel?
Executive summary
Jasmine Crockett opposed at least one standalone Israel aid bill in 2023, but subsequently voted for larger, multi-country supplemental packages and pro-Israel resolutions in 2024–2025, drawing criticism from progressive and Palestinian-rights advocates and pushback from Crockett that her votes secured humanitarian aid beyond Israel [1] [2] [3] [4]. Public reporting shows a mixed record: opposition to a November 2, 2023 Republican-drafted Israel-only measure, and later support for bills and resolutions that included military assistance to Israel alongside aid for other countries [1] [2] [3] [4].
1. The November 2023 break: voting against a Republican Israel-only package
On November 2, 2023, Crockett publicly announced she voted against the Israel aid package advanced by Speaker Johnson and House Republicans, calling it “partisan, inadequate, and fiscally irresponsible,” a rejection of the standalone Republican proposal that became a flashpoint for Democratic dissent [1]. That vote is framed in her own office’s press release as principled opposition to a GOP-crafted, Israel-only bill rather than an absolute refusal to fund Israel under any circumstance [1].
2. Subsequent votes: backing multi-item supplementals and pro-Israel resolutions
Reporting and aggregated voting summaries show Crockett later voted for larger supplemental measures and for House resolutions that expressed support for Israel’s security; those actions include affirmative votes on an April/2024 supplemental (reported as H.R. 8034 in some sources) that bundled Israel funding with humanitarian and other international aid, and she is recorded as voting for H.Res.771 and related resolutions that “stand with Israel” in the aftermath of Hamas’s October attacks [2] [3]. Observers note she supported foreign-aid packages that contained military assistance to Israel while Democrats negotiated inclusion of Gaza and other humanitarian funding as part of the deal [2] [5].
3. Criticism, defense, and the political context
Progressive outlets and Palestinian-rights groups interpret Crockett’s later votes as support for Israel’s military campaign and have included her on low marks and critical lists, arguing that Democratic yes votes supplied the margin for fast-tracked military assistance [6] [7]. Crockett and some sympathetic accounts counter that Democratic votes were aimed at leveraging Republicans to include humanitarian aid for Gaza, Haiti, and other needs, and she has said her April supplemental vote was not limited to Israel and that Democrats secured broader assistance amid Republican control of the House [4] [5]. The conflict in interpretations reflects the broader political tradeoff: rejecting narrow, GOP-written Israel-only bills while accepting omnibus or conditional packages that include Israel aid plus other items [1] [2] [4].
4. What the sources confirm — and what remains incomplete
Available reporting confirms at least one explicit “no” on the November 2, 2023 GOP Israel package and confirms later affirmative votes on supplemental bills and pro-Israel resolutions through 2024–2025 as reported by news outlets, watchdogs, and Crockett’s office [1] [2] [3]. Sources diverge on emphasis and framing: advocacy pieces portray votes as complicity in military funding [6] [2], while Crockett’s statements stress coalition bargaining to protect humanitarian funding [4]. Public vote-tracking repositories like Vote Smart catalog votes and can provide the precise roll-call history for each bill cited [8], but the provided reporting here does not include an exhaustive, line-by-line roll call of every Israel-related measure from 2023–2025; therefore, definitive enumeration of every single vote in that period requires consulting official congressional roll-call records or Vote Smart directly [8].