Who voted to send dollars to israel
Executive summary
The question of "who voted to send dollars to Israel" breaks into two parts: specific House roll calls on standalone Israel aid measures and the later, larger congressional supplemental that bundled Israel funding with aid for Ukraine, Taiwan and humanitarian assistance. In the November 2023 House vote, most House Republicans plus a small group of Democrats backed a $14.3 billion Israel-only package (226–196), while subsequent congressional action in spring 2024 saw a broader, bipartisan national security supplemental clear the Senate and move through the House [1] [2] [3] [4].
1. The November 2023 House vote — Republicans united, a dozen Democrats crossed over, two GOP dissenters
On November 2–3, 2023 the House approved an Israel-only bill that provided roughly $14.3 billion in assistance by a 226–196 margin, a largely party-line tally in which 214 Republicans and twelve Democrats voted for the measure while two Republicans voted against it (Reps. Thomas Massie and Marjorie Taylor Greene), and 196 members opposed it (largely Democrats) [5] [1] [2]. House Republican leaders engineered the standalone vote by pairing Israel aid with offsets trimming IRS funding, a maneuver Democrats called a "poison pill" and which helped produce the cross-party split: twelve Democrats joined Republicans to pass the bill; two Republicans broke with their party to oppose it [5] [1] [6].
2. Why the November bill split the House — politics of offsets and presidential opposition
The November measure’s structure—funding for Israel offset by IRS cuts—was central to who voted for it and who opposed it: Republicans argued offsets were necessary to pay for the aid, while Democrats denounced the IRS cuts as politically motivated and deficit-increasing, and President Biden threatened a veto and urged passage of a broader package instead [1] [6]. The Congressional Budget Office warned the combination of IRS cuts and Israel aid would add nearly $30 billion to the deficit, an accounting detail frequently cited by opponents and relevant to why some Democrats opposed the standalone measure [1].
3. The spring 2024 supplemental — a broader, more bipartisan outcome
After months of stalemate, Congress moved later to a comprehensive national security supplemental that combined assistance for Israel, Ukraine, Taiwan and humanitarian aid; the Senate approved that supplemental by wide margins (accounts cite votes such as 79–18 and 70–29 on related measures), reflecting substantial bipartisan support in the upper chamber and pressuring House passage to follow for the consolidated package [3] [7] [4]. When the House ultimately voted on the larger package in April 2024 it did so after leadership marshaled Democratic votes to overcome intra-GOP divisions that had earlier blocked stand‑alone aid [4] [3].
4. Who specifically switched or objected — numbers not full names in available reporting
Reporting assembled lists of how many lawmakers crossed party lines—twelve House Democrats backing the November standalone bill, two Republicans opposing it, and larger coalitions for and against the later supplemental—but the provided sources do not publish full roll-call name lists within these snippets; the Responsible Statecraft and C-SPAN summaries relay the vote counts and notable dissenters (Massie, Greene) while Responsible Statecraft and other outlets cataloged groups of Democrats who later approved the supplemental amid qualms [5] [2] [3]. The Congressional Research Service and Congress.gov maintain detailed roll-call tables for researchers seeking every member’s recorded vote [8] [9].
5. Executive action and congressional review — dollars and weapons can move without a simple roll call
Beyond floor votes, administrations can expedite or transfer arms and lethal assistance under statutory authorities and notification processes that bypass an immediate up-or-down congressional appropriation vote; reporting notes examples of State Department decisions to send weaponry and the statutory 15‑day review thresholds for major transfers, meaning some aid flows to Israel via executive decisions and foreign military sales that are subject to congressional review but not always a direct funding vote [10] [11]. Those mechanisms are part of the fuller answer to “who” ultimately enabled dollars and materiel to reach Israel: sometimes Congress via appropriations votes, sometimes the executive branch via statutory authorities and notifications [11] [10].
6. Bottom line — who voted
In short: the November 2023 House Israel-only bill passed with most House Republicans and twelve Democrats voting “yes” (226–196), with two Republicans (Massie and Greene) notably voting “no” [5] [1] [2]; later, a broader national security supplemental that included substantial Israel funding passed the Senate with large bipartisan margins and moved through the House after leaders cobbled together cross‑party support [3] [4]. For exact roll‑call names and how each member voted, the official roll-call records compiled at Congress.gov and the CRS tables are the definitive sources [8] [9].