Is John McCain pro-Israel or pro-Palestine?

Where does John McCain stand on Israel?

John McCain (Republican, Arizona), a former member of the US Senate, has a pro-Israel record, with a net score of +36: 17 cosponsorships and 2 aligned floor votes on the pro-Israel side, with no recorded activity on the pro-Palestine side.

Net score breakdown

Weights: sponsoring a scored bill 3 points, authoring a scored amendment 3 points, cosponsoring a scored bill 2 points, an aligned floor vote 1 point.

Pro-Israel activity (additions): 17 cosponsored bills × 2 = 34 points; 2 aligned floor votes × 1 = 2 points. Subtotal: 36 points pro-Israel.
Net score: +36 pro-Israel (36 pro-Israel points minus 0 pro-Palestine points).

Campaign finance

No FEC campaign-finance totals available for this member yet.

Pro-Israel money

Hardline pro-Israel money supporting MCCAIN: $77,300 (2016, 0 PACs, 0 donors, 33 bundled).

Pro-Israel money spent AGAINST MCCAIN: $0. No tracked pro-Israel money spent against this member.

Where the supporting money comes from

PAC money: $0 (0%, routed + independent expenditures).
Individual donors: $0 (0%, 0 named individuals).
Bundled / earmarked: $77,300 (100%, 33 conduit donors).

Full committee and donor lists: Israel/Palestine campaign finance.

Scoring and classification: VoteLog methodology.

John McCain's Full Israel/Palestine Voting Record

Senator McCain, John, Republican of AZ. John McCain (R-AZ): pro-Israel record, net score +36 (36 pro-Israel vs 0 pro-Palestine points). Votes, sponsorships, and funding, sourced to Congress.gov and the FEC.

Israel/Palestine weighted score: +36 pro-Israel (36 pro-Israel points, 0 pro-Palestine points).

Israel/Palestine campaign finance · Full campaign-finance ledger

Cosponsored bills (19)

Roll-call votes (35)

S 3254: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013, voted Yea
HR 2055: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012, voted Nay
HR 5631: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2007, voted Yea
HR 3057: Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2006, voted Yea
S 2766: John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007, voted Yea
HR 4310: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013, voted Yea
SRES 65: A resolution strongly supporting the full implementation of United States and international sanctions on Iran and urging the President to continue to strengthen enforcement of sanctions legislation., voted Yea
HR 1473: Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011, voted Yea
S 1042: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006, voted Yea
HR 2506: Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2002, voted Yea
S 1026: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996, voted Nay
HR 1119: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998, voted Yea
S 936: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998, voted Yea
HR 2521: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1992, voted Nay
HR 5504: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1993, voted Yea
HR 5368: Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1993, voted Yea
HR 2295: Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1994, voted Yea
HR 3116: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1994, voted Nay
HR 4426: Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1995, voted Yea
HR 1868: Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1996, voted Yea
HR 1530: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996, voted Nay
S 1124: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996, voted Nay
S 1745: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997, voted Yea
HR 3610: Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act, 1997, voted Yea
HR 3540: Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1997, voted Yea
HR 3230: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997, voted Yea
HR 5010: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2003, voted Not Voting
HR 1757: Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1997, voted Yea
S 2522: Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2001, voted Yea
HR 2194: Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010, voted Yea
HR 644: Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015, voted Yea
HR 1735: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, voted Yea
S 1356: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, voted Yea
S 2943: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, voted Yea
HR 2029: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, voted Nay

Data last synced: 2026-10-22.