Rep. Walsh, Joe [R-IL-8] (R-IL)

Rep. Rep. Walsh, Joe [R-IL-8], Republican of IL. Rep. Rep. Walsh, Joe [R-IL-8] (Republican-IL): pro-Israel +15 on Israel/Palestine. Sponsored bills, cosponsorships, and roll-call votes sourced from Congr…

Israel/Palestine weighted score: pro-Israel +15 — 18 pro-Israel points, 3 pro-Palestine points.

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Sponsored bills (3)

• HR 1501 — To withhold United States contributions to the United Nations until the United Nations formally retracts the final report of the "United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict". (pro-Israel)
• HR 2457 — Palestinian Accountability Act (pro-Israel)
• HRES 394 — Supporting Israel's right to annex Judea and Samaria in the event that the Palestinian Authority continues to press for unilateral recognition of Palestinian statehood at the United Nations. (pro-Palestine)

Cosponsored bills (8)

• HR 5303 — Palestinian Peace Promotion and Anti-Incitement Act (neutral)
• HR 1006 — Jerusalem Embassy and Recognition Act of 2011 (pro-Israel)
• HRES 270 — Reaffirming United States principles regarding the security of Israel and peace in the Middle East. (neutral)
• HR 1514 — To limit United States assistance to Egypt unless Egypt is honoring its commitments under the 1979 peace treaty between Egypt and Israel. (neutral)
• HRES 271 — Expressing support for the State of Israel's right to defend Israeli sovereignty, to protect the lives and safety of the Israeli people, and to use all means necessary to confront and eliminate nuclear threats posed by the Islamic Republic of Iran, including the use of military force if no other peaceful solution can be found within reasonable time to protect against such an immediate and existential threat to the State of Israel. (pro-Israel)
• HCONRES 115 — Recognizing the 64th anniversary of the independence of the State of Israel. (pro-Israel)
• HR 2829 — United Nations Transparency, Accountability, and Reform Act of 2011 (pro-Israel)
• HRES 268 — Reaffirming the United States' commitment to a negotiated settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through direct Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, and for other purposes. (pro-Israel)

Roll-call votes (9)

• HRES 268 — Reaffirming the United States' commitment to a negotiated settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through direct Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, and for other purposes. — voted Yea
• HR 440 — To provide for the establishment of the Special Envoy to Promote Religious Freedom of Religious Minorities in the Near East and South Central Asia. — voted Nay
• HR 5856 — Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013 — voted Yea
• HR 1473 — Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 — voted Nay
• HR 2219 — Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2012 — voted Yea
• HR 6018 — Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2013 — voted Nay
• HR 2244 — To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 67 Castle Street in Geneva, New York, as the "Corporal Steven Blaine Riccione Post Office". — voted Yea
• HR 4133 — United States-Israel Enhanced Security Cooperation Act of 2012 — voted Yea
• HR 3992 — To allow otherwise eligible Israeli nationals to receive E-2 nonimmigrant visas if similarly situated United States nationals are eligible for similar nonimmigrant status in Israel. — voted Not Voting