Banks, Jim (R-Indiana)

Senator Banks, Jim, Republican of Indiana. Senator Banks, Jim (Republican-Indiana): pro-Israel +52 on Israel/Palestine. Sponsored bills, cosponsorships, and roll-call votes sourced from Congress.go…

Israel/Palestine weighted score: pro-Israel +52 — 52 pro-Israel points, 0 pro-Palestine points.

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Sponsored bills (2)

• S 2216 — Weapons Resupply, Stockpile, and Alliance–Israel Act (pro-Israel)
• HR 6113 — Israel Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2023 (neutral)

Cosponsored bills (18)

• S 1128 — Stop Taxpayer Funding of Hamas Act (pro-Israel)
• HR 5959 — GAZA Act (pro-Israel)
• HR 5918 — Operation Swords of Iron Iron Dome Supplemental Appropriations Act (pro-Israel)
• HRES 777 — Urging the Biden administration to demand the release of all hostages in Gaza. (pro-Israel)
• S 3855 — United States-Israel Framework for Upgraded Technologies, Unified Research, and Enhanced Security (FUTURES) Act of 2026 (pro-Israel)
• HR 3685 — Hamas International Financing Prevention Act (pro-Israel)
• HRES 768 — Standing with Israel as it defends itself against the barbaric war launched by Hamas and other terrorists. (pro-Israel)
• HRES 771 — Standing with Israel as it defends itself against the barbaric war launched by Hamas and other terrorists. (pro-Israel)
• HR 3515 — Preventing Anti-Semitic Hate Crimes Act (pro-Israel)
• HR 6829 — EMPIL–DOC Act (pro-Israel)
• HR 1372 — To clarify that it is United States policy to recognize Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights. (pro-Israel)
• HR 2856 — Combating BDS Act of 2017 (pro-Israel)
• HR 1697 — Israel Anti-Boycott Act (pro-Israel)
• HRES 570 — Affirming the historical connection of the Jewish people to the ancient and sacred city of Jerusalem and condemning efforts at the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to deny Judaism's millennia-old historical, religious, and cultural ties to Jerusalem. (pro-Israel)
• HR 6090 — Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2023 (pro-Israel)
• S 556 — Enhanced Iran Sanctions Act of 2025 (pro-Israel)
• SRES 438 — A resolution condemning the brutal Hamas-led terrorist attack on the State of Israel on October 7, 2023, and supporting an outcome that ensures the forever survival of Israel, the complete denial of Hamas's ability to reconstitute in the region, and the release of all the remaining hostages from the Gaza Strip, including two United States citizens. (pro-Israel)
• S 554 — United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025 (pro-Israel)

Roll-call votes (25)

• HRES 845 — Censuring Representative Rashida Tlaib for promoting false narratives regarding the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel and for calling for the destruction of the state of Israel. — voted Yea
• SJRES 138 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to the Government of Israel of certain defense articles and services. — voted Nay
• SJRES 41 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed export of certain defense articles to Israel. — voted Nay
• SJRES 34 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to the Government of Israel of certain defense articles and services. — voted Nay
• SJRES 33 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to the Government of Israel of certain defense articles and services. — voted Nay
• SJRES 32 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to the Government of Israel of certain defense articles and services. — voted Nay
• HR 6679 — No Immigration Benefits for Hamas Terrorists Act — voted Yea
• HR 1911 — Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Act of 2018 — voted Yea
• HR 6126 — Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 — voted Yea
• HR 7217 — Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 — voted Yea
• HR 8034 — Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 — voted Yea
• HR 340 — Hamas and Other Palestinian Terrorist Groups International Financing Prevention Act — voted Yea
• HR 5179 — Anti-BDS Labeling Act — voted Yea
• HR 4665 — Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024 — voted Yea
• HRES 1102 — Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 2882, with an amendment. — voted Nay
• HR 2471 — Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 — voted Nay
• HR 2882 — Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 — voted Nay
• HR 2670 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 — voted Yea
• HR 5323 — Iron Dome Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022 — voted Yea
• HR 221 — Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Act — voted Yea
• HCONRES 57 — Expressing the sense of Congress supporting the State of Israel. — voted Yea
• HR 6090 — Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2023 — voted Yea
• HRES 559 — Declaring it is the policy of the United States that a nuclear Islamic Republic of Iran is not acceptable. — voted Yea
• HRES 771 — Standing with Israel as it defends itself against the barbaric war launched by Hamas and other terrorists. — voted Yea
• HRES 888 — Reaffirming the State of Israel's right to exist. — voted Yea