Is Donald Payne pro-Israel or pro-Palestine?

Where does Donald Payne stand on Israel?

Donald Payne (Democrat, New Jersey), a former member of the US House, has a pro-Israel record, with a net score of +16: 6 cosponsorships and 4 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): 6 cosponsored bills × 2 = 12 points; 4 aligned floor votes × 1 = 4 points. Subtotal: 16 points pro-Israel.
Net score: +16 pro-Israel (16 pro-Israel points minus 0 pro-Palestine points).

Campaign finance

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

Pro-Israel money

No hardline pro-Israel money tracked supporting or opposing PAYNE.

Liberal pro-Israel (J Street) money: $6,000, tracked in its own tier and not included in the hardline total.

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

Scoring and classification: VoteLog methodology.

Donald Payne's Full Israel/Palestine Voting Record

Rep. Payne, Donald, Democrat of NJ. Donald Payne (D-NJ): pro-Israel record, net score +16 (16 pro-Israel vs 0 pro-Palestine points). Votes, sponsorships, and funding, sourced to Congress.gov and the FEC.

Israel/Palestine weighted score: +16 pro-Israel (16 pro-Israel points, 0 pro-Palestine points).

Israel/Palestine campaign finance · Full campaign-finance ledger

Cosponsored bills (8)

HCONRES 61: Supporting Israeli democracy. (pro-Israel)
HRES 92: Recognizing Israel as America's legitimate and democratic ally and condemning antisemitism. (pro-Israel)
HR 3103: Defending the Human Rights of Palestinian Children and Families Living Under Israeli Military Occupation Act (pro-Palestine)
HRES 771: Standing with Israel as it defends itself against the barbaric war launched by Hamas and other terrorists. (pro-Israel)
HR 5665: Combating International Islamophobia Act (neutral)
HR 6829: EMPIL–DOC Act (pro-Israel)
HR 850: Nuclear Iran Prevention Act of 2013 (pro-Israel)
HR 938: United States-Israel Strategic Partnership Act of 2014 (pro-Israel)

Roll-call votes (40)

HR 6157: Department of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act, 2019 and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019, voted Yea
HR 5665: Combating International Islamophobia Act, voted Yea
HRES 1102: Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 2882, with an amendment., voted Yea
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 Nay
HR 6126: Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024, voted Nay
HR 7217: Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024, voted Nay
HR 4665: Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024, voted Nay
HR 8034: Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024, voted Not Voting
HR 5323: Iron Dome Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022, voted Yea
HR 5293: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2017, voted Nay
HR 850: Nuclear Iran Prevention Act of 2013, voted Nay
S 1635: Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017, voted Yea
HR 644: Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015, voted Nay
HR 938: United States-Israel Strategic Partnership Act of 2014, voted Yea
HR 1992: Israel QME Enhancement Act, voted Yea
HR 4411: Hezbollah International Financing Prevention Act of 2014, 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
HCONRES 57: Expressing the sense of Congress supporting the State of Israel., voted Not Voting
HRES 771: Standing with Israel as it defends itself against the barbaric war launched by Hamas and other terrorists., voted Not Voting
HR 6679: No Immigration Benefits for Hamas Terrorists Act, voted Yea
HR 2297: Hizballah International Financing Prevention Act of 2015, voted Yea
HRES 888: Reaffirming the State of Israel's right to exist., voted Yea
HR 340: Hamas and Other Palestinian Terrorist Groups International Financing Prevention Act, voted Yea
HRES 729: Expressing support for the expeditious consideration and finalization of a new, robust, and long-term Memorandum of Understanding on military assistance to Israel between the United States Government and the Government of Israel., voted Not Voting
HR 2471: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022, voted Yea
HR 2882: Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024, voted Yea
HR 2670: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024, voted Nay
HR 7776: James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, voted Yea
S 1605: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022, voted Nay
HR 4310: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013, voted Nay
HR 2029: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, voted Yea
HR 1911: Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Act of 2018, voted Yea
S 1790: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020, voted Yea
HR 133: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, voted Yea
HR 1735: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, voted Nay
HR 221: Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Act, voted Not Voting
S 1356: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, voted Nay
S 2943: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, voted Yea
HR 2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, voted Yea
HJRES 31: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019, voted Yea

Data last synced: 2026-10-22.