Is Eliot Engel pro-Israel or pro-Palestine?

Where does Eliot Engel stand on Israel?

Eliot Engel (Democrat, New York), a former member of the US House, has a pro-Israel record, with a net score of +134: 3 sponsored bills, 55 cosponsorships, and 15 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): 3 sponsored bills × 3 = 9 points; 55 cosponsored bills × 2 = 110 points; 15 aligned floor votes × 1 = 15 points. Subtotal: 134 points pro-Israel.
Net score: +134 pro-Israel (134 pro-Israel points minus 0 pro-Palestine points).

Campaign finance

2022 cycle, source: FEC. Total raised: not yet reported by FEC. Total spent: $24,364. Cash on hand: $0.

Pro-Israel money

Hardline pro-Israel money supporting ENGEL: $1,318,146 (2014–2020, 4 PACs, 0 donors, 443 bundled).

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

Where the supporting money comes from

PAC money: $931,648 (71%, routed + independent expenditures).
Individual donors: $0 (0%, 0 named individuals).
Bundled / earmarked: $386,498 (29%, 443 conduit donors).

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

Scoring and classification: VoteLog methodology.

Eliot Engel's Full Israel/Palestine Voting Record

Rep. Engel, Eliot L., Democrat of NY. Eliot Engel (D-NY): pro-Israel record, net score +134 (134 pro-Israel vs 0 pro-Palestine points). Votes, sponsorships, and funding, sourced to Congress.gov and the FEC.

Israel/Palestine weighted score: +134 pro-Israel (134 pro-Israel points, 0 pro-Palestine points).

Israel/Palestine campaign finance · Full campaign-finance ledger

Cosponsored bills (61)

Roll-call votes (39)

HR 6157: Department of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act, 2019 and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019, voted Yea
HR 850: Nuclear Iran Prevention Act of 2013, voted Yea
HR 5293: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2017, voted Nay
S 1635: Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017, voted Yea
HR 3222: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2008, voted Yea
HR 938: United States-Israel Strategic Partnership Act of 2014, voted Yea
HR 644: Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015, voted Nay
HR 1992: Israel QME Enhancement Act, voted Yea
HR 4411: Hezbollah International Financing Prevention Act of 2014, voted Yea
HR 2297: Hizballah International Financing Prevention Act of 2015, 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 Yea
HRES 535: Honoring the life, legacy, and example of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin on the tenth anniversary of his death., voted Yea
HR 5010: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2003, voted Yea
HR 2506: Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2002, voted Yea
HR 5631: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2007, voted Yea
HRES 282: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding manifestations of anti-Semitism by United Nations member states and urging action against anti-Semitism by United Nations officials, United Nations member states, and the Government of the United States, and for other purposes., voted Yea
HR 3057: Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2006, voted Yea
HCONRES 338: Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the activities of Islamist terrorist organizations in the Western Hemisphere., voted Not Voting
HCONRES 322: Recognizing the 60th anniversary of the founding of the modern State of Israel and reaffirming the bonds of close friendship and cooperation between the United States and Israel., voted Yea
HR 2194: Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010, voted Yea
HR 5327: United States-Israel Rocket and Missile Defense Cooperation and Support Act, voted Not Voting
HR 4133: United States-Israel Enhanced Security Cooperation Act of 2012, voted Yea
HR 5856: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013, voted Yea
HR 2055: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 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 Yea
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 2219: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2012, voted Yea
HR 1473: Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011, voted Nay
HR 4310: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013, voted Yea
HR 6018: Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2013, voted Yea
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 Nay
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 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
HJRES 31: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019, voted Yea

Data last synced: 2026-10-22.