Is Arlen Specter pro-Israel or pro-Palestine?

Where does Arlen Specter stand on Israel?

Arlen Specter (Republican, Pennsylvania), a former member of the US Senate, has a pro-Israel record, with a net score of +51: 2 sponsored bills, 22 cosponsorships, and 1 aligned floor vote 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): 2 sponsored bills × 3 = 6 points; 22 cosponsored bills × 2 = 44 points; 1 aligned floor vote × 1 = 1 point. Subtotal: 51 points pro-Israel.
Net score: +51 pro-Israel (51 pro-Israel points minus 0 pro-Palestine points).

Campaign finance

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Pro-Israel money

No tracked pro-Israel PAC money or individual donors for this member.

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

Scoring and classification: VoteLog methodology.

Arlen Specter's Full Israel/Palestine Voting Record

Senator Specter, Arlen, Republican of PA. Arlen Specter (R-PA): pro-Israel record, net score +51 (51 pro-Israel vs 0 pro-Palestine points). Votes, sponsorships, and funding, sourced to Congress.gov and the FEC.

Israel/Palestine weighted score: +51 pro-Israel (51 pro-Israel points, 0 pro-Palestine points).

Israel/Palestine campaign finance · Full campaign-finance ledger

Cosponsored bills (22)

Roll-call votes (25)

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
S 1042: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006, voted Yea
S 1026: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996, voted Yea
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 2506: Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2002, voted Yea
HR 2521: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1992, voted Yea
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 Yea
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 Yea
S 1124: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996, voted Yea
S 1745: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997, voted Nay
HR 3610: Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act, 1997, voted Nay
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 Nay
HR 5010: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2003, voted Yea
HR 1757: Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1997, voted Nay
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

Data last synced: 2026-10-22.