Is Sheldon Whitehouse pro-Israel or pro-Palestine?

Where does Sheldon Whitehouse stand on Israel?

Sheldon Whitehouse (Democrat, Rhode Island) is tied for the 60th most pro-Israel record in the US Senate, with a net score of +25: 13 cosponsorships and 11 aligned floor votes on the pro-Israel side, against 4 cosponsorships and 4 votes 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): 13 cosponsored bills × 2 = 26 points; 11 aligned floor votes × 1 = 11 points. Subtotal: 37 points pro-Israel.
• Pro-Palestine activity (deduction): 4 cosponsored bills × 2 = 8 points; 4 aligned floor votes × 1 = 4 points. Subtotal: 12 points pro-Palestine.
• Net score: +25 pro-Israel (37 pro-Israel points minus 12 pro-Palestine points).

Campaign finance

2026 cycle, source: FEC, filings through 2026-09-30. Total raised: $652,856. Total spent: $801,720. Cash on hand: $1,116,523.

Pro-Israel money

Hardline pro-Israel money supporting Whitehouse: $213,540 (2018–2026, 2 PACs, 17 donors, 102 bundled).

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

Where the supporting money comes from

• PAC money: $20,000 (9%, routed + independent expenditures).
• Individual donors: $54,190 (16%, 17 named individuals), of which $19,700 was routed through conduits and is counted once, under bundled.
• Bundled / earmarked: $159,050 (74%, 102 conduit donors).

How the buckets add up to $213,540: PAC money $20,000, plus named individual donors $54,190, minus $19,700 routed through conduits by 10 of those donors (counted once under bundled), plus bundled / earmarked $159,050, equals $213,540 hardline pro-Israel money supporting Whitehouse.

Liberal pro-Israel (J Street) money: $79,979, 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.