Is Patrick Leahy pro-Israel or pro-Palestine?

Where does Patrick Leahy stand on Israel?

Patrick Leahy (Democrat, Vermont), a former member of the US Senate, has a pro-Israel record, with a net score of +11: 6 cosponsorships and 2 aligned floor votes on the pro-Israel side, against 1 cosponsorship and 1 vote 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; 2 aligned floor votes × 1 = 2 points. Subtotal: 14 points pro-Israel.
Pro-Palestine activity (deduction): 1 cosponsored bill × 2 = 2 points; 1 aligned floor vote × 1 = 1 point. Subtotal: 3 points pro-Palestine.
Net score: +11 pro-Israel (14 pro-Israel points minus 3 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 Leahy.

Liberal pro-Israel (J Street) money: $46,648, 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.

Patrick Leahy's Full Israel/Palestine Voting Record

Senator Leahy, Patrick J., Democrat of VT. Patrick Leahy (D-VT): pro-Israel record, net score +11 (14 pro-Israel vs 3 pro-Palestine points). Votes, sponsorships, and funding, sourced to Congress.gov and the FEC.

Israel/Palestine weighted score: +11 pro-Israel (14 pro-Israel points, 3 pro-Palestine points).

Israel/Palestine campaign finance · Full campaign-finance ledger

Cosponsored bills (8)

Roll-call votes (44)

S 3254: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013, voted Yea
HR 2055: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012, voted Yea
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
HR 4310: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013, voted Nay
HR 2506: Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2002, voted Yea
HR 2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, voted Yea
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 Yea
SRES 65: A resolution strongly supporting the full implementation of United States and international sanctions on Iran and urging the President to continue to strengthen enforcement of sanctions legislation., voted Yea
HR 1473: Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011, voted Nay
S 1042: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006, voted Yea
HR 2471: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022, voted Yea
S 1026: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996, voted Nay
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 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 Nay
S 1124: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996, voted Nay
S 1745: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997, voted Nay
HR 3610: Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act, 1997, voted Yea
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
HR 644: Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015, voted Yea
HR 1735: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, voted Nay
S 1356: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, voted Yea
S 2943: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, voted Yea
HR 2029: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, voted Yea
HR 6157: Department of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act, 2019 and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019, voted Yea
S 1790: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020, voted Yea
HR 133: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, voted Yea
HJRES 31: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019, voted Yea
S 1: Strengthening America’s Security in the Middle East Act of 2019, voted Nay

Data last synced: 2026-10-22.