Donald Davis
D · U.S. House, NC-1 · Tier 1/2
Tier 1/2, between “Firmly pro-Israel” and “Mainstream pro-Israel”
Democratic co-introducer, with Republican Ronny Jackson, of the U.S.–Israel FUTURES Act (H.R.7540, Feb 2026), which would create a U.S.–Israel defense-technology cooperation initiative, and an original cosponsor of Gottheimer's U.S.–Israel Anti-Killer Drone Act (Jan 2026); he also cosponsored Lawler's IGO Anti-Boycott Act (Feb 2025) and Stand with Israel Act (Sep 2024). Explaining his June 2024 vote for ICC sanctions, he said “Attempts by international courts to punish our allies for defending their very existence distract us from the true threats to our national security.” His votes are as consistently pro-Israel as any Democrat's: he voted to censure Rashida Tlaib (Nov 2023), for the Israel-only supplementals that carried no humanitarian aid (H.R.6126, Nov 2023; H.R.7217, Feb 2024), the bill to force the paused bomb shipment (H.R.8369), both ICC-sanctions bills, the June 2024 ban on citing Gaza Health Ministry casualty figures and the September 2026 anti-boycott university bill, and did not vote on the July 2026 Massie amendment. No statement of concern for Gaza's civilians appears among his House releases. In January 2024 he signed the Smith–Manning letter, whose signers “thoroughly reject” South Africa’s “charge of genocide” against Israel, and later that year letters asking the Treasury and State Departments to designate as terrorists and sanction UNRWA employees “who took part in the October 7 terrorist attacks” (May, 51 signers), seeking a classified briefing on “the Iranian government’s recent influence efforts to promote and encourage anti-Israel protests” (July, 31 signers) and warning UN Secretary-General Guterres that any downgrade of Israel’s standing at the General Assembly would bring “a corresponding downgrade of U.S. financial, material and political support to the U.N.” (October).
A 1/2. His votes never break from the pro-Israel position — the Tlaib censure, both Israel-only supplementals (November 2023 and February 2024), the bill forcing delivery of the paused bombs, both ICC-sanctions bills, the June 2024 ban on citing Gaza’s casualty figures and the September 2026 anti-boycott bill — and explaining his ICC vote he said that “Attempts by international courts to punish our allies for defending their very existence distract us from the true threats to our national security.” No concern for Gaza’s civilians appears in his House releases. His leads on Israel legislation are as the Democratic co-lead of Ronny Jackson’s FUTURES Act (February 2026) and as a co-introducer, with Jared Golden, of Jack Bergman’s May 2025 resolution calling for expanded U.S.–Israel defense cooperation (H.Res.411), where he said the alliance “has taken on even greater significance” — in both an original cosponsor of a Republican’s measure rather than its author; the rest is cosponsorship (among them the U.S.–Israel Anti-Killer Drone Act, the IGO Anti-Boycott Act, the Stand with Israel Act) and signatures, including the 2024 letters seeking sanctions on UNRWA staff, a briefing on Iran’s alleged role in the protests and cuts in U.S. support for the UN over Israel’s standing there. He heads no Israel caucus, and no pro-Israel fundraising operation or public campaign on the issue is documented. Counter-case: a 1, if the two co-leads and his party-crossing votes are read together as leadership.
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