US Political Ledger

H.R. 4795

Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act of 2026

House passage. Strips Title IV student aid from colleges that commercially boycott Israel, including entities organized under Israeli law (settlements in the occupied West Bank). A Yea is the AIPAC-typical position. This is the campus enforcement vote, not a weapons supplemental.

2026-09-03 · house roll 295 · Zionist whip Yea · Passed · bds · Clerk/LIS XML · Israel hub · Methods

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2026-09-03 · H.R. 4795

33 Democrats voted with the GOP to punish colleges that boycott Israel

Dollars under each face are FEC recast PAC in plus independent expenditures for them. Super PAC ads are not a check they received. Not Track AIPAC’s compiled donor pile.

$21.0M

PAC $1.5M · IE for $19.5M · spent supporting these Democrats

Voted with Israel

237

203 R · 33 D · 1 I · $30.6M

Broke ranks

169

$18.4M

Yea party split

237

203 R · 33 D · 1 I

Nay party split

169

2 R · 167 D

Democrats who took the whip are on the poster. Republicans were nearly unanimous; names who broke ranks are below.

Republicans who broke ranks (2)

Voted with Israel (Yea) · 237

Broke ranks (Nay) · 169