Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky) submitted the amendment to the National Security, Department of State and Related Programs Appropriations Act for 2027.
The amendment sought to prohibit any funds in the bill from being used for Israel and to cut $3.3 billion from the Foreign Military Financing (FMF) account.
Massie teamed with Democrat Ro Khanna on the amendment, which didn’t make it to the House Floor for a full vote as a rare bipartisan effort of Democrats and conservative Republicans voted down the House “rule” required to begin debating the spending bill.
“Congress has blocked the amendment Rep. Thomas Massie and I introduced to stop the integration of our military with Israel’s. It is unconscionable to not even have a vote. We will be continuing on and will not be intimidated by the pro-Israel lobby,” Khanna wrote on X.
It may be only a temporary victory for Israel supporters on Capitol Hill.
While a majority of Republicans continue to back Israel, recent polling indicates a sharp decline in enthusiasm among voters under 50. A Pew Research Center survey from March 2026 found that 57% of Republicans under age 50 hold a negative view of Israel, a dramatic increase from just 35% in 2022.
Fine told show host Jody Hice that President Donald Trump’s support for Israel is critical.
“When I got to Congress a year ago, there were two antisemites that I served with, Thomas Massey and Marjorie Taylor Greene. Under the leadership of Donald Trump, neither of them will serve in Congress next year. One quit because she couldn't stand the heat and the other one got beaten pretty badly,” Fine said.
In May, Massie lost a primary race to Trump-backed challenge Ed Gallrein, who won with 55% of the vote. Massie took shots at Israel in his concession speech.
“I would have come out sooner, but I had to call my opponent and concede, and it took a while to find Ed Gallrein in Tel Aviv,” he told supporters on election night.
Netanyahu wants end to U.S. aid
Greene resigned from the House on Jan. 5, ending her tenure representing Georgia’s 14th District. Her departure followed a public rift with Trump over the release of the Epstein files and her criticism of his Middle East policy and domestic spending.
Massie and Khanna have an odd ally in eliminating support for Israel — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
This spring and summer, Netanyahu has outlined plans to reduce American financial support to zero over the next decade.
“I want to stop American aid. It’s like welfare; I don’t want it," Netanyahu said. “Our economy is no longer a small economy … we can finance ourselves this fraction of a percent of our GDP that we receive from the United States. I want this process to start this year."
The process should begin immediately and be completed “over the next 10 years,” he said.
Netanyahu says social media has turned U.S. public opinion against Israel.
“We have several countries that basically manipulated social media. And they do it in a clever way. And that's something that has hurt us badly.”
It’s not just anti-Israel …
In the U.S., anti-Israel sentiment within the GOP is real, and it’s something the party should address, Fine said.
Democrats failed to address the same thing, and anti-Israel politicians brought other dangerous viewpoints with them.
“We need to continue to deal with it in our ranks, so we don't end up like the Democrats that allowed this cancer, because that's what it is. It's not just anti-Israel, it's anti-Western civilization,” he said.
Letting it linger has consequences.
“If you look at the Democratic Party, they've been destroyed. They hate America now. It may have started the antisemitism, it may have started the anti-Israel, but look at them now,” Fine said.
