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The Daily Punch

Democrats' massive Israel shift

The Daily Punch

Punchbowl News

Politics, Government, News

4.3707 Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2026

⏱️ 12 minutes

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40 Senate Democrats voted Wednesday to block a U.S. weapons sale to Israel, the latest sign of the party’s growing rift with the Netanyahu-led government over its continued military campaigns.  Punchbowl News Congressional Reporter Max Cohen is back with Jake to discuss the latest. Plus, House and Senate Dems posted massive Q1 numbers — and what it means for the midterms.  Watch this episode on YouTube here! Punchbowl News is on YouTube⁠. ⁠Subscribe⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to our channel today to see all the new ways⁠⁠ ⁠we’re investing in video.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Want more in-depth daily coverage from Congress?⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to our free Punchbowl News AM newsletter at punchbowl.news.⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:40.6

Good morning. I'm Jake Sherman.

0:41.8

And I'm Max Cohen.

0:44.6

And welcome to The Daily Punch, brought to you by Punch Bowl News.

0:47.1

It is Thursday, April 16, 2026.

0:48.3

Let's get into the mix.

0:50.3

Here are your Washington headlines of the day. Number one, a record number of Senate Democrats vote against Israel.

0:55.9

Number two, a FISA update. And number three, a record number of Senate Democrats vote against Israel number two, a FISA update.

1:02.9

And number three, quarter one fundraising numbers. Let's get into it, Max. There's been a slow kind of burning evolution. I don't even know if an evolution can burn, Max, but let's just say it can for the

1:09.1

moment. This has been going on for a while in which

1:11.4

Senate Democrats, House Democrats, have been slowly turning against Israel, or at least against

1:16.8

the Benjamin Netanyahu government in Israel. Last night, 40 Senate Democrats, 40. That is a lot of

1:24.2

Senate Democrats voted to block U.S. weapons sale to Israel.

1:28.6

This is, as Andrew writes, the latest sign of the party's growing rift with Netanyahu's government over its continued military campaigns in the region.

1:36.9

This was Bernie Sanders provision.

1:39.1

It got an unprecedented level of Democratic support, even though Chuck Schumer, strongly pro-Israel, but anti-Netaniahu,

1:46.4

he voted against both. I think one of these was against dumb bombs. One of them was against

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