Bill
S.J.Res. 138 (119th): A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to the Government of Israel of certain defense articles and services.
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to the Government of Israel of certain defense articles and services.
Summary
Recorded summary
This joint resolution would provide congressional disapproval of a proposed foreign military sale to the Government of Israel of certain defense articles and services, and would prohibit that proposed sale. The available metadata does not specify the articles, value, or operative legal mechanics.
Theological note: Scripture grounds civil authority in justice and restraint, so decisions about arms transfers raise questions of whether the state contributes to unjust killing or defends the innocent. The bill engages those questions, but the metadata does not establish a direct moral harm, so its relevance is prudential and fact-dependent rather than a settled verdict.
Scoring
How this bill is scored
- Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
- Lane: arms_sales. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
- Lane: de_escalation. Category: war_peace. Lane tag: prudential.
- Lane: foreign_policy. Category: war_peace. Lane tag: prudential.
- Lane: israel. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
- Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
- Stored polarity: mixed. Only tags the rules mark scoreable on a mixed bill are scored. A yea can draw a penalty or a credit according to the tag. A nay on a tag scored as good can draw a penalty.
- Roll 81: On the Motion to Discharge S.J.Res. 138. Vote type: discharge.
- Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The measure restrains a proposed military transfer, which may be prudent restraint. However, the metadata does not identify a named harm or demonstrate that the sale directly advances moral evil, and the underlying foreign-policy dispute is contested. Under the framework, this is a mixed prudential matter rather than a direct good or evil classification.
- Theological note: Scripture grounds civil authority in justice and restraint, so decisions about arms transfers raise questions of whether the state contributes to unjust killing or defends the innocent. The bill engages those questions, but the metadata does not establish a direct moral harm, so its relevance is prudential and fact-dependent rather than a settled verdict.
Debt and war Cloture and Tier 1 Procedural votes Scoring mechanics de escalation
Roll
Recorded votes
Roll 81 · April 15, 2026, 07:08 PM · On the Motion to Discharge S.J.Res. 138 · Motion to Discharge Rejected (36-63)
Yea
- ALSOBROOKS, ANGELA
- BALDWIN, TAMMY
- BENNET, MICHAEL F.
- BLUNT ROCHESTER, LISA
- BOOKER, CORY A.
- CANTWELL, MARIA
- DUCKWORTH, L. TAMMY
- DURBIN, RICHARD J.
- GALLEGO, RUBEN
- HASSAN, MARGARET WOOD
- HEINRICH, MARTIN
- HICKENLOOPER, JOHN W.
- HIRONO, MAZIE K.
- KAINE, TIMOTHY MICHAEL
- KELLY, MARK
- KIM, ANDY
- KING, ANGUS S. JR.
- KLOBUCHAR, AMY
- LUJAN, BEN RAY
- MARKEY, EDWARD SEN.
- MERKLEY, JEFFREY ALAN
- MURPHY, CHRISTOPHER S
- MURRAY, PATTY
- OSSOFF, T. JONATHAN
- PADILLA, ALEX
- SANDERS, BERNARD
- SCHATZ, BRIAN
- SCHIFF, ADAM
- SHAHEEN, JEANNE
- SLOTKIN, ELISSA
- SMITH, TINA
- VAN HOLLEN, CHRIS
- WARNOCK, RAPHAEL
- WARREN, ELIZABETH
- WELCH, PETER
- WYDEN, RONALD L.
Nay
- ARMSTRONG, ALAN
- BANKS, JAMES E. HON.
- BARRASSO, JOHN A
- BLACKBURN, MARSHA MRS.
- BLUMENTHAL, RICHARD
- BOOZMAN, SEN. JOHN
- BRITT, KATIE BOYD
- BUDD, THEODORE P
- CAPITO, SHELLEY MOORE
- CASSIDY, WILLIAM M.
- COLLINS, SUSAN M.
- COONS, CHRISTOPHER A.
- CORNYN, JOHN SEN
- CORTEZ MASTO, CATHERINE
- COTTON, THOMAS
- CRAMER, KEVIN MR.
- CRAPO, MICHAEL D
- CRUZ, RAFAEL EDWARD TED
- CURTIS, JOHN
- DAINES, STEVE
- ERNST, JONI K
- FETTERMAN, JOHN KARL
- FISCHER, DEBRA S.
- GILLIBRAND, KIRSTEN
- GRAHAM, LINDSEY O.
- GRASSLEY, CHARLES E
- HAGERTY, BILL
- HAWLEY, JOSHUA DAVID SEN
- HOEVEN, JOHN
- HUSTED, JON
- HYDE-SMITH, CINDY
- JOHNSON, RON HAROLD MR.
- JUSTICE, JAMES CONLEY II
- KENNEDY, JOHN NEELY
- LANKFORD, JAMES PAUL
- LEE, MIKE
- LUMMIS, CYNTHIA MARIE MRS.
- MARSHALL, ROGER W
- MCCONNELL, MITCH
- MCCORMICK, DAVE
- MOODY, ASHLEY
- MORAN, JERRY
- MORENO, BERNIE
- MURKOWSKI, LISA
- PAUL, RAND
- PETERS, GARY
- REED, JOHN F.
- RICKETTS, PETE
- RISCH, JAMES E MR.
- ROSEN, JACKY
- ROUNDS, MIKE
- SCHMITT, ERIC
- SCHUMER, CHARLES E.
- SCOTT, RICK SEN
- SCOTT, TIMOTHY E.
- SHEEHY, TIM
- SULLIVAN, DAN
- THUNE, JOHN R.
- TUBERVILLE, THOMAS H
- WARNER, MARK ROBERT
- WHITEHOUSE, SHELDON
- WICKER, ROGER SEN.
- YOUNG, TODD CHRISTOPHER