# 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.

## 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.

## Recorded votes

Roll 81: On the Motion to Discharge S.J.Res. 138. Yea 36 · Nay 63 · Other 1.

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