Bill
S.J.Res. 26 (119th): A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to Israel of certain defense articles and services.
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to Israel of certain defense articles and services.
Summary
Recorded summary
This joint resolution of disapproval would prohibit a proposed foreign military sale to Israel of certain defense articles and services. The Senate roll call vote linked in the metadata indicates it was considered on the Senate floor. The metadata does not specify the articles, the dollar value, or the stated rationale.
Theological note: Scripture grounds civil authority in justice, restraint of violence, and care for the innocent, so decisions about arms transfers bear on whether a nation supplies force that may be used to kill the innocent. The measure also raises prudential questions about a nation's legitimate self-defense, its alliances, and the duty of rulers to weigh the moral consequences of arms supply. This is issue relevance only, not a final judgment on the sale.
Scoring
How this bill is scored
- Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
- Lane: arms_transfer. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
- Lane: de_escalation. 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 166: On the Motion to Discharge S.J.Res. 26. Vote type: discharge.
- Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The measure restrains a specific arms transfer, which can be read as restraint of potential violence, but the metadata names no concrete moral harm and no established evil in the sale. The underlying dispute over Israel's security needs and conduct in armed conflict is a prudential and contested policy question, so a mixed classification is more faithful than a hard good or evil verdict.
- Theological note: Scripture grounds civil authority in justice, restraint of violence, and care for the innocent, so decisions about arms transfers bear on whether a nation supplies force that may be used to kill the innocent. The measure also raises prudential questions about a nation's legitimate self-defense, its alliances, and the duty of rulers to weigh the moral consequences of arms supply. This is issue relevance only, not a final judgment on the sale.
Debt and war Cloture and Tier 1 Procedural votes Scoring mechanics de escalation
Roll
Recorded votes
Roll 166 · April 3, 2025, 03:24 PM · On the Motion to Discharge S.J.Res. 26 · Motion to Discharge Rejected (15-83)
Yea
- DURBIN, RICHARD J.
- HEINRICH, MARTIN
- HIRONO, MAZIE K.
- KAINE, TIMOTHY MICHAEL
- KIM, ANDY
- LUJAN, BEN RAY
- MARKEY, EDWARD SEN.
- MERKLEY, JEFFREY ALAN
- MURPHY, CHRISTOPHER S
- SANDERS, BERNARD
- SCHATZ, BRIAN
- SMITH, TINA
- VAN HOLLEN, CHRIS
- WARREN, ELIZABETH
- WELCH, PETER
Nay
- ALSOBROOKS, ANGELA
- BANKS, JAMES E. HON.
- BARRASSO, JOHN A
- BENNET, MICHAEL F.
- BLACKBURN, MARSHA MRS.
- BLUMENTHAL, RICHARD
- BLUNT ROCHESTER, LISA
- BOOKER, CORY A.
- BOOZMAN, SEN. JOHN
- BRITT, KATIE BOYD
- BUDD, THEODORE P
- CANTWELL, MARIA
- 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
- DUCKWORTH, L. TAMMY
- ERNST, JONI K
- FETTERMAN, JOHN KARL
- FISCHER, DEBRA S.
- GALLEGO, RUBEN
- GILLIBRAND, KIRSTEN
- GRAHAM, LINDSEY O.
- GRASSLEY, CHARLES E
- HAGERTY, BILL
- HASSAN, MARGARET WOOD
- HAWLEY, JOSHUA DAVID SEN
- HICKENLOOPER, JOHN W.
- HOEVEN, JOHN
- HUSTED, JON
- HYDE-SMITH, CINDY
- JOHNSON, RON HAROLD MR.
- JUSTICE, JAMES CONLEY II
- KELLY, MARK
- KENNEDY, JOHN NEELY
- KING, ANGUS S. JR.
- KLOBUCHAR, AMY
- LANKFORD, JAMES PAUL
- LEE, MIKE
- LUMMIS, CYNTHIA MARIE MRS.
- MARSHALL, ROGER W
- MCCONNELL, MITCH
- MCCORMICK, DAVE
- MOODY, ASHLEY
- MORAN, JERRY
- MORENO, BERNIE
- MULLIN, MARKWAYNE
- MURKOWSKI, LISA
- OSSOFF, T. JONATHAN
- PADILLA, ALEX
- PAUL, RAND
- PETERS, GARY
- REED, JOHN F.
- RICKETTS, PETE
- RISCH, JAMES E MR.
- ROSEN, JACKY
- ROUNDS, MIKE
- SCHIFF, ADAM
- SCHMITT, ERIC
- SCHUMER, CHARLES E.
- SCOTT, RICK SEN
- SCOTT, TIMOTHY E.
- SHAHEEN, JEANNE
- SHEEHY, TIM
- SLOTKIN, ELISSA
- SULLIVAN, DAN
- THUNE, JOHN R.
- TILLIS, THOM R SEN
- TUBERVILLE, THOMAS H
- WARNER, MARK ROBERT
- WARNOCK, RAPHAEL
- WHITEHOUSE, SHELDON
- WICKER, ROGER SEN.
- WYDEN, RONALD L.
- YOUNG, TODD CHRISTOPHER