Bill
S.J.Res. 33 (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 Senate joint resolution (S.J.Res. 33, 119th Congress) would provide for congressional disapproval of a proposed foreign military sale of certain defense articles and services to the Government of Israel. Its summary states that it prohibits that proposed sale. The metadata does not specify the articles, value, stated purpose, or any conditions attached to the sale.
Theological note: The measure bears on the Christian duty to avoid complicity in unjust bloodshed and to seek peace where lawful, while recognizing that nations may have legitimate defensive needs. Its moral weight depends on facts not in the metadata, including the nature of the military operations the sale would support and whether the transfer serves a just defensive end. Arms-transfer decisions are a matter of prudential statecraft, so the measure should be weighed on its specifics rather than judged as a settled moral verdict.
Scoring
How this bill is scored
- Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
- Lane: de_escalation. Category: war_peace. Lane tag: prudential.
- Lane: defense. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
- Lane: justice. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
- Lane: military_support. 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 165: On the Motion to Discharge S.J.Res. 33. Vote type: discharge.
- Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: Disapproving an arms transfer restrains a possible contribution to armed conflict, which can count as restraint of harm. However, the metadata names no specific civilian harm, unjust operation, or violated norm, and the underlying question is a contested foreign-policy judgment about security and alliance commitments. Under the framework, this combines a restraining act with real but unestablished concerns and prudential considerations, so 'mixed' fits better than 'good' or 'evil'.
- Theological note: The measure bears on the Christian duty to avoid complicity in unjust bloodshed and to seek peace where lawful, while recognizing that nations may have legitimate defensive needs. Its moral weight depends on facts not in the metadata, including the nature of the military operations the sale would support and whether the transfer serves a just defensive end. Arms-transfer decisions are a matter of prudential statecraft, so the measure should be weighed on its specifics rather than judged as a settled moral verdict.
Debt and war Cloture and Tier 1 Procedural votes Scoring mechanics de escalation
Roll
Recorded votes
Roll 165 · April 3, 2025, 02:46 PM · On the Motion to Discharge S.J.Res. 33 · Motion to Discharge Rejected (15-82)
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.
- 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