SJRES 115: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed license amendment for the export of certain defense articles, defense services, and technical data to Israel.

Congress: 118 · Status: failed · Israel/Palestine classification: pro-Palestine

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Sponsor: Sanders, Bernard (I-Vermont)

Editorial Explainer

This resolution blocks the State Department from approving a license to export Boeing precision-guided munitions (Joint Direct Attack Munitions and Small Diameter Bombs) and related technical data to Israel. The export had been formally notified to Congress in September 2024 under the Arms Export Control Act.

Why it matters

This is a rare congressional effort to restrict a specific military aid shipment to Israel by disapproving an arms license. If passed, it would signal that Congress could block weapons exports on a case-by-case basis rather than approving bulk military assistance unconditionally.

Cosponsors (2)

• Welch, Peter (D-Vermont)
• Merkley, Jeff (D-Oregon)

Roll-call votes (100)

• Baldwin, Tammy (D-Wisconsin): Present
• Barrasso, John (R-Wyoming): Nay
• Bennet, Michael F. (D-Colorado): Nay
• Blackburn, Marsha (R-Tennessee): Nay
• Blumenthal, Richard (D-Connecticut): Nay
• Booker, Cory A. (D-New Jersey): Nay
• Boozman, John (R-Arkansas): Nay
• Braun, Mike (R-IN): Not Voting
• Britt, Katie Boyd (R-Alabama): Nay
• Brown, Sherrod (D-OH): Nay
• Budd, Ted (R-North Carolina): Nay
• Butler, Laphonza R. (D-CA): Nay
• Cantwell, Maria (D-Washington): Nay
• Capito, Shelley Moore (R-West Virginia): Nay
• Cardin, Benjamin L. (D-MD): Nay
• Carper, Thomas R. (D-DE): Nay
• Casey, Robert P., Jr. (D-PA): Nay
• Cassidy, Bill (R-Louisiana): Nay
• Collins, Susan M. (R-Maine): Nay
• Coons, Christopher A. (D-Delaware): Nay
• Cornyn, John (R-Texas): Nay
• Cortez Masto, Catherine (D-Nevada): Nay
• Cotton, Tom (R-Arkansas): Nay
• Cramer, Kevin (R-North Dakota): Nay
• Crapo, Mike (R-Idaho): Nay
• Cruz, Ted (R-Texas): Nay
• Daines, Steve (R-Montana): Nay
• Duckworth, Tammy (D-Illinois): Nay
• Durbin, Richard J. (D-Illinois): Yea
• Ernst, Joni (R-Iowa): Nay
• Fetterman, John (D-Pennsylvania): Nay
• Fischer, Deb (R-Nebraska): Nay
• Gillibrand, Kirsten E. (D-New York): Nay
• Graham, Lindsey (R-South Carolina): Nay
• Grassley, Chuck (R-Iowa): Nay
• Hagerty, Bill (R-Tennessee): Nay
• Hassan, Margaret Wood (D-New Hampshire): Nay
• Hawley, Josh (R-Missouri): Nay
• Heinrich, Martin (D-New Mexico): Yea
• Helmy, George (D-New Jersey): Nay
• Hickenlooper, John W. (D-Colorado): Nay
• Hirono, Mazie K. (D-Hawaii): Yea
• Hoeven, John (R-North Dakota): Nay
• Hyde-Smith, Cindy (R-Mississippi): Nay
• Johnson, Ron (R-Wisconsin): Nay
• Kaine, Tim (D-Virginia): Yea
• Kelly, Mark (D-Arizona): Nay
• Kennedy, John (R-Louisiana): Nay
• King, Angus S., Jr. (I-Maine): Yea
• Klobuchar, Amy (D-Minnesota): Nay
• Lankford, James (R-Oklahoma): Nay
• Lee, Mike (R-Utah): Nay
• Luján, Ben Ray (D-New Mexico): Yea
• Lummis, Cynthia M. (R-Wyoming): Nay
• Manchin, Joe, III (D-WV): Nay
• Markey, Edward J. (D-Massachusetts): Yea
• Marshall, Roger (R-Kansas): Nay
• McConnell, Mitch (R-Kentucky): Nay
• Merkley, Jeff (D-Oregon): Yea
• Moran, Jerry (R-Kansas): Nay
• Mullin, Markwayne (R-OK): Nay
• Murkowski, Lisa (R-Alaska): Nay
• Murphy, Christopher (D-Connecticut): Yea
• Murray, Patty (D-Washington): Nay
• Ossoff, Jon (D-Georgia): Nay
• Padilla, Alex (D-California): Nay
• Paul, Rand (R-Kentucky): Nay
• Peters, Gary C. (D-Michigan): Nay
• Reed, Jack (D-Rhode Island): Nay
• Ricketts, Pete (R-Nebraska): Nay
• Risch, James E. (R-Idaho): Nay
• Romney, Mitt (R-UT): Nay
• Rosen, Jacky (D-Nevada): Nay
• Rounds, Mike (R-South Dakota): Nay
• Rubio, Marco (R-FL): Nay
• Sanders, Bernard (I-Vermont): Yea
• Schatz, Brian (D-Hawaii): Yea
• Schmitt, Eric (R-Missouri): Nay
• Schumer, Charles E. (D-New York): Nay
• Scott, Rick (R-Florida): Nay
• Scott, Tim (R-South Carolina): Nay
• Shaheen, Jeanne (D-New Hampshire): Yea
• Sinema, Kyrsten (I-AZ): Nay
• Smith, Tina (D-Minnesota): Yea
• Stabenow, Debbie (D-MI): Nay
• Sullivan, Dan (R-Alaska): Nay
• Tester, Jon (D-MT): Nay
• Thune, John (R-South Dakota): Nay
• Tillis, Thomas (R-North Carolina): Nay
• Tuberville, Tommy (R-Alabama): Nay
• Van Hollen, Chris (D-Maryland): Yea
• Vance, J. D. (R-OH): Not Voting
• Warner, Mark R. (D-Virginia): Nay
• Warnock, Raphael G. (D-Georgia): Yea
• Warren, Elizabeth (D-Massachusetts): Yea
• Welch, Peter (D-Vermont): Yea
• Whitehouse, Sheldon (D-Rhode Island): Nay
• Wicker, Roger F. (R-Mississippi): Nay
• Wyden, Ron (D-Oregon): Nay
• Young, Todd (R-Indiana): Nay