VoteLog › Bills › 119th Congress SJRES 34: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to the Government of Israel of certain defense articles and services. Congress: 119 · Status: failed · Israel/Palestine classification: pro-Palestine
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Sponsor: Sanders, Bernard (I-Vermont)
Editorial Explainer This joint resolution blocks a proposed foreign military sale to Israel of approximately 5,000 general-purpose 1,000-pound bomb bodies and 5,000 guided bomb kits (JDAM), along with associated engineering and technical support. The sale was submitted to Congress in March 2025 under standard arms export procedures.
Why it matters Arms sales to Israel require congressional approval, and this represents one of the few formal mechanisms available to block or restrict military assistance. The specific focus on bomb-making materials is significant because such munitions have been central to debates over civilian harm in Gaza.
Cosponsors (2) Roll-call votes (100) Alsobrooks, Angela D. (D-Maryland) : Yea Baldwin, Tammy (D-Wisconsin) : Yea Banks, Jim (R-Indiana) : Nay Barrasso, John (R-Wyoming) : Nay Bennet, Michael F. (D-Colorado) : Nay Blackburn, Marsha (R-Tennessee) : Nay Blumenthal, Richard (D-Connecticut) : Nay Blunt Rochester, Lisa (D-Delaware) : Yea Booker, Cory A. (D-New Jersey) : Nay Boozman, John (R-Arkansas) : Nay Britt, Katie Boyd (R-Alabama) : Nay Budd, Ted (R-North Carolina) : Nay Cantwell, Maria (D-Washington) : Nay Capito, Shelley Moore (R-West Virginia) : 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 Curtis, John R. (R-Utah) : Nay Daines, Steve (R-Montana) : Nay Duckworth, Tammy (D-Illinois) : Yea Durbin, Richard J. (D-Illinois) : Yea Ernst, Joni (R-Iowa) : Nay Fetterman, John (D-Pennsylvania) : Nay Fischer, Deb (R-Nebraska) : Nay Gallego, Ruben (D-Arizona) : Not Voting 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 Hickenlooper, John W. (D-Colorado) : Nay Hirono, Mazie K. (D-Hawaii) : Yea Hoeven, John (R-North Dakota) : Nay Husted, Jon (R-Ohio) : Nay Hyde-Smith, Cindy (R-Mississippi) : Nay Johnson, Ron (R-Wisconsin) : Nay Justice, James C. (R-West Virginia) : Nay Kaine, Tim (D-Virginia) : Yea Kelly, Mark (D-Arizona) : Not Voting Kennedy, John (R-Louisiana) : Nay Kim, Andy (D-New Jersey) : Yea King, Angus S., Jr. (I-Maine) : Yea Klobuchar, Amy (D-Minnesota) : Yea Lankford, James (R-Oklahoma) : Nay Lee, Mike (R-Utah) : Nay Luján, Ben Ray (D-New Mexico) : Yea Lummis, Cynthia M. (R-Wyoming) : Nay Markey, Edward J. (D-Massachusetts) : Yea Marshall, Roger (R-Kansas) : Nay McConnell, Mitch (R-Kentucky) : Nay McCormick, David (R-Pennsylvania) : Nay Merkley, Jeff (D-Oregon) : Yea Moody, Ashley (R-Florida) : Nay Moran, Jerry (R-Kansas) : Nay Moreno, Bernie (R-Ohio) : Nay Mullin, Markwayne (R-OK) : Nay Murkowski, Lisa (R-Alaska) : Nay Murphy, Christopher (D-Connecticut) : Yea Murray, Patty (D-Washington) : Yea 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 Rosen, Jacky (D-Nevada) : Nay Rounds, Mike (R-South Dakota) : Nay Sanders, Bernard (I-Vermont) : Yea Schatz, Brian (D-Hawaii) : Yea Schiff, Adam B. (D-California) : Nay 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 Sheehy, Tim (R-Montana) : Nay Slotkin, Elissa (D-Michigan) : Not Voting Smith, Tina (D-Minnesota) : Yea Sullivan, Dan (R-Alaska) : Nay Thune, John (R-South Dakota) : Nay Tillis, Thomas (R-North Carolina) : Nay Tuberville, Tommy (R-Alabama) : Nay Van Hollen, Chris (D-Maryland) : Yea 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 Explore VoteLog Insights Investigations Help