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Read. Follow. Verify.Resolution to Block Proposed Military Bomb Sale to Israel
Last action · April 15, 2026: Motion to discharge Senate Committee on Foreign Relations rejected by Yea-Nay Vote. 36 - 63. Record Vote Number: 81. (consideration: CR S1779)Sponsors: Bernie Sanders and 3 others
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What This Bill Would Do
This seeks to formally disapprove and prohibit a proposed U.S. military sale of 12,000 general-purpose bomb bodies to the Government of Israel. If passed, the resolution would legally block the transfer of these defense articles and associated support services described in .
The resolution would halt a specific $12,000-unit munitions transfer to Israel, directly impacting U.S. foreign military assistance policy and the availability of these specific defense articles to the Israeli government.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Government of Israel
The government is the designated recipient of the military equipment and services that would be blocked by this resolution.
U.S. Defense Contractors
Contractors providing engineering, logistics, and technical support for this sale would be prohibited from fulfilling those services under the proposed resolution.
Key Facts
- The resolution prohibits the sale of 12,000 BLU-110A/B 1,000-pound bomb bodies to the Government of Israel.
- The resolution prohibits the sale of associated U.S. government and contractor engineering, logistics, and technical support services.
- The proposed sale is identified as Transmittal No. 26-32.
- The sale was originally submitted to Congress under section 36(b)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act.
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- The resolution was introduced in the Senate on March 19, 2026.
- The resolution has been referred to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.
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Procedural history
4 actions- Apr 15, 2026SenateMotion to discharge Senate Committee on Foreign Relations rejected by Yea-Nay Vote. 36 - 63. Record Vote Number: 81. (consideration: CR S1779)
- Apr 15, 2026SenateMotion to discharge Senate Committee on Foreign Relations made. (Pursuant to the Arms Export Control Act of 1976).
- Mar 19, 2026SenateCommitteeRead twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
- Mar 19, 2026SenateIntroducedIntroduced in Senate
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Total
98
- Yes
- 36
- No
- 62
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 0
- Abstain
- 0
How they voted (98)
74 more members
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Congressional Oversight of Arms Sales
The use of a joint resolution to block a specific arms sale highlights an active attempt by members of the Senate to utilize the Arms Export Control Act to exert direct control over foreign military transfers.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 85)
- Controversy90Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment40Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz75Current news / social attention level
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