The Senate failed to advance a resolution of disapproval brought by progressive members to block the sale of certain offensive U.S. weaponry to Israel. The result was expected, but the vote was the first-of-its-kind in Congress and the only legislative remedy available to senators opposed to the Biden administration’s efforts to sell $20 billion in

All Senate members will now be forced to go on the official legislative record about whether or not they condone the United States’ continued facilitation of a genocide in Gaza. Polls have consistently shown that most Americans want the U.S. to halt weapons sales to Israel, yet our politicians have consistently ignored their constituents’ voices.