NEWS: Senate Blocks Measure with 36 - 63 Vote... First Time In Decades!

NEWS: Senate Blocks Measure with 36 - 63 Vote... First Time In Decades!

Seven Democrats voted with Republicans against the resolution, which failed 40-59 in the Republican-controlled U.S. Senate, defeating a motion to ban the transfer of military weapons to Israel. The bill, a joint resolution by Vermont Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders, who caucuses with Democrats, would have blocked the sale of military bulldozers to Israel. The resolution passed late Thursday with 40 senators voting in favor. Seven Democratic Sena…

Senate Rejects Multiple Measures To Block Arms Sales to Israel

Seven Democrats voted with Republicans against the resolution, which failed 40-59 in the Republican-controlled U.S. Senate, defeating a motion to ban the transfer of military weapons to Israel. The bill, a joint resolution by Vermont Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders, who caucuses with Democrats, would have blocked the sale of military bulldozers to Israel. The resolution...