# S.J.Res. 26 (119th): A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to Israel of certain defense articles and services.

A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to Israel of certain defense articles and services.

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: arms_transfer. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: de_escalation. Category: war_peace. Lane tag: prudential.
Lane: israel. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Stored polarity: mixed. Only tags the rules mark scoreable on a mixed bill are scored. A yea can draw a penalty or a credit according to the tag. A nay on a tag scored as good can draw a penalty.
Roll 166: On the Motion to Discharge S.J.Res. 26. Vote type: discharge.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The measure restrains a specific arms transfer, which can be read as restraint of potential violence, but the metadata names no concrete moral harm and no established evil in the sale. The underlying dispute over Israel's security needs and conduct in armed conflict is a prudential and contested policy question, so a mixed classification is more faithful than a hard good or evil verdict.
Theological note: Scripture grounds civil authority in justice, restraint of violence, and care for the innocent, so decisions about arms transfers bear on whether a nation supplies force that may be used to kill the innocent. The measure also raises prudential questions about a nation's legitimate self-defense, its alliances, and the duty of rulers to weigh the moral consequences of arms supply. This is issue relevance only, not a final judgment on the sale.

## Recorded votes

Roll 166: On the Motion to Discharge S.J.Res. 26. Yea 15 · Nay 83 · Other 2.

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