# S.J.Res. 41 (119th): A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed export of certain defense articles to Israel.

A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed export of certain defense articles to Israel.

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: arms_restriction. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: arms_sales. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: de_escalation. Category: war_peace. Lane tag: prudential.
Lane: defense. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: export_control. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: firearms_export. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
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 454: On the Motion to Discharge S.J.Res. 41. Vote type: discharge.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The bill restrains a specific arms transfer, which could restrain armed harm, so it is not a neutral procedural matter. The metadata does not identify an unjust war, a named atrocity, or a clear moral wrong, so the disapproval reads as a prudential foreign-policy restraint with a possible protective effect rather than a direct restraint of named evil.
Theological note: The measure bears on the just use of force and the restraint of arms that may enable bloodshed. Scripture calls rulers to restrain violence and to weigh the morality of wars they support, while civil arms-transfer decisions involve prudential judgment about alliances, self-defense, and regional stability. This is issue relevance, not a final candidate judgment.

## Recorded votes

Roll 454: On the Motion to Discharge S.J.Res. 41. Yea 27 · Nay 70 · Other 3.

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