Bill
S.J.Res. 53 (119th): A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to the Government of Qatar of certain defense articles and services.
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to the Government of Qatar of certain defense articles and services.
Summary
Recorded summary
This joint resolution of disapproval would block a proposed foreign military sale of certain defense articles and services to the Government of Qatar. The metadata does not specify the articles, their value, or the operative legal mechanism beyond the disapproval itself.
Theological note: Scripture gives weight to restraining violence and to avoiding complicity in harm, and it also recognizes that civil authorities bear the sword for legitimate order (Romans 13:4). Arms transfers to a foreign state raise questions of prudence, just cause, and possible complicity in future violence, which are relevant to the common good. Without details of the sale, this is a question of issue relevance, not a final moral verdict.
Scoring
How this bill is scored
- Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
- Lane: arms_sales. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
- Lane: de_escalation. Category: war_peace. Lane tag: prudential.
- Lane: disapproval. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
- Lane: military. 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: good. A yea supports the bill. A nay is the penalized direction when the tag is scored as a protection. A yea on a credit tag is a credit.
- Roll 306: On the Motion to Discharge S.J.Res. 53. Vote type: discharge.
- Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The measure directly restrains a proposed arms transfer, which the framework treats as de-escalatory arms-sale disapproval. The metadata supports a restraint reading. Because the sale's specific articles and justification are not described, the judgment rests on the general restraint of a military transfer and carries moderate rather than high confidence.
- Theological note: Scripture gives weight to restraining violence and to avoiding complicity in harm, and it also recognizes that civil authorities bear the sword for legitimate order (Romans 13:4). Arms transfers to a foreign state raise questions of prudence, just cause, and possible complicity in future violence, which are relevant to the common good. Without details of the sale, this is a question of issue relevance, not a final moral verdict.
Debt and war Cloture and Tier 1 Procedural votes Scoring mechanics de escalation
Roll
Recorded votes
Roll 306 · June 11, 2025, 04:40 PM · On the Motion to Discharge S.J.Res. 53 · Motion to Discharge Rejected (39-56)
Yea
- ALSOBROOKS, ANGELA
- BALDWIN, TAMMY
- BENNET, MICHAEL F.
- BLUMENTHAL, RICHARD
- BLUNT ROCHESTER, LISA
- BOOKER, CORY A.
- CANTWELL, MARIA
- DUCKWORTH, L. TAMMY
- DURBIN, RICHARD J.
- FETTERMAN, JOHN KARL
- GILLIBRAND, KIRSTEN
- HASSAN, MARGARET WOOD
- HEINRICH, MARTIN
- HICKENLOOPER, JOHN W.
- HIRONO, MAZIE K.
- KAINE, TIMOTHY MICHAEL
- KELLY, MARK
- KING, ANGUS S. JR.
- KLOBUCHAR, AMY
- LUJAN, BEN RAY
- MARKEY, EDWARD SEN.
- MERKLEY, JEFFREY ALAN
- MURPHY, CHRISTOPHER S
- MURRAY, PATTY
- PETERS, GARY
- REED, JOHN F.
- SANDERS, BERNARD
- SCHATZ, BRIAN
- SCHIFF, ADAM
- SCHUMER, CHARLES E.
- SHAHEEN, JEANNE
- SMITH, TINA
- VAN HOLLEN, CHRIS
- WARNER, MARK ROBERT
- WARNOCK, RAPHAEL
- WARREN, ELIZABETH
- WELCH, PETER
- WHITEHOUSE, SHELDON
- WYDEN, RONALD L.
Nay
- BANKS, JAMES E. HON.
- BARRASSO, JOHN A
- BOOZMAN, SEN. JOHN
- BRITT, KATIE BOYD
- BUDD, THEODORE P
- CAPITO, SHELLEY MOORE
- CASSIDY, WILLIAM M.
- COLLINS, SUSAN M.
- COONS, CHRISTOPHER A.
- CORNYN, JOHN SEN
- CORTEZ MASTO, CATHERINE
- COTTON, THOMAS
- CRAMER, KEVIN MR.
- CRAPO, MICHAEL D
- CRUZ, RAFAEL EDWARD TED
- CURTIS, JOHN
- DAINES, STEVE
- ERNST, JONI K
- FISCHER, DEBRA S.
- GRAHAM, LINDSEY O.
- GRASSLEY, CHARLES E
- HAGERTY, BILL
- HAWLEY, JOSHUA DAVID SEN
- HOEVEN, JOHN
- HUSTED, JON
- HYDE-SMITH, CINDY
- JOHNSON, RON HAROLD MR.
- JUSTICE, JAMES CONLEY II
- KENNEDY, JOHN NEELY
- KIM, ANDY
- LANKFORD, JAMES PAUL
- LEE, MIKE
- LUMMIS, CYNTHIA MARIE MRS.
- MARSHALL, ROGER W
- MCCONNELL, MITCH
- MCCORMICK, DAVE
- MOODY, ASHLEY
- MORAN, JERRY
- MORENO, BERNIE
- MULLIN, MARKWAYNE
- MURKOWSKI, LISA
- RICKETTS, PETE
- RISCH, JAMES E MR.
- ROSEN, JACKY
- ROUNDS, MIKE
- SCHMITT, ERIC
- SCOTT, RICK SEN
- SCOTT, TIMOTHY E.
- SHEEHY, TIM
- SLOTKIN, ELISSA
- SULLIVAN, DAN
- THUNE, JOHN R.
- TILLIS, THOM R SEN
- TUBERVILLE, THOMAS H
- WICKER, ROGER SEN.
- YOUNG, TODD CHRISTOPHER