Bill
S.J.Res. 54 (119th): A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to the Government of the United Arab Emirates of certain defense articles and services.
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to the Government of the United Arab Emirates of certain defense articles and services.
Summary
Recorded summary
This joint resolution, S.J.Res. 54 (119th Congress), would disapprove a proposed foreign military sale of certain defense articles and services to the United Arab Emirates, prohibiting that sale. The metadata does not state the articles, the dollar value, or the stated justification for the sale.
Theological note: Scripture grants government the task of restraining violence and weighing the use of the sword with justice (Romans 13:4), and it counsels caution about placing trust in armaments and alliances (Psalm 20:7; Isaiah 31:1). Arms transfers bear on whether a nation is provoking or sustaining unjust violence, so the measure touches on bloodguilt and the moral weight of foreign military entanglement. The metadata does not show that this sale would directly fund unjust killing, so the question is one of prudence under general equity.
Scoring
How this bill is scored
- Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
- Lane: arms_sale. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
- Lane: de_escalation. Category: war_peace. Lane tag: prudential.
- Lane: justice. 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 307: On the Motion to Discharge S.J.Res. 54. Vote type: discharge.
- Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The measure would block a specific arms transfer, which restrains military escalation rather than advancing it. The framework's de_escalation lane covers arms-sale disapproval, so this is a restraining measure. Confidence is limited because the metadata does not name the specific harm or the sale's operative details, so the classification rests on the category rather than on a demonstrated abuse.
- Theological note: Scripture grants government the task of restraining violence and weighing the use of the sword with justice (Romans 13:4), and it counsels caution about placing trust in armaments and alliances (Psalm 20:7; Isaiah 31:1). Arms transfers bear on whether a nation is provoking or sustaining unjust violence, so the measure touches on bloodguilt and the moral weight of foreign military entanglement. The metadata does not show that this sale would directly fund unjust killing, so the question is one of prudence under general equity.
Debt and war Cloture and Tier 1 Procedural votes Scoring mechanics de escalation
Roll
Recorded votes
Roll 307 · June 11, 2025, 05:20 PM · On the Motion to Discharge S.J.Res. 54 · 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