Senate Kills Bernie Sanders’ Effort To Block Bomb Shipments to Israel
On Thursday, the Senate killed an effort by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) to block $8.8 billion in bombs and other munitions shipments to Israel, a vote that came on the same day Israel killed more than 100 Palestinians, including many children, in the Gaza Strip.
Sanders introduced two resolutions: one to block a $2.04 billion deal for 35,329 MK 84 2,000-pound bombs and 4,000 I-2000 Penetrator warheads and one to block the $6.75 billion shipment of 2,800 500-pound bombs, 2,166 Small Diameter Bombs, and tens of thousands of JDAM guidance kits.
The measures failed in a vote of 15-83 and 15-82. Only 14 Democrats joined Sanders in supporting the legislation, and no Republicans supported the effort.
