Jessica Corbett is a senior editor and staff writer for Common Dreams.
The U.S. Senate on Wednesday refused to pass joint resolutions of disapproval proposed by Sen. Bernie Sanders that would prevent the sale of certain offensive American weaponry to Israel , which has killed nearly 44,000 Palestinians in Gaza since last fall. S.J. Res. 111, S.J. Res. 113, and S.J. Res. 115 would have respectively blocked the sale of 120mm tank rounds, 120mm high-explosive mortar rounds, Joint Direct Attack Munitions , the guidance kits attached to 'dumb bombs.
' Merkley, Van Hollen, and Welch joined Sanders in speaking in favor of the resolutions on Wednesday. Members of both parties also spoke out against them: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sens. Ted Budd , Ben Cardin , Lindsey Graham , John Kennedy , James Risch , and Jacky Rosen . Cardin quoted talking points from the White House that were reported on earlier Wednesday by HuffPost.
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