Recorded Senate vote
Tom Cotton Voted Nay on Advancing a Measure to Block a Bomb and Guidance Kit Sale to Israel
R-AR · Senate roll call 166 · · Israel Bomb and Guidance Kit Sale Disapproval (S.J.Res. 26)
What the vote was
Proposed Foreign Military Sale to Israel Disapproval Resolution (S.J.Res. 26)
Would block a proposed sale to Israel of 2,166 small diameter bombs, 2,800 500-pound bomb bodies, JDAM guidance kits, and fuzes.
- Member vote
- Nay
- Procedural vote to move it out of committee
- Rejected 15–83
15 yea, 83 nay, 1 not voting, 1 present - What a Yea or Nay meant
- A Yea vote supported discharging the measure from committee, which would place it on the Senate calendar. A Nay vote opposed discharge. This vote did not decide whether the measure passed.
The official question was: On the Motion to Discharge (Motion to Discharge S.J. Res. 26). Recorded action: Discharge S.J.Res. 26, disapproving a proposed arms sale to Israel, from the Foreign Relations Committee.
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Tom Cotton: Nay on S.J.Res. 26, Senate roll call 166, Apr 3, 2025. Congress Receipts, https://congressreceipts.com/legislation/119/sjres/26/actions/senate-119-1-166/votes/cotton-tom/. Original source: U.S. Senate roll call vote 166, 119th Congress, 1st session, https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00166.htm.
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Congress Receipts. (n.d.). Tom Cotton: Nay on S.J.Res. 26, Senate roll call 166, Apr 3, 2025. https://congressreceipts.com/legislation/119/sjres/26/actions/senate-119-1-166/votes/cotton-tom/
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Congress Receipts. “Tom Cotton: Nay on S.J.Res. 26, Senate roll call 166, Apr 3, 2025.” https://congressreceipts.com/legislation/119/sjres/26/actions/senate-119-1-166/votes/cotton-tom/.
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