News Alerts | Despite Growing Dem Support, Senate Still Kills Sanders' Bid to Block US Arms to Israel
PLEASE SPEAK OUT! ISRAEL IS THE LARGEST U.S. WELFARE RECIPIENT! AMERICAN TAXPAYERS ARE FUNDING ISRAEL'S GENOCIDE AND WAR CRIMES! IT'S TIME TO STOP KILLING! Protesters hold a banner reading “Stop Sending Arms to Israel” outside the White House in Washington, DC in this undated photo. (Photo by Amnesty International) ‘Cowardly Bullshit’: Handful of Dems Join With Senate GOP to Block Ban on US Bombs, Bulldozers to Israel By Brett Wilkins April 15, 2026 “Today, more than 80% of the Democratic caucus stood with the American people and voted to block US military aid to Netanyahu and his horrific, illegal wars,” said Sanders. US senators on Wednesday voted down a pair of resolutions aimed at blocking US bomb and bulldozer sales to Israel as it continues its genocidal war on Gaza and devastating bombardment and mass displacement in Lebanon . Upper chamber lawmakers voted 59-40 against advancing SJ Res. 32 , a joint resolution introduc...