The Senate rejected two resolutions on Thursday to block the sale of $8.8 billion in US arms to Israel — votes that further revealed divisions in the Democratic Party over military aid in the conflict between Israel and Hamas.
- The chamber voted against discharging the two measures (
S. J. Res. 33 ,S. J. Res. 26 ) by Sen.Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; only 15 senators voted in favor of the measures - “History will not forgive us for this,” Sanders said Thursday, as he attempted to persuade his colleagues to vote for the measure ...