S.J.Res. 34: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to the Government of Israel of certain defense articles and services. · Congress Swing Tracker

S.J.Res. 34119th CongressInternational Affairs

A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to the Government of Israel of certain defense articles and services.

Sponsored by Sen. Bernard Sanders (I-VT) · 2 active : 2 Democrats

Latest action: Motion to discharge Senate Committee on Foreign Relations rejected by Yea-Nay Vote. 24 - 73. Record Vote Number: 455.

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Where it standsBefore the Senate

Hasn’t passed either chamber

Senate: next
House: not yet
President: not yet

9 senators score as swing votes

Summary

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This joint resolution prohibits a proposed foreign military sale of certain defense articles and services to Israel.

Committees and subjects

Committees

Senate Committee on Foreign Relations · SenateReferred to

Subjects

No legislative subjects recorded yet. Similar-vote matching falls back to the policy area.

Senate · 100 House · 433

Model

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Directional: count only breaks toward the other party Why do scores change?

How the Senate breaks down

9Swing 70–100
71Middle 30–70
20Entrenched 0–30

Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.

Key players in the Senate

Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v3, directional

: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.

Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, , and the . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.

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Susan M. CollinsRepublican · Maine

Similar past votes, Senate

Earlier behind swing-v3’s input

Similar votes count toward swing-v3 in the Senate: total similarity weight 32.0 (needs 5.0).

S.J.Res. 34 · Jul 30, 2025 · Roll call 455On the Motion to DischargeA joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to the Government of Israel of certain defense articles and services.
Motion to Discharge RejectedSame bill×3.0
S.Res. 852 · Sep 29, 2026 · Roll call 911On the Motion to DischargeA resolution requesting information on Israel's human rights practices pursuant to section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
Motion to Discharge RejectedSame policy area×0.5
H.Con.Res. 89 · Sep 24, 2026 · Roll call 903On the Concurrent ResolutionA concurrent resolution directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.
Concurrent Resolution RejectedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 5334 · Aug 7, 2026 · Roll call 883On Passage of the BillAn act to impose sanctions and other measures with respect to the Russian Federation, as championed by the late Senator Lindsey O. Graham, and for other purposes.
Bill PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 5334 · Aug 7, 2026 · Roll call 882On the AmendmentTo strike the provision relating to duties on countries that purchase Russian-origin crude oil or natural gas or facilitate sanctions evasion.
Amendment RejectedSame policy area×0.5
S.J.Res. 181 · Jul 30, 2026 · Roll call 875On the Motion to DischargeA joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by Congress.
Motion to Discharge RejectedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 5334 · Jul 29, 2026 · Roll call 872On the Motion to ProceedA bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes.
Motion to Proceed Agreed toSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 5334 · Jul 28, 2026 · Roll call 871On Cloture on the Motion to ProceedA bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes.
Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed toSame policy area×0.5

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S.J.Res. 180 · Jul 23, 2026 · Roll call 866On the Motion to DischargeA joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by Congress.
Motion to Discharge RejectedSame policy area×0.5
S.J.Res. 185 · Jun 24, 2026 · Roll call 851On the Motion to ProceedA joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by Congress.
Motion to Proceed RejectedSame policy area×0.5
H.Con.Res. 86 · Jun 23, 2026 · Roll call 843On the Concurrent ResolutionA concurrent resolution directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.
Concurrent Resolution Agreed toSame policy area×0.5

Cosponsors

2 active

Show all 2 cosponsors

Peter Welch (D-VT)
Jeff Merkley (D-OR)

How the swing score works

Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.

Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.

Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.

Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.

Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.

Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.