The Senate voted down on Wednesday a long-shot effort by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and a handful of Democrats to block the sales of offensive weapons to Israel, amid a worsening humanitarian crisis in the northern Gaza Strip.
Sanders’s bid to halt the sale of tank rounds, mortar rounds, and missile guidance kits faced long odds in the Senate from the start, with opposition from the White House and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. The math is poised to worsen when a Republican majority takes office in January.
“People will laugh in your face.”
Not a single Republican voted for the trio of resolutions offered by Sanders. The most support one of the resolutions drew was 19 votes, less than half the Democratic caucus…..more
