In November 2024, the Senate voted 79\u201318<\/strong> against a resolution backed by Bernie Sanders that sought to block a specific arms sale to Israel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Sanders and 17 others argued that U.S. weapons could worsen civilian suffering in Gaza and risk violations of U.S. and international law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Opponents pointed to Israel\u2019s right to defend itself, the threat from Hamas, and the importance of maintaining a key U.S. ally. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The vote allowed that specific arms sale<\/strong> to proceed; it did not approve every future weapons transfer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Later, the same 79\u201318<\/strong> result was shared online as though it were a new defeat for Donald Trump after he returned to office. It was not. The number is real, but the context is wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Senate roll-call records confirm the vote\u2019s date, measure, and outcome. The key question is simple: what exactly did senators vote on, and when?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The 2024 Senate Vote In November 2024, the Senate voted 79\u201318 against a resolution backed by Bernie Sanders that sought to block a specific arms sale to Israel. Sanders and 17 others argued that U.S. weapons could worsen civilian suffering in Gaza and risk violations of U.S. and international law. Why Senators Opposed It Opponents…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19488,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19487"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19489,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19487\/revisions\/19489"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Why Senators Opposed It<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Misleading Online Claims<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
What the Record Shows<\/h3>\n\n\n\n