Human-rights report on Israel, Senate blocked the floor vote (September 29 2026)
Senate Resolution, S.Res. 852
What it did
S.Res. 852 would have formally asked the State Department for the human-rights report on Israel that section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act requires before military aid continues to a country committing gross human-rights violations. The resolution was sitting in committee. A yes vote would have brought it to the floor.
A no vote kept it off the floor.
The Senate blocked the floor vote 47-51 on September 29, 2026.
Two years into the bombardment of Gaza, with more than 65,000 dead and more than 20,000 of them children, the Senate's answer was that it did not want to know what its own law required it to review.
Result: Rejected 47-51
At the time of this vote: Gaza bombardment ~2 years in; cumulative Palestinian deaths widely cited above 65,000, including 20,000+ children; US weapons still flowing
The humane vote: Yes (YEA)