The US Senate on Wednesday voted down an effort to block US weapons sales to Israel.
The failure of the long-shot effort highlights that despite criticism from the left that the Biden administration and Israel are not doing enough to protect civilians in Gaza, there remains widespread bipartisan support on Capitol Hill for US military assistance to Israel, the (CNN) said.
The Senate failed to advance three separate measures known as resolutions of disapproval aimed at halting certain arms sales announced by the Biden administration in August.
A resolution to block a sale of tank rounds was rejected by a vote of 18 to 79. A second resolution to block a sale of high-explosive mortar rounds was rejected by a vote of 19 to 78, and a third resolution to block a sale of joint direct attack munitions, otherwise known as JDAMS, was rejected by a vote of 17 to 80.
The resolutions were backed by a group of independent and Democratic senators.
The White House actively lobbied against the effort to block the arms sales.
"We strongly oppose this resolution and we have made our position clear to interested Senators," a White House National Security Council spokesperson told CNN in a statement.
Sen. Bernie Sanders led the resolution, which, if passed, would prevent the sale of certain arms to Israel.
