The Senate failed to advance resolutions of disapproval brought by progressive members to block the sale of certain offensive U.S. weaponry to Israel.

The result was expected, but the vote sent a signal that opposing military aid to a longstanding ally is no longer a fringe position in the Democratic Party. More than a third of the Democratic senators voted to block arms to Israel a year after the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack on the Jewish state.

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