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Foreign Policy — IsraelFailedSenateVoted 2026-04-15

S.J.Res.32

Disapprove $295M Caterpillar D9 bulldozer sale to Israel

Yea

40

—

Nay

59

Sponsor: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT)

01 · What this bill does

Plain English.

A joint resolution of disapproval that would have blocked the $295 million sale of Caterpillar D9 bulldozers to Israel. The D9 is the same armored bulldozer model the IDF uses for the demolition of Palestinian homes and that killed American activist Rachel Corrie in 2003.

02 · Why it matters

The stakes.

D9 bulldozers are used by the IDF for demolition of Palestinian homes and orchards in the West Bank and Gaza. Blocking the $295M sale was a procedural test of whether Congress would condition military hardware on human-rights compliance. It failed.

D9 bulldozers are the same model used to kill American activist Rachel Corrie in 2003 in Rafah.
Sale proceeds to Caterpillar, a US defense contractor and longtime AIPAC-aligned political donor.
Vote was a motion to discharge — procedural test of whether the Senate would even debate the sale.
40 of the 100 senators voted Yea. Of the 59 Nay, the pro-Israel PAC totals are visible below.
Bernie Sanders has built a record of forcing these procedural-discharge votes specifically to put the lobby money on the roll call.

03 · The roll call

Every vote. Every dollar.

99 members on the record. Sort by vote, by lobby total, by name, or by state. Click any name for the full politician file.

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Vote

Pro-Israel PAC $

Mitch McConnell

Raphael Warnock

Catherine Cortez-Masto

Kirsten Gillibrand

Tammy Duckworth

John Hickenlooper

Marsha Blackburn

Sheldon Whitehouse

Shelley Moore Capito

Richard Blumenthal

Martin Heinrich

Cindy Hyde-Smith

Angela Alsobrooks

Lisa Blunt Rochester

Elizabeth Warren

Tommy Tuberville

Chris Van Hollen

Pro-Israel PAC $ = career-to-date contributions from AIPAC, UDP, DMFI, RJC, and other pro-Israel committees (source: trackaipac.com, FEC). Click any name for the full receipts.

04 · The pattern

The math.

Of the 59 NAY voters, 58 (98%) received pro-Israel PAC money, averaging $440K per voter.

Yea voters with PAC money

36 / 40

Avg $547K · Total $19.70M

Nay voters with PAC money

58 / 59

Avg $440K · Total $25.55M

Comparison group: 40 Yea voters — 36 received PAC money, averaging $547K. The gap is the receipt.

05 · The receipts

Sources.

Senate.gov roll call (vote 80, 119-2)Congress.gov — S.J.Res.32 (119th)Reuters — Senate rejects motion to block Israel arms sale

06 · Keep pulling

Where to next.

AIPAC Spending Tracker

The full lobby-money breakdown across all 535 members.

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535 members. Career lobby totals. Full vote histories.

Counter the Capture

The members who took $0. The receipts that prove it.

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