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Senate Defeats Attempt To Block Bomb Sale To Saudi Arabia

By Marc Selinger

Friday, June 16th, 2017

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The U.S. Senate has narrowly defeated a proposal to block the sale of precision-guided munitions to Saudi Arabia.The resolution (S.J.Res.42), which failed by a 47-53 vote after a late-morning debate June 13, sought to prevent the Royal Saudi Air Force from receiving a $510 million package that includes Boeing [BA] Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) bomb guidance tailkits and Raytheon [RTN] Paveway laser-guided bombs.Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), who introduced the measure, said that stopping the sale would send an important message to Saudi Arabia, whose…

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