Key Votes on Israel & the Middle East:
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2011
Senate Passes Resolution Opposing Unilateral Declaration of Palestinian Statehood
(June 2011)
Senate Approves Resolution Calling on UN to Rescind Goldstone Report on Operation Cast Lead
(April 2011)
2009
Senate Unanimously Supports Israel in Gaza Conflict (1/8/09)
2008
Senate Recognizes Israel’s 60th Birthday (4/22/08)
2007
Senate Approves $2.4 Billion in Military Aid to Israel (9/6/07)
2006
Excerpts of the Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act as Agreed to or Passed by the Senate (6/23/06)
House, Senate Pass FY2006 Foreign Aid Appropriations Bill
Senate Passes Resolution Condeming Hizballah and Hamas, Supports Israel’s Right of Self-Defense (7/18/06)
2005
Senate Approves FY2005 Foreign Aid Bill
Senate Commends Palestinians On Presidential Election (2/1/05)
Senate Resolution Commemorating 60th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz (1/26/05)
Senate Urges President Bush to Oppose Hamas Participation in PA Elections (12/22/05)
2004
House, Senate Back Sharon Disengagement Plan (6/23-24/04)
Senate Passes Bill to Provide U.S. - Israel Homeland Security Grants (11/20/04)
2003
Majority of House and Senate Urge Bush to Stick to His Peace Principles (5/2003)
2002
Senate Passes FY2002 Foreign Aid Appropriations Bill
Senate Resolution Expressing Solidarity with Israel and Reaffirming commitment to Israel’s Right to Self-Defense (4/22/02)
2001
98 Senators Express Concern About Russian Anti-Semitism (8/3/01)
House, Senate Approve FY2001 Foreign Aid
House, Senate Call for Reassessment of U.S. - Palestinian Relations (4/6/01)
House, Senate Call for Suspension of Ties with PA (12/5/01)
Senate Passes FY2001 Foreign Aid Bill
Senate Resolution Expressing Solidarity with Israel in Common Struggle Against Terrorism (12/5/01)
2000
96 Senators Call on Clinton to Support Israel (10/12/00)
House, Senate Pass Defense Bills (6/2000)
Senate Approves FY2000 Foreign Aid Bill
Senate Passes FY2000 Foreign Aid Appropriations Bill
Senate Resolution Commending Israels Withdrawal from Lebanon (5/23/00)
Senate Vote on FY2000 Foreign Aid Bill
1999
Senate Opposes Unilateral Declaration of a Palestinian State (3/11/99)
Senate Passes Syria Accountability Act (10/6/99)
Senate Vote on FY1999 Foreign Aid Bill
1998
Joint Resolution Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Founding of Modern State of Israel (4/28/98)
Joint Statement of the U.S.-Israeli Interparliamentary Commission on National Security (9/17/98)
Findings of the U.S.-Israeli Interparliamentary Commission on National Security
Letter Signed By 81 Senators Asking President Not to Pressure Israel (4/6/98)
Senate Passes Iran Sanctions Act (5/22/98)
1974
Letter to President Ford by 71 Senators Concerning Reassessment” (12/9/74)
1949
Joint Resolution for the Authorization of a Special Contribution by the United States for the Relief of Palestine Refugees (3/24/49)