{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.paul.senate.gov/news-us-senate-votes-blocking-portion-arms-sale-saudi-arabia/", "U.S. Senate Votes on Blocking Portion of Arms Sale to Saudi Arabia", "2017-06-13", "2017", "2017-06", "Republican", "Senate", "KY", "Rand Paul", "P000603", "www.paul.senate.gov", "paul", "https://www.paul.senate.gov/news/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 By invoking the Arms Export Control Act of 1976, U.S. Senators Rand Paul (R-KY), Chris Murphy (D-CT), and Al Franken (D-MN) forced a vote today on blocking a portion of new weapons sales to Saudi Arabia that would support its military campaign in Yemen.\n\nThe sale is part of a broader arms agreement that permits the U.S. to make up to $350 billion in defense equipment sales and training commitments to Saudi Arabia over 10 years.\n\nForty-seven senators voted to halt a sale that could deepen the conflict in Yemen, while fifty-three senators voted to provide the arms to Saudi Arabia.\n\n\u201cToday, a bipartisan group of senators took a stand against the escalating war Saudi Arabia is waging with Yemen,\u201d said Dr. Paul. \u201cThis is just the beginning, and we will continue to take a stance against waging an undeclared war and fueling an arms race in the Middle East. I applaud those who voted with me to block this proposed arms sale, and I hope this sends a clear message to Saudi Arabia that the United States will not just stand by as they massacre their unarmed neighbors.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T21:48:30Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.paul.senate.gov/news-us-senate-votes-blocking-portion-arms-sale-saudi-arabia/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8774492889642715, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}