Republican Disarray Delays Vote to Ban Cluster Bomb Transfers

A renewed effort to ban U.S. transfers of cluster weapons could be one casualty of Congress 's inability to agree on spending bills ahead of a looming government shutdown.

A bipartisan group of House members are pushing an amendment to the annual defense appropriations bill that would ban the transfer of cluster munitions to all countries.

The effort comes as the United States has been transferring such weapons to Ukraine .

Some Democrats who did not support Greene ’s amendment have expressed opposition to the use of cluster bombs in Ukraine .

The U.S. has transferred an uncounted amount of cluster munitions to Ukraine , whose military has readily deployed them.

The administration is now close to approving the shipment of long-range missiles equipped with cluster bombs.