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oberliner

(58,724 posts) Mon Jan 22, 2018, 02:31 PM Jan 2018

Sixteen Dems and two GOPers voted no

No votes:
1. Blumenthal
2. Booker
3. Cortez Masto
4. Feinstein
5. Gillibrand
6. Harris
7 Hirono
8 Leahy
9 Lee (R)
10 Markey
11 Menendez
12 Merkley
13 Murphy
14 Paul (R)
15 Sanders (I)
16 Tester
17 Warren
18 Wyden

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Sixteen Dems and two GOPers voted no (Original Post) oberliner Jan 2018 OP

Paul and Lee are insane. Bleacher Creature Jan 2018 #1

Yeah, they're basically Libertarian ideologues... Wounded Bear Jan 2018 #3

That's not true oberliner Jan 2018 #6

I'll give you Lee, but Paul has a history of finding a way to support GOP-friendly big government. Bleacher Creature Jan 2018 #7

... handmade34 Jan 2018 #2

Politics... Wounded Bear Jan 2018 #4

That's definitely not true oberliner Jan 2018 #5

Bleacher Creature

(11,257 posts)

1. Paul and Lee are insane.

Reply to oberliner (Original post)

Mon Jan 22, 2018, 03:07 PM

Jan 2018

I assume their "no" votes are in response to any attempt to fund the government at existing levels.

Wounded Bear

(58,662 posts)

3. Yeah, they're basically Libertarian ideologues...

Reply to Bleacher Creature (Reply #1)

Mon Jan 22, 2018, 03:30 PM

Jan 2018

Doesn't mean much in the grand scheme of things.

oberliner

(58,724 posts)

6. That's not true

Reply to Bleacher Creature (Reply #1)

Mon Jan 22, 2018, 05:19 PM

Jan 2018

They actually have principles and stand by them. I certainly don't agree with their principles but at least they are ideologically consistent. Which is more than can be said for pretty much every other Republican.

Bleacher Creature

(11,257 posts)

7. I'll give you Lee, but Paul has a history of finding a way to support GOP-friendly big government.

Reply to oberliner (Reply #6)

Mon Jan 22, 2018, 06:13 PM

Jan 2018

His opposition to abortion and same sex marriage are the easiest examples, but I know there are others. He's also been pretty wobbly on defense spending, among other things.

handmade34

(22,756 posts)

2. ...

Reply to oberliner (Original post)

Mon Jan 22, 2018, 03:27 PM

Jan 2018

Wounded Bear

(58,662 posts)

4. Politics...

Reply to handmade34 (Reply #2)

Mon Jan 22, 2018, 03:31 PM

Jan 2018

essentially those are the Senators in Trump states running for re-election, or at least a lot of them are.

Schumer gave them a bit of cover in their home states.

oberliner

(58,724 posts)

5. That's definitely not true

Reply to Wounded Bear (Reply #4)

Mon Jan 22, 2018, 05:10 PM

Jan 2018

CT, VT, NJ, CA, NY are not Trump states.

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