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George II

(67,782 posts) Thu Dec 13, 2018, 04:18 PM Dec 2018

Senate votes to end US support for Saudi war, bucking Trump

Source: The Hill

The Senate approved a resolution Thursday to end U.S. support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen, dealing a significant blow to President Trump amid heightened tensions over the death of U.S.-based Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Senators voted 56-41 on the resolution, which would require the president to withdraw any troops in or “affecting” Yemen within 30 days unless they are fighting al Qaeda.

The resolution would still need to be passed by the House before it could be sent to Trump, who has threatened to veto it. The House on Wednesday narrowly approved a rule governing debate on the farm bill that included a provision that would prevent lawmakers from forcing a war powers vote this year.

Still, the Senate vote Thursday underscores the depth of frustration with Saudi Arabia on Capitol Hill, as well as the escalating gap between the White House and Congress on the relationship between the U.S. and the kingdom.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/421043-senate-votes-to-end-us-support-for-saudi-war-bucking-trump

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Senate votes to end US support for Saudi war, bucking Trump (Original Post) George II Dec 2018 OP

Two withdrew their votes, final is 56-41. George II Dec 2018 #1

This is great news! Equinox Moon Dec 2018 #2

Thank you, Bernie Sanders, for leading the way on this! Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2018 #3

41 GOP drones back the idiot boy ROB-ROX Dec 2018 #4

I know who two of them are without even looking at the vote. sinkingfeeling Dec 2018 #5

This is what can happen when you murder a journalist. BigmanPigman Dec 2018 #6

A vote this monumental should have more recs. BlueWI Dec 2018 #7

Who are the 41? Polybius Dec 2018 #8

Here is the official vote (btw, Lindsay Graham was too chickenshit to vote!): George II Dec 2018 #9

George II

(67,782 posts)

1. Two withdrew their votes, final is 56-41.

Reply to George II (Original post)

Thu Dec 13, 2018, 04:23 PM

Dec 2018

Equinox Moon

(6,344 posts)

2. This is great news!

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Thu Dec 13, 2018, 04:24 PM

Dec 2018

Hassin Bin Sober

(26,328 posts)

3. Thank you, Bernie Sanders, for leading the way on this!

Reply to George II (Original post)

Thu Dec 13, 2018, 04:45 PM

Dec 2018

ROB-ROX

(767 posts)

4. 41 GOP drones back the idiot boy

Reply to George II (Original post)

Thu Dec 13, 2018, 05:29 PM

Dec 2018

I always though the power to declare war was in the legislature?? The GOP again tries to rewrite the constitution. I know the ordinary republican drone does not have the thinking ability to realize this FACT. The drones hate facts because their masters tell them all hat they need to know..........Next year this can be reintroduced by congress then go to the senate........

sinkingfeeling

(51,457 posts)

5. I know who two of them are without even looking at the vote.

Reply to ROB-ROX (Reply #4)

Thu Dec 13, 2018, 05:57 PM

Dec 2018

BigmanPigman

(51,593 posts)

6. This is what can happen when you murder a journalist.

Reply to George II (Original post)

Thu Dec 13, 2018, 06:20 PM

Dec 2018

Hopefully this will just be the beginning in getting justice for that poor man. Sanctions should be next.

BlueWI

(1,736 posts)

7. A vote this monumental should have more recs.

Reply to George II (Original post)

Thu Dec 13, 2018, 10:22 PM

Dec 2018

It's about time that police actions without end were called to account.

Polybius

(15,417 posts)

8. Who are the 41?

Reply to George II (Original post)

Thu Dec 13, 2018, 11:07 PM

Dec 2018

I know Rubio was one.

George II

(67,782 posts)

9. Here is the official vote (btw, Lindsay Graham was too chickenshit to vote!):

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Thu Dec 13, 2018, 11:16 PM

Dec 2018

Yeas:

Baldwin (D-WI)
Bennet (D-CO)
Blumenthal (D-CT)
Booker (D-NJ)
Brown (D-OH)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Cardin (D-MD)
Carper (D-DE)
Casey (D-PA)
Collins (R-ME)
Coons (D-DE)
Cortez Masto (D-NV)
Daines (R-MT)
Donnelly (D-IN)
Duckworth (D-IL)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Flake (R-AZ)
Gillibrand (D-NY)
Harris (D-CA)
Hassan (D-NH)
Heinrich (D-NM)
Heitkamp (D-ND)
Hirono (D-HI)
Jones (D-AL)
Kaine (D-VA)
King (I-ME)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Leahy (D-VT)
Lee (R-UT)
Manchin (D-WV)
Markey (D-MA)
McCaskill (D-MO)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Merkley (D-OR)
Moran (R-KS)
Murphy (D-CT)
Murray (D-WA)
Nelson (D-FL)
Paul (R-KY)
Peters (D-MI)
Reed (D-RI)
Sanders (I-VT)
Schatz (D-HI)
Schumer (D-NY)
Shaheen (D-NH)
Smith (D-MN)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Tester (D-MT)
Udall (D-NM)
Van Hollen (D-MD)
Warner (D-VA)
Warren (D-MA)
Whitehouse (D-RI)
Wyden (D-OR)
Young (R-IN)

Nays
Alexander (R-TN)
Barrasso (R-WY)
Blunt (R-MO)
Boozman (R-AR)
Burr (R-NC)
Capito (R-WV)
Cassidy (R-LA)
Corker (R-TN)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Cotton (R-AR)
Crapo (R-ID)
Cruz (R-TX)
Enzi (R-WY)
Ernst (R-IA)
Fischer (R-NE)
Gardner (R-CO)
Grassley (R-IA)
Hatch (R-UT)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Isakson (R-GA)
Johnson (R-WI)
Kennedy (R-LA)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Lankford (R-OK)
McConnell (R-KY)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Perdue (R-GA)
Portman (R-OH)
Risch (R-ID)
Roberts (R-KS)
Rounds (R-SD)
Rubio (R-FL)
Sasse (R-NE)
Scott (R-SC)
Shelby (R-AL)
Sullivan (R-AK)
Thune (R-SD)
Toomey (R-PA)
Wicker (R-MS)

Not Voting

Graham (R-SC)
Heller (R-NV)
Tillis (R-NC)

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