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Congressional Vote Report: Carper wants more war

by Delaware Dem
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The House is not in session this week, but it voted on 12 appropriation bill last week.  Wisely, Congresswoman Blunt Rochester voted no.   The Senate took on the Fiscal 2018 Defense Authorization.  There was a vote on an amendment from Rand Paul to sunset the Authorizations to use force in Afghanistan and Iraq after all these long years.   The vote itself, the first item below, was a vote on a motion to table the amendment.  So a good vote would be a No vote on tabling the amendment.  If you voted yes, you wanted the amendment gone.  Tom Carper voted yes.

He has yet again failed Delaware.

 

Recent Senate Votes
Fiscal 2018 Defense Authorization – Vote Agreed to (61-36, 3 Not Voting)
Corker, R-Tenn., motion to table the McConnell, R-Ky., for Paul, R-Ky., amendment to the McCain, R-Ariz., modified substitute amendment to the bill. The Paul amendment would sunset, six months after enactment, the 2001 authorization for the use of military force in Afghanistan and the 2002 authorization for the use of military force in Iraq.
Sen. Thomas Carper voted YES
Sen. Chris Coons voted NO

Patenaude Nomination – Confirmation – Vote Confirmed (80-17, 3 Not Voting)
The Senate confirmed the nomination of Pamela H. Patenaude to be deputy secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Sen. Thomas Carper voted YES
Sen. Chris Coons voted YES

Fiscal 2018 Defense Authorization – Vote Agreed to (84-9, 7 Not Voting)
Motion to invoke cloture (thus limiting debate) on the McCain, R-Ariz., modified substitute amendment that would authorize $692 billion in discretionary funding for defense programs in fiscal 2018.
Sen. Thomas Carper voted YES
Sen. Chris Coons voted YES
Recent House Votes
Criminal Gang Members – Vote Passed (233-175, 25 Not Voting)
The House passed the bill that would define a criminal gang as a group of five or more persons that has the primary purpose of the commission of one or more certain criminal offenses and would prohibit individuals defined as foreign criminal gang members from entering the United States.
Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester voted NO

Fiscal 2018 Omnibus Appropriations – Vote Passed (211-198, 25 Not Voting)
The House passed the bill, as amended, that would provide $1.23 trillion for federal departments and agencies covered by the 12 unfinished fiscal 2018 spending bills, including $621.5 billion for defense and $511 billion for nondefense discretionary spending.
Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester voted NO
Upcoming Votes
Fiscal 2018 Defense Authorization Bill – HR2810
The bill would authorize more than $680 billion for the Pentagon and related agencies as well as the Overseas Contingency Operations account.

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2 comments on “Congressional Vote Report: Carper wants more war”

  1. cassandram
    September 19, 2017

    That Criminal Gang Member Bill looks like it could cover the Trump Administration.

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  2. cassandram
    September 19, 2017

    This number is a little old, but this is what it would cost to bring Americans out of poverty:

    In 2012, the number was $175.3 billion. That is how many dollars it would take to bring every person in the United States up to the poverty line. In 2012, that number was just 1.08 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP), which is to say the overall size of the economy.

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