This Week in Congress Wrap-up

Here are the 14 Republicans who took the politically dangerous step of voting against their own party on an issue of foreign policy by voting to discharge SJRes 1364, which ends U.S. military involvement in Yemen: Lamar Alexander (R-TN) Bill Cassidy (R-LA) Susan Collins (R-ME) Bob Corker (R-TN) Steve Daines (R-MT) Jeff Flake (R-AZ) Lindsey Graham (R-SC) THIS IS NOT A TYPO Mike Lee (R-UT) Jerry Moran (R-KS) Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) Rand Paul (R-KY) Rob Portman (R-OH) Pat Toomey (R-PA) Todd Young (R-IN) According to the blog Moon Over Alabama, Lindsey Graham did not vote for the bill because he discovered antiwar principles:

Even one of Trump’s allies, Senator Lindsay Graham, is pushing for a strong punishment. But a private French intelligence outlet claims that Graham’s motive is not as pure as it seems: Regarding Sen. Lindsay Graham and his constant rants against MBS. @Intel_Online explains that “he is Lockheed Martin’s man in the Senate” and that the weapon supplier faces huge opposition from the “Salman clan” due to disagreement about technology transfer. The paper goes on in explaining that the Saudi Arabian Military Industries (SAMI), launched by the PIF, is the state-owned military industrial company that has been refusing the US trade proposals for the past 2 years, because KSA wants technology transfer but the US refuses.

Here are the eleven Republicans who voted against H.R. 6207, the bill calling on the U.S. Government to intervene to protect democracy in the Congo: Justin Amash (MI-03) Andy Biggs (AZ-05) Rod Blum (ID-01) Mel Brooks (AL-05) John Duncan (TN-02) Paul Gosar (AZ-04) Thomas Massie (KY-04) Tom McClintock (CA-04) Tom Rice (SC-07) Mark Sanford (SC-01) Ted Yoho (FL-03) Here are the16 Republicans who voted against H.R. 5273: Amash Biggs Blum Brooks Duncan Matt Goetz (FL-01) Louie Goemert (TX-01) Gosar Glen Grohman (WI-06) Andy Harris (MD-01) Jody Hike (GA-10) Barry Loudermilk (GA-11) Massie McClintock Rice Sanford