Posted on December 5, 2014 by Eric Zuesse.
It’s a bill authorizing Obama to supply weapons to the bankrupt Ukrainian Government to exterminate (and/or drive out into neighboring Russia) the people in the areas of Ukraine’s southeast that had voted 90% for the Ukrainian President, Viktor Yanukovych, whom Obama overthrew in a bloody coup in February 2014; but, of course, that’s not how it’s worded. Here is how it’s worded:
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/hres758/text
Here’s the vote, on December 4th:
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/113-2014/h548
Here’s the discussion of it (prior to the vote):
http://rt.com/op-edge/211439-congress-obama-statement-resolution-russia/
There were 411 votes for the bill, 10 votes against it.These were the 10 votes against:
California’s George Miller (D)
California’s Dana Rohrabacher (R)
Florida’s Alan Grayson (D)
Florida’s Alcee Hastings (D)
Kentucky’s Thomas Massie (R)
Michigan’s Justin Amash (R)
North Carolina’s Walter Jones (R)
Tennessee’s John Duncan (R)
Texas’s Beto O’Rourke (D)
Washington’s Jim McDermott (D)
Complete story at - Just In: See How Your Representative Voted on Bill for Obama to Send Weapons to Ukraine Washington's Blog
It’s a bill authorizing Obama to supply weapons to the bankrupt Ukrainian Government to exterminate (and/or drive out into neighboring Russia) the people in the areas of Ukraine’s southeast that had voted 90% for the Ukrainian President, Viktor Yanukovych, whom Obama overthrew in a bloody coup in February 2014; but, of course, that’s not how it’s worded. Here is how it’s worded:
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/hres758/text
Here’s the vote, on December 4th:
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/113-2014/h548
Here’s the discussion of it (prior to the vote):
http://rt.com/op-edge/211439-congress-obama-statement-resolution-russia/
There were 411 votes for the bill, 10 votes against it.These were the 10 votes against:
California’s George Miller (D)
California’s Dana Rohrabacher (R)
Florida’s Alan Grayson (D)
Florida’s Alcee Hastings (D)
Kentucky’s Thomas Massie (R)
Michigan’s Justin Amash (R)
North Carolina’s Walter Jones (R)
Tennessee’s John Duncan (R)
Texas’s Beto O’Rourke (D)
Washington’s Jim McDermott (D)
Complete story at - Just In: See How Your Representative Voted on Bill for Obama to Send Weapons to Ukraine Washington's Blog
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