Friday, May 15, 2015

House Votes to Keep Gitmo Open Indefinitely. Which Dems Said "Viva la Cárcel"?

Yesterday, the House started voting on amendments to the FY 2016 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).

I am going to highlight the amendments on which the Democratic caucus split. On Mo Brooks (AL-05)'s amendment to bar DREAMers from serving in the military, Democrats were unanimously opposed. 20 Republicans joined them, but it still passed 221 to 202. If you're curious to see who the 20 Republicans are, just click the link.

Gitmo

Every year, Jackie Walorski and Adam Smith offer competing amendments on Gitmo. (Obama also always makes a false promise to veto the NDAA because of its constraints on closing Gitmo). This year was no different.

Jackie Walorski (IN-02) offered an amendment to extend the constraints on closing Gitmo for two years (beyond the FY 2016 period covered by the bill), bar transfers to Yemen, and bar use of the Defense secretary’s national security waiver authority to transfer prisoners to combat zones.

It passed 243 to 180.

234 Republicans and 9 Democrats voted for it. 173 Democrats and 7 Republicans voted against it.

Here are the 7 Republicans:

Justin Amash (MI-03)
Jimmy Duncan (TN-02)
Chris Gibson (NY-19)
Walter Jones (NC-03)
Tom Massie (KY-04)
Tom Rice (SC-07)
Mark Sanford (SC-01)

Here are the 9 Democrats:

Pete Aguilar (CA-31)
Julia Brownley (CA-26)
Henry Cuellar (TX-28)
Gwen Graham (FL-02)
Gene Green (TX-29)
Ann Kirkpatrick (AZ-01)
Sean Maloney (NY-18)
Raul Ruiz (CA-36)
Kyrsten Sinema (AZ-09)

Adam Smith (WA-09) offered a competing amendment that would provide a framework for closing Gitmo by the end of 2017.

It failed 174 to 249.

169 Democrats and 5 Republicans voted for it. 236 Republicans and 13 Democrats voted against it.

Here are the 5 Republicans:

Justin Amash (MI-03)
Jimmy Duncan (TN-02)
Chris Gibson (NY-19)
Walter Jones (NC-03)
Mark Sanford (SC-01)

Here are the 13 Democrats:

Pete Aguilar (CA-31)
Brad Ashford (NE-02)
Henry Cuellar (TX-28)
Gwen Graham (FL-02)
Gene Green (TX-29)
Ann Kirkpatrick (AZ-01)
Dan Lipinski (IL-03)
Sean Maloney (NY-18)
Donald Norcross (NJ-01)
Raul Ruiz (CA-36)
Terri Sewell (AL-07)
Kyrsten Sinema (AZ-09)
Filemon Vela (TX-34)

Navy Ships

Jared Polis offered an amendment to reduce the statutory requirement for the number of operational aircraft carriers the Navy must maintain from 11 to 10.

It failed 60 to 363.

56 Democrats and 4 Republicans voted for it. 236 Republicans and 127 Democrats voted against it.
Here are the 4 Republicans:

Justin Amash (MI-03)
Tom Massie (KY-04)
Dana Rohrabacher (CA-48)
Mark Sanford (SC-01)

Here are the 56 Democrats:
Karen Bass (CA-37)
Xavier Becerra (CA-34)
Earl Blumenauer (OR-03)
Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01)
Tony Cardenas (CA-29)
Judy Chu (CA-32)
Katherine Clark (MA-05)
Lacy Clay (MO-01)
Steve Cohen (TN-09)
John Conyers (MI-13)
Pete DeFazio (OR-04)
Diana DeGette (CO-01)
Mark DeSaulnier (CA-11)
Lloyd Doggett (TX-35)
Keith Ellison (MN-05)
Anna Eshoo (CA-18)
Sam Farr (CA-20)
Bill Foster (IL-11)
Alan Grayson (FL-09)
Raul Grijalva (AZ-03)
Janice Hahn (CA-44)
Jared Huffman (CA-02)
Joe Kennedy (MA-04)
Barbara Lee (CA-13)
John Lewis (GA-05)
Dan Lipinski (IL-03)
Alan Lowenthal (CA-47)
Carolyn Maloney (NY-12)
Doris Matsui (CA-06)
Jim McDermott (WA-07)
Jerry McNerney (CA-09)
Grace Meng (NY-06)
Jerry Nadler (NY-10)
Grace Napolitano (CA-32)
Rick Nolan (MN-08)
Frank Pallone (NJ-06)
Donald Payne (NJ-10)
Mark Pocan (WI-02)
Jared Polis (CO-02)
David Price (NC-04)
Mike Quigley (IL-05)
Bobby Rush (IL-01)
John Sarbanes (MD-03)
Jan Schakowsky (IL-09)
Kurt Schrader (OR-05)
Jose Serrano (NY-15)
Brad Sherman (CA-30)
Albio Sires (NJ-08)
Jackie Speier (CA-14)
Eric Swalwell (CA-15)
Mike Thompson (CA-05)
Dina Titus (NV-01)
Nydia Velázquez (NY-07)
Maxine Waters (CA-43)
Pete Welch (VT-AL)
John Yarmuth (KY-03)

Several Democrats were not in attendance: Lois Capps (CA-24), Emanuel Cleaver (MO-05), Danny Davis (IL-07), Donna Edwards (MD-04), and Loretta Sanchez (CA-46).

Border Militarization

Mike McCaul (TX-10) offered an amendment to amend 10 USC 2576a to include border security activities to the list of preferred applications the Department of Defense considers when transferring excess property to other federal agencies. 10 USC 2576a currently gives preference to counter-drug or counter-terrorism activities for small arms and ammunition (as well as other military property) transfer.

It passed 253 to 166.

235 Republicans and 18 Democrats voted for it. 162 Democrats and 4 Republicans voted against it.
Here are the 4 Republicans:

Justin Amash (MI-03)
Raul Labrador (ID-01)
Scott Perry (PA-04)
Mark Sanford (SC-01)

Here are the 18 Democrats:

Brad Ashford (NE-02)
Jim Cooper (TN-05)
Henry Cuellar (TX-28)
Gwen Graham (FL-02)
Gene Green (TX-29)
Ruben Hinojosa (TX-15)
Bill Keating (MA-09)
Dan Lipinski (IL-03)
Stephen Lynch (MA-08)
Sean Maloney (NY-18)
Patrick Murphy (FL-18)
Donald Payne (NJ-10)
Ed Perlmutter (CO-07)
Kathleen Rice (NY-04)
Dutch Ruppersberger (MD-02)
Tim Ryan (OH-13)
Kyrsten Sinema (AZ-09)
Filemon Vela (TX-34)

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