Saturday, June 21, 2014

Only 67 Democrats Voted Against the Bloated Pentagon Budget

Yesterday, the House passed the FY 2015 appropriations bill for the Department of Defense 340 to 73.

219 Republicans and 121 Democrats voted for it. 67 Democrats and 6 Republicans voted against it.
Here are the 67 Democrats that should be commended for their vote.

Karen Bass (CA-37)
Xavier Becerra (CA-34)
Earl Blumenauer (OR-03)
Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01)
Lois Capps (CA-24)
Mike Capuano (MA-07)
André Carson (IN-07)
Judy Chu (CA-32)
David Cicilline (RI-01)
Katherine Clark (MA-05)
Yvette Clarke (NY-09)
John Conyers (MI-13)
Joe Crowley (NY-14)
Danny Davis (IL-07)
Pete DeFazio (OR-04)
Diana DeGette (CO-01)
Mike Doyle (PA-14)
Donna Edwards (MD-04)
Keith Ellison (MN-05)
Anna Eshoo (CA-18)
Sam Farr (CA-20)
Chaka Fattah (PA-02)
Alan Grayson (FL-09)
Raul Grijalva (AZ-03)
Janice Hahn (CA-44)
Alcee Hastings (FL-20)
Ruben Hinojosa (TX-15)
Rush Holt (NJ-12)
Mike Honda (CA-17)
Jared Huffman (CA-02)
Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08)
Hank Johnson  (GA-04)
William Keating (MA-09)
Joe Kennedy (MA-04)
Dan Kildee (MI-05)
Barbara Lee (CA-13)
John Lewis (GA-05)
Doris Matsui (CA-06)
Jim McDermott (WA-07)
Jim McGovern (MA-02)
Gregory Meeks (NY-05)
Grace Meng (NY-06)
George Miller (CA-11)
Gwen Moore (WI-04)
Jerry Nadler (NY-10)
Grace Napolitano (CA-32)
Richard Neal (MA-01)
Frank Pallone (NJ-06)
Donald Payne (NJ-10)
Chellie Pingree (ME-01)
Mark Pocan (WI-02)
Linda Sánchez (CA-38)
Jan Schakowsky (IL-09)
Kurt Schrader (OR-05)
Jose Serrano (NY-15)
Albio Sires (NJ-08)
Adam Smith (WA-09)
Eric Swalwell (CA-15)
Mark Takano (CA-41)
Mike Thompson (CA-05)
John Tierney (MA-06)
Paul Tonko (NY-20)
Chris Van Hollen (MD-08)
Nydia Velázquez (NY-07)
Henry Waxman (CA-33)
Pete Welch (VT-AL)
John Yarmuth (KY-03)

However, just a few months ago, 85 Democrats voted NO on the NDAA.

What accounts for the difference?

Five Democrats who voted against the NDAA weren’t in attendance today.

Marcia Fudge (OH-11)
Luis Gutiérrez (IL-04)
Jared Polis (CO-02)
Charlie Rangel (NY-13)
Jackie Speier (CA-14)

Karen Bass (CA-37), a NO vote today, was not in attendance for the NDAA vote.

That gives us a net of -4. What about the rest?

7 Democrats who supported the NDAA opposed the Pentagon appropriations bill.

André Carson (IN-07)
Danny Davis (IL-07)
Hank Johnson (GA-04)
Gregory Meeks (NY-05)
Adam Smith (WA-09)
Mark Takano (CA-41)
Henry Waxman (CA-33)
That puts us at +3.

Then, there were 21 Democrats who opposed the NDAA but voted for the Pentagon appropriations bill.

Steve Cohen (TN-09)
Elijah Cummings (MD-07)
Ted Deutch (FL-21)
Eliot Engel (NY-16)
Jim Himes (CT-04)
Ron Kind (WI-03)
Sandy Levin (MI-09)
Zoe Lofgren (CA-19)
Alan Lowenthal (CA-47)
Betty McCollum (MN-04)
Jim Moran (VA-08)
Gloria Negrette McLeod (CA-35)
Ed Pastor (AZ-07)
Nancy Pelosi (CA-12)
David Price (NC-04)
Mike Quigley (IL-05)
Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40)
John Sarbanes (MD-03)
Adam Schiff (CA-28)
Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23)
Frederica Wilson (FL-24)

The 6 GOP opponents were Justin Amash (MI-03), Jimmy Duncan (TN-02), Walter Jones (NC-03), Raul Labrador (ID-01), Dana Rohrabacher (CA-48), and Steve Stockman (TX-36).

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