{"id":52984,"date":"2013-07-25T02:10:10","date_gmt":"2013-07-25T01:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/us-congress-embraces-both-nsa-spying-and-endless-wars\/52984\/"},"modified":"2013-07-25T02:10:10","modified_gmt":"2013-07-25T01:10:10","slug":"us-congress-embraces-both-nsa-spying-and-endless-wars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/us-congress-embraces-both-nsa-spying-and-endless-wars\/","title":{"rendered":"US Congress Embraces Both NSA Spying and Endless Wars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" class=\"image-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/sites\/commondreams.org\/files\/imce-images\/capital.jpg\" \/>In two separate votes in the House of Representatives on Wednesday, lawmakers from both parties affirmed their ongoing acceptance of the ever-growing national security state and support for the military authorization that has kept the nation in constant war since 2001.<\/p>\n<p>Though neither was expected to pass, the failure of the two separate amendments introduced as part of the 2013 Defense Authorization Bill offers a window into the bipartisan consensus that permeates Washington when it comes to appeasing the dominant influence of the military-intelligence-industrial complex that has gained unprecedented authority and profited so magnificently in the post-9\/11 era.<\/p>\n<p>The first amendment voted down, introduced by Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) and co-sponsored by Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), would have severely curtailed the massive collection of US citizens&#8217; telephonic and digital communication data by NSA surveillance programs, the existence and extent of which have only recently come to light following disclosures from whistleblower Edward Snowden.<\/p>\n<p>The amendment was defeated by a margin of 217-205, with twelve members not voting (see roll call below).<\/p>\n<p>The second amendment defeated, introduced by Rep. Adam Schiffer (D-Calif.), would have unseated the powers contained in the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF), signed in the immediate aftermath of the September 11th attacks of 2001 (and continually renewed since), that underpins almost the ongoing war in Afghanistan and numerous covert and overt military actions around the globe.<\/p>\n<p>The Schiffer amendment\u2013which would have given a New Years Day, 2015 as the final day of the AUMF&#8217;s authority\u2013lost by an even wider margin than Amash-Conyers, with 236 members of congress voting against it versus the 185 who supported it.<\/p>\n<p>The two roll calls for the amendments follow:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>To Curtail NSA Spying and Protect the Fourth Amendment<br \/>Amash of Michigan (Amendment No. 100)<\/strong><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" border=\"4\" width=\"90%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/headline\/2013\/07\/24-10#Y\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/headline\/2013\/07\/24-10#N\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/headline\/2013\/07\/24-10#NV\"><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"upper\">Republican<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">94<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">134<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"upper\">Democratic<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">111<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">83<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"upper\">Independent<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\"><b>205<\/b><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\"><b>217<\/b><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\"><b>12<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span><b>&#8212;- AYES\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0205 &#8212;<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" border=\"4\" width=\"90%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"33.3%\">Amash<br \/>Amodei<br \/>Bachus<br \/>Barton<br \/><i>Bass<\/i><br \/><i>Becerra<\/i><br \/>Bentivolio<br \/>Bishop (UT)<br \/>Black<br \/>Blackburn<br \/><i>Blumenauer<\/i><br \/><i>Bonamici<\/i><br \/><i>Brady (PA)<\/i><br \/><i>Braley (IA)<\/i><br \/>Bridenstine<br \/>Broun (GA)<br \/>Buchanan<br \/>Burgess<br \/><i>Capps<\/i><br \/><i>Capuano<\/i><br \/><i>C\u00c3\u00a1rdenas<\/i><br \/><i>Carson (IN)<\/i><br \/><i>Cartwright<\/i><br \/>Cassidy<br \/>Chabot<br \/>Chaffetz<br \/><i>Chu<\/i><br \/><i>Cicilline<\/i><br \/><i>Clarke<\/i><br \/><i>Clay<\/i><br \/><i>Cleaver<\/i><br \/><i>Clyburn<\/i><br \/>Coffman<br \/><i>Cohen<\/i><br \/><i>Connolly<\/i><br \/><i>Conyers<\/i><br \/><i>Courtney<\/i><br \/>Cramer<br \/><i>Crowley<\/i><br \/><i>Cummings<\/i><br \/>Daines<br \/><i>Davis, Danny<\/i><br \/>Davis, Rodney<br \/><i>DeFazio<\/i><br \/><i>DeGette<\/i><br \/><i>DeLauro<\/i><br \/><i>DelBene<\/i><br \/>DeSantis<br \/>DesJarlais<br \/><i>Deutch<\/i><br \/><i>Dingell<\/i><br \/><i>Doggett<\/i><br \/><i>Doyle<\/i><br \/>Duffy<br \/>Duncan (SC)<br \/>Duncan (TN)<br \/><i>Edwards<\/i><br \/><i>Ellison<\/i><br \/><i>Eshoo<\/i><br \/>Farenthold<br \/><i>Farr<\/i><br \/><i>Fattah<\/i><br \/>Fincher<br \/>Fitzpatrick<br \/>Fleischmann<br \/>Fleming<br \/><i>Fudge<\/i><br \/><i>Gabbard<\/i><br \/><i>Garamendi<\/i><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"33.3%\">Gardner<br \/>Garrett<br \/>Gibson<br \/>Gohmert<br \/>Gosar<br \/>Gowdy<br \/>Graves (GA)<br \/><i>Grayson<\/i><br \/><i>Green, Gene<\/i><br \/>Griffin (AR)<br \/>Griffith (VA)<br \/><i>Grijalva<\/i><br \/><i>Hahn<\/i><br \/>Hall<br \/>Harris<br \/><i>Hastings (FL)<\/i><br \/><i>Holt<\/i><br \/><i>Honda<\/i><br \/>Huelskamp<br \/><i>Huffman<\/i><br \/>Huizenga (MI)<br \/>Hultgren<br \/><i>Jeffries<\/i><br \/>Jenkins<br \/>Johnson (OH)<br \/>Jones<br \/>Jordan<br \/><i>Keating<\/i><br \/><i>Kildee<\/i><br \/>Kingston<br \/>Labrador<br \/>LaMalfa<br \/>Lamborn<br \/><i>Larson (CT)<\/i><br \/><i>Lee (CA)<\/i><br \/><i>Lewis<\/i><br \/><i>Loebsack<\/i><br \/><i>Lofgren<\/i><br \/><i>Lowenthal<\/i><br \/><i>Lujan Grisham (NM)<\/i><br \/><i>Luj\u00c3\u00a1n, Ben Ray (NM)<\/i><br \/>Lummis<br \/><i>Lynch<\/i><br \/><i>Maffei<\/i><br \/><i>Maloney, Carolyn<\/i><br \/>Marchant<br \/>Massie<br \/><i>Matsui<\/i><br \/>McClintock<br \/><i>McCollum<\/i><br \/><i>McDermott<\/i><br \/><i>McGovern<\/i><br \/>McHenry<br \/>McMorris Rodgers<br \/>Meadows<br \/>Mica<br \/><i>Michaud<\/i><br \/>Miller, Gary<br \/><i>Miller, George<\/i><br \/><i>Moore<\/i><br \/><i>Moran<\/i><br \/>Mullin<br \/>Mulvaney<br \/><i>Nadler<\/i><br \/><i>Napolitano<\/i><br \/><i>Neal<\/i><br \/><i>Nolan<\/i><br \/>Nugent<br \/><i>O&#8217;Rourke<\/i><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"33.3%\"><i>Owens<\/i><br \/><i>Pascrell<\/i><br \/><i>Pastor (AZ)<\/i><br \/>Pearce<br \/><i>Perlmutter<\/i><br \/>Perry<br \/>Petri<br \/><i>Pingree (ME)<\/i><br \/><i>Pocan<\/i><br \/>Poe (TX)<br \/><i>Polis<\/i><br \/>Posey<br \/>Price (GA)<br \/>Radel<br \/><i>Rahall<\/i><br \/><i>Rangel<\/i><br \/>Ribble<br \/>Rice (SC)<br \/><i>Richmond<\/i><br \/>Roe (TN)<br \/>Rohrabacher<br \/>Ross<br \/>Rothfus<br \/><i>Roybal-Allard<\/i><br \/><i>Rush<\/i><br \/>Salmon<br \/><i>S\u00c3\u00a1nchez, Linda T.<\/i><br \/><i>Sanchez, Loretta<\/i><br \/>Sanford<br \/><i>Sarbanes<\/i><br \/>Scalise<br \/><i>Schiff<\/i><br \/><i>Schrader<\/i><br \/>Schweikert<br \/><i>Scott (VA)<\/i><br \/>Sensenbrenner<br \/><i>Serrano<\/i><br \/><i>Shea-Porter<\/i><br \/><i>Sherman<\/i><br \/>Smith (MO)<br \/>Smith (NJ)<br \/>Southerland<br \/><i>Speier<\/i><br \/>Stewart<br \/>Stockman<br \/><i>Swalwell (CA)<\/i><br \/><i>Takano<\/i><br \/><i>Thompson (MS)<\/i><br \/>Thompson (PA)<br \/><i>Tierney<\/i><br \/>Tipton<br \/><i>Tonko<\/i><br \/><i>Tsongas<\/i><br \/><i>Vela<\/i><br \/><i>Vel\u00c3\u00a1zquez<\/i><br \/><i>Walz<\/i><br \/><i>Waters<\/i><br \/><i>Watt<\/i><br \/><i>Waxman<\/i><br \/>Weber (TX)<br \/><i>Welch<\/i><br \/>Williams<br \/>Wilson (SC)<br \/><i>Yarmuth<\/i><br \/>Yoder<br \/>Yoho<br \/>Young (AK)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span><b>&#8212;- NOES\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0217 &#8212;<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" border=\"4\" width=\"90%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"33.3%\">Aderholt<br \/>Alexander<br \/><i>Andrews<\/i><br \/>Bachmann<br \/><i>Barber<\/i><br \/>Barr<br \/><i>Barrow (GA)<\/i><br \/>Benishek<br \/><i>Bera (CA)<\/i><br \/>Bilirakis<br \/><i>Bishop (GA)<\/i><br \/><i>Bishop (NY)<\/i><br \/>Boehner<br \/>Bonner<br \/>Boustany<br \/>Brady (TX)<br \/>Brooks (AL)<br \/>Brooks (IN)<br \/><i>Brown (FL)<\/i><br \/><i>Brownley (CA)<\/i><br \/>Bucshon<br \/><i>Butterfield<\/i><br \/>Calvert<br \/>Camp<br \/>Cantor<br \/>Capito<br \/><i>Carney<\/i><br \/>Carter<br \/><i>Castor (FL)<\/i><br \/><i>Castro (TX)<\/i><br \/>Cole<br \/>Collins (GA)<br \/>Collins (NY)<br \/>Conaway<br \/>Cook<br \/><i>Cooper<\/i><br \/><i>Costa<\/i><br \/>Cotton<br \/>Crawford<br \/>Crenshaw<br \/><i>Cuellar<\/i><br \/>Culberson<br \/><i>Davis (CA)<\/i><br \/><i>Delaney<\/i><br \/>Denham<br \/>Dent<br \/>Diaz-Balart<br \/><i>Duckworth<\/i><br \/>Ellmers<br \/><i>Engel<\/i><br \/><i>Enyart<\/i><br \/><i>Esty<\/i><br \/>Flores<br \/>Forbes<br \/>Fortenberry<br \/><i>Foster<\/i><br \/>Foxx<br \/><i>Frankel (FL)<\/i><br \/>Franks (AZ)<br \/>Frelinghuysen<br \/><i>Gallego<\/i><br \/><i>Garcia<\/i><br \/>Gerlach<br \/>Gibbs<br \/>Gingrey (GA)<br \/>Goodlatte<br \/>Granger<br \/>Graves (MO)<br \/><i>Green, Al<\/i><br \/>Grimm<br \/>Guthrie<br \/><i>Guti\u00c3\u00a9rrez<\/i><br \/><i>Hanabusa<\/i><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"33.3%\">Hanna<br \/>Harper<br \/>Hartzler<br \/>Hastings (WA)<br \/>Heck (NV)<br \/><i>Heck (WA)<\/i><br \/>Hensarling<br \/><i>Higgins<\/i><br \/><i>Himes<\/i><br \/><i>Hinojosa<\/i><br \/>Holding<br \/><i>Hoyer<\/i><br \/>Hudson<br \/>Hunter<br \/>Hurt<br \/><i>Israel<\/i><br \/>Issa<br \/><i>Jackson Lee<\/i><br \/><i>Johnson (GA)<\/i><br \/><i>Johnson, E. B.<\/i><br \/>Johnson, Sam<br \/>Joyce<br \/><i>Kaptur<\/i><br \/><i>Kelly (IL)<\/i><br \/>Kelly (PA)<br \/><i>Kennedy<\/i><br \/><i>Kilmer<\/i><br \/><i>Kind<\/i><br \/>King (IA)<br \/>King (NY)<br \/>Kinzinger (IL)<br \/><i>Kirkpatrick<\/i><br \/>Kline<br \/><i>Kuster<\/i><br \/>Lance<br \/><i>Langevin<\/i><br \/>Lankford<br \/><i>Larsen (WA)<\/i><br \/>Latham<br \/>Latta<br \/><i>Levin<\/i><br \/><i>Lipinski<\/i><br \/>LoBiondo<br \/>Long<br \/><i>Lowey<\/i><br \/>Lucas<br \/>Luetkemeyer<br \/><i>Maloney, Sean<\/i><br \/>Marino<br \/><i>Matheson<\/i><br \/>McCarthy (CA)<br \/>McCaul<br \/><i>McIntyre<\/i><br \/>McKeon<br \/>McKinley<br \/><i>McNerney<\/i><br \/>Meehan<br \/><i>Meeks<\/i><br \/><i>Meng<\/i><br \/>Messer<br \/>Miller (FL)<br \/>Miller (MI)<br \/><i>Murphy (FL)<\/i><br \/>Murphy (PA)<br \/>Neugebauer<br \/>Noem<br \/>Nunes<br \/>Nunnelee<br \/>Olson<br \/>Palazzo<br \/>Paulsen<br \/><i>Payne<\/i><br \/><i>Pelosi<\/i><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"33.3%\"><i>Peters (CA)<\/i><br \/><i>Peters (MI)<\/i><br \/><i>Peterson<\/i><br \/>Pittenger<br \/>Pitts<br \/>Pompeo<br \/><i>Price (NC)<\/i><br \/><i>Quigley<\/i><br \/>Reed<br \/>Reichert<br \/>Renacci<br \/>Rigell<br \/>Roby<br \/>Rogers (AL)<br \/>Rogers (KY)<br \/>Rogers (MI)<br \/>Rooney<br \/>Ros-Lehtinen<br \/>Roskam<br \/>Royce<br \/><i>Ruiz<\/i><br \/>Runyan<br \/><i>Ruppersberger<\/i><br \/><i>Ryan (OH)<\/i><br \/>Ryan (WI)<br \/><i>Schakowsky<\/i><br \/><i>Schneider<\/i><br \/><i>Schwartz<\/i><br \/>Scott, Austin<br \/><i>Scott, David<\/i><br \/>Sessions<br \/><i>Sewell (AL)<\/i><br \/>Shimkus<br \/>Shuster<br \/>Simpson<br \/><i>Sinema<\/i><br \/><i>Sires<\/i><br \/><i>Slaughter<\/i><br \/>Smith (NE)<br \/>Smith (TX)<br \/><i>Smith (WA)<\/i><br \/>Stivers<br \/>Stutzman<br \/>Terry<br \/><i>Thompson (CA)<\/i><br \/>Thornberry<br \/>Tiberi<br \/><i>Titus<\/i><br \/>Turner<br \/>Upton<br \/>Valadao<br \/><i>Van Hollen<\/i><br \/><i>Vargas<\/i><br \/><i>Veasey<\/i><br \/><i>Visclosky<\/i><br \/>Wagner<br \/>Walberg<br \/>Walden<br \/>Walorski<br \/><i>Wasserman Schultz<\/i><br \/>Webster (FL)<br \/>Wenstrup<br \/>Westmoreland<br \/>Whitfield<br \/><i>Wilson (FL)<\/i><br \/>Wittman<br \/>Wolf<br \/>Womack<br \/>Woodall<br \/>Young (FL)<br \/>Young (IN)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span><b>&#8212;- NOT VOTING\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a012 &#8212;<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" border=\"4\" width=\"90%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"33.3%\">Barletta<br \/><i>Beatty<\/i><br \/><i>Bustos<\/i><br \/>Campbell<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"33.3%\">Coble<br \/>Herrera Beutler<br \/><i>Horsford<\/i><br \/><i>McCarthy (NY)<\/i><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"33.3%\"><i>Negrete McLeod<\/i><br \/><i>Pallone<\/i><br \/>Rokita<br \/>Schock<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p align=\"center\">_________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>To End the Authority of the AUMF and Perpetual US War<br \/>Schiff of California (Amendment No. 73)<\/strong><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" border=\"4\" width=\"90%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/headline\/2013\/07\/24-10#Y\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/headline\/2013\/07\/24-10#N\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/headline\/2013\/07\/24-10#NV\"><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"upper\">Republican<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">30<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">197<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"upper\">Democratic<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">155<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">39<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"upper\">Independent<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\"><b>185<\/b><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\"><b>236<\/b><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\"><b>12<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span><b>&#8212;- AYES\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0185 &#8212;<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" border=\"4\" width=\"90%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"33.3%\">Amash<br \/>Bachmann<br \/><i>Bass<\/i><br \/><i>Beatty<\/i><br \/><i>Becerra<\/i><br \/>Benishek<br \/><i>Bishop (NY)<\/i><br \/><i>Blumenauer<\/i><br \/><i>Bonamici<\/i><br \/><i>Brady (PA)<\/i><br \/><i>Braley (IA)<\/i><br \/>Broun (GA)<br \/><i>Brown (FL)<\/i><br \/>Buchanan<br \/>Burgess<br \/><i>Capps<\/i><br \/><i>Capuano<\/i><br \/><i>C\u00c3\u00a1rdenas<\/i><br \/><i>Carney<\/i><br \/><i>Carson (IN)<\/i><br \/><i>Castor (FL)<\/i><br \/><i>Castro (TX)<\/i><br \/><i>Chu<\/i><br \/><i>Cicilline<\/i><br \/><i>Clarke<\/i><br \/><i>Clay<\/i><br \/><i>Cleaver<\/i><br \/><i>Clyburn<\/i><br \/>Coffman<br \/><i>Cohen<\/i><br \/><i>Connolly<\/i><br \/><i>Conyers<\/i><br \/><i>Cooper<\/i><br \/><i>Courtney<\/i><br \/><i>Crowley<\/i><br \/><i>Cummings<\/i><br \/><i>Davis, Danny<\/i><br \/><i>DeFazio<\/i><br \/><i>DeGette<\/i><br \/><i>DeLauro<\/i><br \/><i>DelBene<\/i><br \/><i>Deutch<\/i><br \/><i>Doggett<\/i><br \/><i>Doyle<\/i><br \/>Duncan (TN)<br \/><i>Edwards<\/i><br \/><i>Ellison<\/i><br \/><i>Enyart<\/i><br \/><i>Eshoo<\/i><br \/><i>Esty<\/i><br \/><i>Farr<\/i><br \/><i>Fattah<\/i><br \/><i>Frankel (FL)<\/i><br \/><i>Gabbard<\/i><br \/><i>Garamendi<\/i><br \/>Gibson<br \/>Gohmert<br \/>Graves (GA)<br \/><i>Grayson<\/i><br \/><i>Green, Al<\/i><br \/><i>Green, Gene<\/i><br \/>Griffith (VA)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"33.3%\"><i>Grijalva<\/i><br \/><i>Guti\u00c3\u00a9rrez<\/i><br \/><i>Hahn<\/i><br \/><i>Hanabusa<\/i><br \/><i>Hastings (FL)<\/i><br \/><i>Heck (WA)<\/i><br \/><i>Higgins<\/i><br \/><i>Himes<\/i><br \/><i>Hinojosa<\/i><br \/><i>Holt<\/i><br \/><i>Honda<\/i><br \/>Huelskamp<br \/><i>Huffman<\/i><br \/><i>Israel<\/i><br \/><i>Jackson Lee<\/i><br \/><i>Jeffries<\/i><br \/><i>Johnson (GA)<\/i><br \/><i>Johnson, E. B.<\/i><br \/>Jones<br \/><i>Kaptur<\/i><br \/><i>Keating<\/i><br \/><i>Kelly (IL)<\/i><br \/><i>Kennedy<\/i><br \/><i>Kildee<\/i><br \/><i>Kilmer<\/i><br \/><i>Kind<\/i><br \/><i>Kuster<\/i><br \/>Labrador<br \/><i>Larsen (WA)<\/i><br \/><i>Larson (CT)<\/i><br \/><i>Lee (CA)<\/i><br \/><i>Levin<\/i><br \/><i>Lewis<\/i><br \/><i>Loebsack<\/i><br \/><i>Lofgren<\/i><br \/><i>Lowenthal<\/i><br \/><i>Lowey<\/i><br \/><i>Lujan Grisham (NM)<\/i><br \/><i>Luj\u00c3\u00a1n, Ben Ray (NM)<\/i><br \/><i>Lynch<\/i><br \/><i>Maffei<\/i><br \/><i>Maloney, Carolyn<\/i><br \/><i>Maloney, Sean<\/i><br \/>Massie<br \/><i>Matsui<\/i><br \/>McClintock<br \/><i>McCollum<\/i><br \/><i>McDermott<\/i><br \/><i>McGovern<\/i><br \/><i>McIntyre<\/i><br \/><i>McNerney<\/i><br \/><i>Meeks<\/i><br \/><i>Michaud<\/i><br \/><i>Miller, George<\/i><br \/><i>Moore<\/i><br \/><i>Moran<\/i><br \/>Mulvaney<br \/><i>Murphy (FL)<\/i><br \/><i>Nadler<\/i><br \/><i>Napolitano<\/i><br \/><i>Negrete McLeod<\/i><br \/><i>Nolan<\/i><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"33.3%\">Nugent<br \/><i>O&#8217;Rourke<\/i><br \/><i>Pascrell<\/i><br \/><i>Pastor (AZ)<\/i><br \/><i>Payne<\/i><br \/><i>Pelosi<\/i><br \/><i>Perlmutter<\/i><br \/><i>Peters (MI)<\/i><br \/><i>Peterson<\/i><br \/>Petri<br \/><i>Pingree (ME)<\/i><br \/><i>Pocan<\/i><br \/>Poe (TX)<br \/><i>Polis<\/i><br \/>Posey<br \/>Price (GA)<br \/><i>Price (NC)<\/i><br \/><i>Quigley<\/i><br \/><i>Rahall<\/i><br \/><i>Rangel<\/i><br \/>Rohrabacher<br \/>Rooney<br \/><i>Roybal-Allard<\/i><br \/><i>Ruiz<\/i><br \/><i>Rush<\/i><br \/><i>Ryan (OH)<\/i><br \/><i>S\u00c3\u00a1nchez, Linda T.<\/i><br \/><i>Sanchez, Loretta<\/i><br \/>Sanford<br \/><i>Sarbanes<\/i><br \/><i>Schakowsky<\/i><br \/><i>Schiff<\/i><br \/><i>Schrader<\/i><br \/>Schweikert<br \/><i>Scott (VA)<\/i><br \/>Sensenbrenner<br \/><i>Serrano<\/i><br \/><i>Sires<\/i><br \/><i>Slaughter<\/i><br \/><i>Speier<\/i><br \/>Stockman<br \/><i>Swalwell (CA)<\/i><br \/><i>Takano<\/i><br \/><i>Thompson (CA)<\/i><br \/><i>Thompson (MS)<\/i><br \/><i>Tierney<\/i><br \/><i>Titus<\/i><br \/><i>Tonko<\/i><br \/><i>Tsongas<\/i><br \/><i>Van Hollen<\/i><br \/><i>Veasey<\/i><br \/><i>Vel\u00c3\u00a1zquez<\/i><br \/><i>Visclosky<\/i><br \/><i>Wasserman Schultz<\/i><br \/><i>Waters<\/i><br \/><i>Watt<\/i><br \/><i>Waxman<\/i><br \/><i>Welch<\/i><br \/><i>Wilson (FL)<\/i><br \/>Woodall<br \/><i>Yarmuth<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span><b>&#8212;- NOES\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0236 &#8212;<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" border=\"4\" width=\"90%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"33.3%\">Aderholt<br \/>Alexander<br \/>Amodei<br \/><i>Andrews<\/i><br \/>Bachus<br \/><i>Barber<\/i><br \/>Barr<br \/><i>Barrow (GA)<\/i><br \/>Barton<br \/>Bentivolio<br \/><i>Bera (CA)<\/i><br \/>Bilirakis<br \/><i>Bishop (GA)<\/i><br \/>Bishop (UT)<br \/>Black<br \/>Blackburn<br \/>Bonner<br \/>Boustany<br \/>Brady (TX)<br \/>Bridenstine<br \/>Brooks (AL)<br \/>Brooks (IN)<br \/><i>Brownley (CA)<\/i><br \/>Bucshon<br \/><i>Butterfield<\/i><br \/>Calvert<br \/>Camp<br \/>Cantor<br \/>Capito<br \/>Carter<br \/><i>Cartwright<\/i><br \/>Cassidy<br \/>Chabot<br \/>Chaffetz<br \/>Cole<br \/>Collins (GA)<br \/>Collins (NY)<br \/>Conaway<br \/>Cook<br \/><i>Costa<\/i><br \/>Cotton<br \/>Cramer<br \/>Crawford<br \/>Crenshaw<br \/><i>Cuellar<\/i><br \/>Culberson<br \/>Daines<br \/><i>Davis (CA)<\/i><br \/>Davis, Rodney<br \/><i>Delaney<\/i><br \/>Denham<br \/>Dent<br \/>DeSantis<br \/>DesJarlais<br \/>Diaz-Balart<br \/><i>Dingell<\/i><br \/><i>Duckworth<\/i><br \/>Duffy<br \/>Duncan (SC)<br \/>Ellmers<br \/><i>Engel<\/i><br \/>Farenthold<br \/>Fincher<br \/>Fitzpatrick<br \/>Fleischmann<br \/>Fleming<br \/>Flores<br \/>Forbes<br \/>Fortenberry<br \/><i>Foster<\/i><br \/>Foxx<br \/>Franks (AZ)<br \/>Frelinghuysen<br \/><i>Fudge<\/i><br \/><i>Gallego<\/i><br \/><i>Garcia<\/i><br \/>Gardner<br \/>Garrett<br \/>Gerlach<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"33.3%\">Gibbs<br \/>Gingrey (GA)<br \/>Goodlatte<br \/>Gosar<br \/>Gowdy<br \/>Granger<br \/>Graves (MO)<br \/>Griffin (AR)<br \/>Grimm<br \/>Guthrie<br \/>Hall<br \/>Hanna<br \/>Harper<br \/>Harris<br \/>Hartzler<br \/>Hastings (WA)<br \/>Heck (NV)<br \/>Hensarling<br \/>Holding<br \/><i>Hoyer<\/i><br \/>Hudson<br \/>Huizenga (MI)<br \/>Hultgren<br \/>Hunter<br \/>Hurt<br \/>Issa<br \/>Jenkins<br \/>Johnson (OH)<br \/>Johnson, Sam<br \/>Jordan<br \/>Joyce<br \/>Kelly (PA)<br \/>King (IA)<br \/>King (NY)<br \/>Kingston<br \/>Kinzinger (IL)<br \/><i>Kirkpatrick<\/i><br \/>Kline<br \/>LaMalfa<br \/>Lamborn<br \/>Lance<br \/><i>Langevin<\/i><br \/>Lankford<br \/>Latham<br \/>Latta<br \/><i>Lipinski<\/i><br \/>LoBiondo<br \/>Long<br \/>Lucas<br \/>Luetkemeyer<br \/>Lummis<br \/>Marchant<br \/>Marino<br \/><i>Matheson<\/i><br \/>McCarthy (CA)<br \/>McCaul<br \/>McHenry<br \/>McKeon<br \/>McKinley<br \/>McMorris Rodgers<br \/>Meadows<br \/>Meehan<br \/>Messer<br \/>Mica<br \/>Miller (FL)<br \/>Miller (MI)<br \/>Miller, Gary<br \/>Mullin<br \/>Murphy (PA)<br \/>Neugebauer<br \/>Noem<br \/>Nunes<br \/>Nunnelee<br \/>Olson<br \/><i>Owens<\/i><br \/>Palazzo<br \/>Paulsen<br \/>Pearce<br \/>Perry<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"33.3%\"><i>Peters (CA)<\/i><br \/>Pittenger<br \/>Pitts<br \/>Pompeo<br \/>Radel<br \/>Reed<br \/>Reichert<br \/>Renacci<br \/>Ribble<br \/>Rice (SC)<br \/><i>Richmond<\/i><br \/>Rigell<br \/>Roby<br \/>Roe (TN)<br \/>Rogers (AL)<br \/>Rogers (KY)<br \/>Rogers (MI)<br \/>Ros-Lehtinen<br \/>Roskam<br \/>Ross<br \/>Rothfus<br \/>Royce<br \/>Runyan<br \/><i>Ruppersberger<\/i><br \/>Ryan (WI)<br \/>Salmon<br \/>Scalise<br \/><i>Schneider<\/i><br \/>Schock<br \/><i>Schwartz<\/i><br \/>Scott, Austin<br \/><i>Scott, David<\/i><br \/>Sessions<br \/><i>Sewell (AL)<\/i><br \/><i>Shea-Porter<\/i><br \/><i>Sherman<\/i><br \/>Shimkus<br \/>Shuster<br \/>Simpson<br \/><i>Sinema<\/i><br \/>Smith (MO)<br \/>Smith (NE)<br \/>Smith (NJ)<br \/>Smith (TX)<br \/><i>Smith (WA)<\/i><br \/>Southerland<br \/>Stewart<br \/>Stivers<br \/>Stutzman<br \/>Terry<br \/>Thompson (PA)<br \/>Thornberry<br \/>Tiberi<br \/>Tipton<br \/>Turner<br \/>Upton<br \/>Valadao<br \/><i>Vargas<\/i><br \/><i>Vela<\/i><br \/>Wagner<br \/>Walberg<br \/>Walden<br \/>Walorski<br \/><i>Walz<\/i><br \/>Weber (TX)<br \/>Webster (FL)<br \/>Wenstrup<br \/>Westmoreland<br \/>Whitfield<br \/>Williams<br \/>Wilson (SC)<br \/>Wittman<br \/>Wolf<br \/>Womack<br \/>Yoder<br \/>Yoho<br \/>Young (FL)<br \/>Young (IN)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span><b>&#8212;- NOT VOTING\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a012 &#8212;<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" border=\"4\" width=\"90%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"33.3%\">Barletta<br \/><i>Bustos<\/i><br \/>Campbell<br \/>Coble<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"33.3%\">Herrera Beutler<br \/><i>Horsford<\/i><br \/><i>McCarthy (NY)<\/i><br \/><i>Meng<\/i><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" 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