- cross-posted to:
- [email protected]
- news
- cross-posted to:
- [email protected]
- news
Senator’s bid to make US military support conditional on whether Israel is violating human rights in Gaza fails by 72 votes to 11
Senator’s bid to make US military support conditional on whether Israel is violating human rights in Gaza fails by 72 votes to 11
Anyone got a list of who abstained? I want to do the math so I know how large the Senate Genocide Caucus is.
EDIT: I was trying to do math and kept overlooking how the article said that it was 72-11, which would mean 17 abstaining or absent. The Senate Genocide Caucus is 72 members wide.
https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1182/vote_118_2_00008.htm
It’s fucked that it’s 15 Republicans and only 2 Dems abstaining.
If my arithmetic is correct, the Senate Genocide Caucus consists of 2 Independents, 32 Republicans, and 37 Democrats.
=71. You’re short 1. (vote was 72-11)
I see what I did. I subtracted from 48 Republicans instead of 49. The Senate Genocide Caucus has 2 Independents, 33 Republicans, and 37 Democrats.
Grassley is in hospital