Guest Posted July 9, 2017 Report Share Posted July 9, 2017 FiveThirtyEight has a good congressional vote tracker during the trump presidency here:https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/congress-trump-score/?ex_cid=rrpromo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted July 9, 2017 Report Share Posted July 9, 2017 The "votes" section are interesting. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted July 9, 2017 Report Share Posted July 9, 2017 https://projects.propublica.org/represent/votes/115/senate/1/144 I don't understand this bill, what does it mean? Please tell me NYrepub Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted July 10, 2017 Report Share Posted July 10, 2017 21 hours ago, koneke said: https://projects.propublica.org/represent/votes/115/senate/1/144 I don't understand this bill, what does it mean? Please tell me NYrepub It codifies various sanctions toward Russia into law as opposed to executive trade orders which can be rescinded at Trump's will, meaning that the president can't arbitrarily choose to lift sanctions without congressional approval Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted July 10, 2017 Report Share Posted July 10, 2017 Rand Paul voted against it. Why did so many vote for it? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted July 10, 2017 Report Share Posted July 10, 2017 14 minutes ago, koneke said: Rand Paul voted against it. Why did so many vote for it? Because they don't want Trump to do things without their consent as he's a bit of a rookie at political chess. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jvikings1 40 Posted July 10, 2017 Report Share Posted July 10, 2017 14 minutes ago, koneke said: Rand Paul voted against it. Why did so many vote for it? Because many wanted to send a message to Russia and probably Trump as well. Rand voted against it because of the double standard when it comes to countries such as Russia. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted July 10, 2017 Report Share Posted July 10, 2017 Just now, jvikings1 said: Because many wanted to send a message to Russia and probably Trump as well. Rand voted against it because of the double standard when it comes to countries such as Russia. About the double standard, does he think that it is hypocritical to sell things to Saudi Arabia when they're bombing in Yemen? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Patine 469 Posted July 10, 2017 Report Share Posted July 10, 2017 1 minute ago, jvikings1 said: Because many wanted to send a message to Russia and probably Trump as well. Rand voted against it because of the double standard when it comes to countries such as Russia. Russia IS logistically different than most countries the U.S. puts sanctions on, in that sanctions is near the rational furthest point the U.S. can take a dispute with Russia without the continued existence of all life on earth less hardy than cockroaches, rats, and hyper-resistant lichens and micro-organisms potentially hanging in the balance. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jvikings1 40 Posted July 10, 2017 Report Share Posted July 10, 2017 6 minutes ago, koneke said: About the double standard, does he think that it is hypocritical to sell things to Saudi Arabia when they're bombing in Yemen? Rand is one of the only voices speaking against the arms deal (whether it was Obama or is Trump). 4 minutes ago, Patine said: Russia IS logistically different than most countries the U.S. puts sanctions on, in that sanctions is near the rational furthest point the U.S. can take a dispute with Russia without the continued existence of all life on earth less hardy than cockroaches, rats, and hyper-resistant lichens and micro-organisms potentially hanging in the balance. China is another (which was one of the focuses of pointing out the double standard) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted July 11, 2017 Report Share Posted July 11, 2017 (edited) https://projects.propublica.org/represent/votes/115/senate/1/109 This bill failed to pass. How could Trump put Gorsuch on the Supreme Court with a simple majority? Edit: I found that this bill passed https://projects.propublica.org/represent/votes/115/senate/1/110 Edited July 11, 2017 by Guest Found the answer Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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