How they voted on the Aid package.

Here is a link to the roll call vote on moving to the House floor aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene voted NAY, and she condemned Speaker of the House Mike Johnson for allowing the vote. 

The total vote was 316 Yes, to 94 No. 

Republicans supported the bill 151 Yes, to 55 No. Trump loyalists within the House GOP caucus support Trump's wish to force Ukraine to settle with the Russians. They voted No. Mike Johnson and a majority of Republicans favored the more traditional GOP position of opposing Soviet, now Russian, expansion into Europe. 

Democrats voted 165 Yes to 35 No. For Democrats, a No vote was a way to show condemnation of Israel's prosecution of the war against Hamas, which they describe as an attack on Gaza's civilians. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar were two of the Democrats who voted No. The Democratic leadership voted Yes. 

For Oregon readers: Cliff Bentz and Lori Chavez-DeRemer voted Yes. Bentz endorsed Trump but is now positioning himself as a "normal" Republican and not part of the Marjorie Taylor Green-Paul Gosar-Matt Gaetz "blow it all up" wing of the House GOP. In Bentz's first vote as a U.S. Representative he backed Trump's effort to stay in office by voting to reject the Pennsylvania electoral votes that certified a Biden win by 80,000 votes. Lori Chavez-DeRemer represents a district won by Biden. Within the bounds of what is acceptable to be a Republican, she is positioning herself as being open to bi-partisanship. She supported Mike Johnson as Speaker, which, within the context of being a House Republican, defines her as a moderate. All Republican members in the U.S. House cast their votes for Speaker Johnson. Unlike Chavez-DeRemer, Bentz had previously backed Jim Jordan.

Here is the link to the vote on Ukraine on April 20.  Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriation Act, 2024

https://clerk.house.gov/votes/2024151

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