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Ocasio-Cortez amendment to the 2022 defense bill: cut the defense budget by 10 percent

House vote · H.R. 4350 · On Agreeing to the Amendment · September 23, 2021Defense

Amendment to the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act that would have cut the overall defense budget by 10 percent, leaving out pay and health care.

Liberty position: Nay
The House voted: 86 Yea, 332 Nay
Why Nay is the liberty side: A vote for it is a vote to shrink the US military.

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289 current members of Congress were in the House for this vote. Members who have left Congress are not listed.

On the liberty side: 225; 143 Republicans, 82 Democrats
Against the liberty side: 59; 59 Democrats
Not counted: 5; 2 Republicans, 3 Democrats

On the liberty side

225 current members voted Nay.

Against the liberty side

59 current members voted Yea.

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5 current members missed the vote or voted present. Neither counts for or against a member.

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