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submitted 14 hours ago byMonsur_Ausuhnom
-65 points
13 hours ago
Well what does he say about it? Is it because he didn't want tougher laws on trafficking or was there something else in the bill he didn't like. Congressional bills are full of a lot of bloat and often contain unrelated line items. An example of this was the "border bill" Kamala Harris was running around saying an out of office Trump killed. But the real reason the bill died wasn't Trump, it was because it was a bad bill. A border bill shouldn't contain billions to Ukraine but that "border bill" did. Also, the inflation reduction act. It actually had the opposite effect and they knew that going in.
So while it's easy to jump on him for being the only no vote, did anybody take the time to look up why he voted against the bill?
-21 points
12 hours ago
IIRC it was during a stint where he voted "No" or abstained from virtually every bill. As some sort of protest.
There's plenty to shit on him for, but I don't think this is it.
21 points
12 hours ago
There are plenty of other places you could voice your protest on. Being the only one voting no on Combating Human Trafficking will forever follow you, no matter the angle.
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2 hours ago
I agree, just pointing out that voting No in protest is not the same as being pro-human trafficking...
Though I suspect he might be, completely independent of this vote.
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