Posted on 12/12/2018 4:52:48 PM PST by KC_Lion
Lame-duck Speaker Paul Ryan managed to shepherd through a motion protecting President Barack Obama’s illegal war in Yemen, thanks to five Democrats who joined the Republican majority to pass the measure.
Speaker Paul Ryan attached a rule on Tuesday night to the Conference Report for the 2018 Farm bill which would block a potential War Powers resolution vote on America’s involvement in Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen. The rule passed through the House 206-203, featuring strong Republican support for the rule, along with five Democrats who voted for the measure. Eighteen Republicans and 185 Democrats against the measure.
Ryan’s actions serve as a rare instance in which matters of foreign policy were attached domestic policy; although, Ryan blocked a resolution by Massie and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) in November by including language in the Manage Our Wolves Act that would block a vote on America’s involvement in Yemen.
Khanna called Ryan’s move this week “unprecedented” and contended that Congress abdicated its constitutional responsibility to authorize or de-authorize military conflict.
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Speaker Paul Ryan is a great Democrat.
That being said, isn’t this a war between the Sunni Saudis versus the Shia Iranians being waged in Yemen?
Badgers love him whether he sporta an “R, his fake label, or a “D”, his true letter.
In case you missed it, the US forgot to keep track of all the gallons of fuel used by Saudi Arabia during the War on Yemen.
We’ve been refueling their jets via US fuel, planes, and personnel and due to “accounting errors” haven’t kept track of the reimbursement owed.
We’re doing this because we’re friends of the Saudis, which policy Trump backs. It’s a proxy war between the Saudis and Iranians.
A good democrat speaker
Total back-stabbing GOPeeness.
This anti-Trumper, WAll-less Spitter of the House is a treat for the rest of us as he is finally gone.
The POS. Now an agent for Saudi Barbaria & its war crimes.
Isn’t Lyin’ Ryan one of the dem pizza boys?
Bullet to the head
Horrible piece of frigging crap!
So 201 Republicans voted to attach the rule to the bill, and only 18 didn’t. And somehow this is all Ryan’s fault.
Beat me to it
I am starting to think Pelosi may be an improvement. At lease we know what side she is on.
X2
What does the Farm Bill have to do with a war in Yemen among the ragheads???
This is another reason WHY the public doens’t trust Congress.
Too many litters of ‘attachments’ are on every bill passed or put forward.
These bill then end up looking like the worst Christmas sweater ever made.
What the hell is going on in Yemen that is so important to the Deep State globalists? Are they producing pedophile victims or something?
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