BREITBART: 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.
The five Democrats who voted for the measure are Reps. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MA), David Scott (D-GA), Collin Peterson (D-MN), Jim Costa (D-CA), and Al Lawson (D-FL).
Had the Democrats not joined Republicans in voting for this rule, Ryan’s rule would have failed and Ryan’s ploy would have failed on the House floor. There were enough Republicans to tank the rule– five Democrats saved the rule.
Prominent Republican conservatives such as Reps. Dave Brat (R-VA), Justin Amash (R-MI), Jim Jordan (R-OH), Mark Meadows (R-NC), Thomas Massie (R-KY), and Scott Perry (R-PA) voted against Ryan’s motion.
Massie, in an interview with Breitbart News on Wednesday, said that American involvement in Yemen was not “America First.” MORE
Paul Ryan, A spritzer of communism. We all knew it. A pussy whipped libtard. His wifes whacked views as a libtard school teacher have actually skewed American public policy. A man with no testicles.
Well, that’s just great. And now we finally get rid of Ryan and guess who’s coming back? Romney. One step forward, two steps back. Anyone else getting sick of this? How could today’s enlightened Republican voters be this stupid? I don’t get it.
If you see ryan at a party, kick him in the balls.
If you happen to work in one of DC’s trendy eateries and see Paul Ryan and his wife dining feel free to add an additional ingredient to his food. Preferably a helping of bodily waste.
Wonderful! Paul Ryan the policy wonk.
Thankfully we won’t have him around much longer to throw a wrench into Trumps America First agenda.
Oh wait…. not so fast, he’ll operate from a much more powerful position to push the globalists agenda…. from K Street.
BRAD
I think Paul was always a liberal. His strong support of the Bush/Obama agenda the last 18 years was my first clue.
His constant increases of taxpayer subsidies of abortion as Bdgt Chm was my 2 nd clue His deeds screamed “I;m GWB tax+spend GOPe!”
The major US involvement in Yemen is drone striking Al Qaeda and forcing them into hiding. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Rohit Khanna (D-CA) want to stop that so the Al Aqaeda can operate openly, mass forces and overrun territory, and attack America again? Sounds like they got the stupids.
Yemen is 3 way civil war, Houthi/Iran, Aden gov/Saudi coalition and Al Qaeda. Two of the sides have already declared war on America.
See: A look at al-Qaida’s most lethal branch, Yemen’s AQAP
https://www.foxnews.com/world/a-look-at-al-qaidas-most-lethal-branch-yemens-aqap
@Anonymous December 13, 2018 at 3:38 am
> If you see ryan at a party, kick him in the balls.
What if Janna’s not there?
“If you see ryan at a party, kick him in the balls.”
I don’t go to Democrats’ parties. 😉