Republicans block Yemen war vote by sneaking rule change on to wildlife bill

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

Congressional Republicans have used a highly unusual manoeuvre to stop a debate about US military involvement in Yemen, attaching a one-line rule change to a resolution about wolves.

Republicans won a vote on the procedural ploy in the House of Representatives on Wednesday evening, stopping a resolution aimed at ending US support for the Saudi and Emirati war effort in Yemen, by ensuring it does not go to the floor of the chamber for a debate.

Democrat Ro Khanna, the congressman who was the resolution’s principal author, wrote on Twitter: “It’s unfortunate that the Republicans broke precedent and blocked our resolution to end US involvement in the war in Yemen. They are abdicating congressional oversight duties on their way out of power.”

“While today’s vote did not go our way, we will not stop fighting to end US involvement in the worst humanitarian crisis in modern history,” Khanna said. “We must end US complicity in Yemen’s humanitarian disaster.”

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Julian Borger in Washington
Wed 14 Nov 2018 22.56 GMT


Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/nov/14/republicans-yemen-war-powers-saudi-arabia

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[sinkingfeeling]

2. Another move showing how deplorable all the GOP is.

[Hotler]

3. a perfect example of why we.....

should not play nice right from the start in January.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

4. +1

[Haggis for Breakfast]

5. What was the resolution about wolves ?

I support and work with a Wolf sanctuary and I'm curious what this refers to.

Anyone know ?

[Eugene]

6. The rider would remove the gray wolf from the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife

published under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 in the contiguous 48 states.

The text is available here: https://rules.house.gov/sites/republicans.rules.house.gov/files/Rule_HR6784.pdf

[Haggis for Breakfast]

7. Thank you, Eugene.

Now, I have letters to write. Lots of them.

[rwsanders]

9. Not a bad idea, but I think this will only be defeated in court.

I contribute to Defenders of Wildlife (wish I could finance a whole legal time, but my one years contribution covers probably less than an hour of lawyer time). But there is also the Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club, Center for Biological Diversity.
Also, I apologize if I am telling you things you already know.
Also, I've been trying to start an urban myth: Everytime you wear clothing with a wolf on it, a cowboy wets his chaps. (pass it on).

[Haggis for Breakfast]

10. "A cowboy wets his chaps."

You just made my day.

I contribute locally to Wolf Haven International in Tenino, Washington. They are a sanctuary that is internationally recognized for their great work. They have been a part of the larger American breeding program to re-introduce a pure genetic of the red wolf.

I love it there. For some reason, I seem to provoke a lot of howling. The staff say it is uncanny.

[rwsanders]

11. Just like dogs, they know when they see a friend.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

12. Maybe they know how much time, energy and money

I support them with.

[JudyM]

8. They are truly disgusting. I guess they can just threaten to delist a species whenever want.

Reminds me of that scene in Silverado between Linda Hunt and Kevin Kline when she tells him Cobb (Brian Dennehy) is taking advantage of his softheartedness...

[laserhaas]

13. WTF

[Achilleaze]

14. How cowardly of the repukes

I guess when you've got a five-time draft-dodging casino hustler as the kingpin atop your shit party, it comes easily.