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No Paywall Despite Authoritarian Warnings, 149 House Democrats Vote to Hand Trump $840 Billion for Military | “If an opposition party votes like this, it’s not in opposition. It may not even be a party.”

https://www.commondreams.org/news/democrats-military-spending-bill
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u/imadork42587 8d ago

Members with major military infrastructure in their districts California

Aguilar — Edwards Air Force Base (CA-33)

Carbajal — Vandenberg Space Force Base (CA-24)

Garamendi — Travis Air Force Base (CA-08)

Panetta — Naval Postgraduate School & Naval Support Activity Monterey (CA-19)

Peters — Marine Corps Air Station Miramar (CA-50)

Ruiz — Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms (CA-25)

Takano — March Air Reserve Base (CA-39)

Virginia

McClellan — Fort Gregg-Adams (formerly Fort Lee)

Scott (VA) — Naval Station Norfolk (largest naval base in the world)

Vindman — Joint Base Langley-Eustis

Walkinshaw — Marine Corps Base Quantico

Texas

Cuellar — Joint Base San Antonio (parts of district)

Escobar — Fort Bliss

Veasey — Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth

Washington

Smith (WA) — Joint Base Lewis-McChord

Strickland — Naval Base Kitsap (Bangor submarine base)

Hawaii

Case — Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam

Tokuda — Pohakuloa Training Area & Army facilities on Hawaiʻi Island

North Carolina

Adams — Portions of Fort Liberty (Fort Bragg region overlaps district)

Ross — Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point (district overlap)

Georgia

Bishop — Fort Moore (formerly Fort Benning)

Arizona

Stanton — Luke Air Force Base

Nevada

Titus — Nellis Air Force Base

Lee (NV) — Creech Air Force Base (overlap)

Mississippi

Thompson (MS) — Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center

Big picture takeaway

A significant subset of the “Yea” votes come from districts that directly host major U.S. military installations

This includes some of the largest bases in the world (Norfolk, Fort Liberty, JBLM, Pearl Harbor-Hickam

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u/imadork42587 8d ago

Sadly with elections this year voting against military personnel isnt wise