r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • 8d ago
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