Wed
Jul 26 2017
02:45 pm
The House just voted 419 to 3 in favor of sanctions on Russia, North Korea, and Iran.
By: Somebody

Guess who was one of the three to vote no?

Jimmy Duncan!

That's right.

You have to wonder, when 419 of his peers thought that firming up sanctions against these three countries, plus limiting the President's power to lift them unilaterally, why exactly it is that Jimmy thought this is a bad idea.

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R. Neal's picture

His vote button is stuck on

Submitted by R. Neal on Wed, 2017/07/26 - 3:23pm.

His vote button is stuck on "no."

michael kaplan's picture

Libertarians are opposed

Submitted by michael kaplan on Wed, 2017/07/26 - 4:39pm.

Only three libertarian-leaning Republicans – Justin Amash of Michigan, Tom Massie of Kentucky and Jimmy Duncan of Tennessee – voted against the bill in the House.

The Senate version of the bill was approved 98-2, with Rand Paul and Bernie Sanders opposed.

bizgrrl's picture

Wonder why Bernie was

Submitted by bizgrrl on Wed, 2017/07/26 - 5:11pm.
(in reply to michael kaplan)

Wonder why Bernie was opposed.

bizgrrl's picture

Back in June, 2017, he

Submitted by bizgrrl on Wed, 2017/07/26 - 5:17pm.
(in reply to bizgrrl)

Back in June, 2017, he said,.

But I believe that these new sanctions could endanger the very important nuclear agreement that was signed between the United States, its partners and Iran in 2015.

Maybe it's a similar reason now.

michael kaplan's picture

Not to mention the huge deal

Submitted by michael kaplan on Thu, 2017/07/27 - 8:07am.
(in reply to bizgrrl)

Not to mention the huge deal to sell Iran 140 Boeing passenger planes.

From The New York Times:

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s official IRNA news agency is reporting that the country’s Aseman Airlines has finalized a deal to purchase 60 planes from the American company Boeing. The Saturday report said that the planes will be delivered in two batches and the first batch will consist of 30 737 passenger planes to be delivered in 2019. This is the second deal between the Chicago-based Boeing and an Iranian airliner since a landmark nuclear agreement between Iran and world powers went into practice in 2016. In December Iran Air, the country’s flag carrier, finalized a $16.6 billion deal with Boeing to purchase 80 passenger planes.

Factchecker's picture

Bernie sucks.

Submitted by Factchecker on Thu, 2017/07/27 - 10:32pm.

Bernie sucks.

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