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Senate Rejects Amendment to Withdraw Troops From Afghanistan


An amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) sponsored by Sens. Tom Udall (D-NM) and Rand Paul (R-KY) to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan was tabled by the Senate on Wednesday evening. As reported by Jordain Carney of The Hill:

"The proposal [...] would remove troops from Afghanistan within a year and give them a $2,500 bonus. It would also repeal the 2001 authorization for the use of military force once U.S. troops have left the country.
"'Our amendment will finally and completely end the war in Afghanistan. ... It is not sustainable to keep fighting in Afghanistan generation after generation,' Paul said.
"Udall added that their proposed amendment was 'the responsible way' to end this war."

The vote to table the amendment was 60-33, with senators from both sides of the aisle voting to effectively kill it. Despite their opposing parties, these 60 senators do share something in common: they all have taken PAC money from the defense sector this election cycle:


Lamar Alexander (R-TN): $8,000

John Barrasso (R-WY): $77,000

Marsha Blackburn (R-TN): $23,956

Richard Blumenthal (D-CT): $91,000

John Boozman (R-AR): $97,500

Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV): $86,000

Tom Carper (D-DE): $46,500

Bill Cassidy (R-LA): $21,000

Susan Collins (R-ME): $85,000

Chris Coons (D-DE): $15,500

John Cornyn (R-TX): $107,500

Tom Cotton (R-AR): $91,000

Kevin Cramer (R-ND): $15,000

Mike Crapo (R-ID): $55,500

Ted Cruz (R-TX): $61,000

Joni Ernst (R-IA): $108,500

Dianne Feinstein (D-CA): $68,000

Deb Fischer (R-NE): $128,000

Cory Gardner (R-CO): $70,500

Lindsey Graham (R-SC): $100,700

Chuck Grassley (R-IA): $36,000

Maggie Hassan (D-NH): $22,500

Josh Hawley (R-MO): $21,500

John Hoeven (R-ND): $107,500

Jim Inhofe (R-OK): $243,500

Ron Johnson (R-WI): $59,000

Doug Jones (D-AL): $75,000

John Kennedy (R-LA): $35,000

Angus King (I-ME): $86,000

James Lankford (R-OK): $70,300

Kelly Loeffler (R-GA): $10,000

Joe Manchin (D-WV): $108,000

Mitch McConnell (R-KY): $150,500

Martha McSally (R-AZ): $147,500

Bob Menendez (D-NJ): $41,500

Jerry Moran (R-KS): $142,000

Chris Murphy (D-CT): $56,500

David Perdue (R-GA): $83,400

Rob Portman (R-OH): $93,500

Jack Reed (D-RI): $209,100

Jim Risch (R-ID): $45,500

Pat Roberts (R-KS): $5,500

Mitt Romney (R-UT): $11,000

Jacky Rosen (D-NV): $16,000

Mike Rounds (R-SD): $66,000

Marco Rubio (R-FL): $85,000

Ben Sasse (R-NE): $36,500

Rick Scott (R-FL): $17,000

Tim Scott (R-SC): $117,700

Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH): $178,700

Richard Shelby (R-AL): $144,200

Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ): $47,000

Dan Sullivan (R-AK): $109,450

John Thune (R-SD): $53,500

Thom Tillis (R-NC): $129,000

Pat Toomey (R-PA): $68,000

Mark Warner (D-VA): $139,600

Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI): $24,000

Roger Wicker (R-MS): $164,325

Todd Young (R-IN): $49,000


The Senate's vote to table Udall and Paul's amendment came the same day as the House Armed Services Committee approved a separate NDAA amendment "to put roadblocks on President Trump's ability to withdraw from Afghanistan." The amendment was sponsored by Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO). While he has not directly taken PAC money from the defense sector, leadership PACs contributing to him -- such as Majority Leader Steny Hoyer's (D-MD) AmeriPAC: The Fund for a Greater America and Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-CA) PAC to the Future, each of which have given $10,000 to Crow this election cycle -- have respectively taken $47,500 and $6,000 from defense PACs.

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