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Sophia4

(3,515 posts) Thu Jul 12, 2018, 04:09 AM Jul 2018

97 to 2, the Senate votes to confirm NATO membership.

(CNN)The Senate took a bipartisan swipe at President Donald Trump on Tuesday when it overwhelmingly approved a motion of support for NATO.
The 97-2 vote reflects the broad concerns on Capitol Hill over Trump's seeming ambivalence about the alliance and his commitment to it.
The vote came the same day Trump arrived in Brussels, Belgium, for a summit of NATO nations and shortly before he heads to Helsinki, Finland, for a one-on-one session with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/10/politics/senate-nato-vote-trump/index.html

This gives me some hope that the Senate will thwart any attempt by Trump to take us out of NATO.

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97 to 2, the Senate votes to confirm NATO membership. (Original Post) Sophia4 Jul 2018 OP

Two GOP senators, Mike Lee of Utah and Rand Paul of Kentucky, voted against the measure. RestoreAmerica2020 Jul 2018 #1

I think this is the biggest story of the day, Sophia4 Jul 2018 #2

More and more, I understand how Rand Paul could get his ass kicked over shrubbery... Raster Jul 2018 #3

RestoreAmerica2020

(3,435 posts)

1. Two GOP senators, Mike Lee of Utah and Rand Paul of Kentucky, voted against the measure.

Reply to Sophia4 (Original post)

Thu Jul 12, 2018, 04:35 AM

Jul 2018

"Why is the U.S. Senate pushing to expand NATO when most of them aren't even paying their fair share? I stand with @realDonaldTrump," Paul said in a tweet.

Sophia4

(3,515 posts)

2. I think this is the biggest story of the day,

Reply to RestoreAmerica2020 (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 12, 2018, 04:44 AM

Jul 2018

A lot of Republicans voted for this measure.

Raster

(20,998 posts)

3. More and more, I understand how Rand Paul could get his ass kicked over shrubbery...