NATIONAL: MONDAY’S SYMBOLIC HOUSE VOTE PASSES EASILY FOR SWEDEN AND FINLAND TO JOIN NATO
- 18 Republican lawmakers opposed Finland and Sweden joining NATO in a Monday vote.
- The vote passed easily, but ‘nay’ voters included several far-right GOP members.
- The House vote was symbolic; the US portion of the approval process takes place in the Senate.
Eighteen Republican lawmakers voted against the US allowing Finland and Sweden to join NATO.
Among the dissenters in the Monday vote were some of the party’s farthest-right members, including Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (GA), Matt Gaetz (FL) and Lauren Boebert (CO).
The vote was a symbolic one to express support from the House for the applications — the formal process by which the US can ratify new NATO members takes place in the Senate.
The House bill passed easily with 394 votes, leaving the 18 Republicans in a small minority even among their own party.
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