All Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce
Committee voted against an amendment that states that global warming exists, regardless of cause.
The approval came hours after the same
committee voted against an amendment that would have banned weapons like the AR - 15 rifle used by Nikolas Cruz in the Parkland shootings.
Not exact matches
Interestingly, Sen. John McCain, who the day before complained about Republicans» method of «trying to find a way to win without help from across the aisle,»
voted against the Democratic
amendment to send health - care back to the starting line in
committee.
Foreign secretary William Hague had appealed to Conservative MPs in an evening meeting of the 1922
Committee to
vote against the
amendment.
Knowing that his
amendment was fated to lose on the same party - line
vote as the other
amendments, Lipinski told ScienceInsider that he withdrew it so that the
committee's Republicans did not have to publicly
vote against the higher spending level for NSF.