Sentences with phrase «voted against this war»

The MAJORITY of Democrats in Congress voted against the war.

Many of the Congress on both sides would have voted against the war had Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld not «cooked the books» to indicate weapons of mass destruction.

Left to Democrats in Congress, the MAJORITY voted against the war.

FACT: the majority of Democrats in Congress voted AGAINST the war.

I voted against the war in Iraq and I am vigorously opposed to an endless war in the Middle East that cost us trillions...

This doesn't make sense from their point of view — why stop MPs who are coming in to vote against the war»?

Ainsworth was notable as the only member of the shadow cabinet to have voted against the war in Iraq.

He voted against the war in Iraq in 2003 and opposed the introduction of tuition fees in 2004, but on other matters - such as Tony Blair's reforms of the National Health Service, he remained loyal.

The five - term congresswoman was best known, according to a CNN report, as an outspoken critic of the war in Iraq and was the only representative from the Ohio delegation who voted against the war.

Only one member of Congress out of both the House and Senate voted against the war.

Not exact matches

The June 23 vote took many investors and chief executives by surprise, triggering the deepest political and financial turmoil in Britain since World War Two and the biggest ever one - day fall in sterling against the dollar.

@Observer — A majority of congresspersons DID NOT vote against the Iraq War — the majority of them voted FOR it, which is why it passed.

So the «pro-lifers» are against abortion as a legally medical form of «murder», but then vote for politicians in our USA who promote war and all kinds of both domestic and foreign policies that lead to the death of millions of already born humans.

Obama may have wanted to go to war with Syria but specifically asked congress for their take and listened when the voting majority was against it... do you see the distinction?

Meanwhile, the House Foreign Affairs Committee voted last week to pass two resolutions: one calling for support of the creation of an international war crimes tribunal to prosecute those involved in Syria, and the other calling the crimes perpetrated by ISIS against Christians and other minorities there «war crimes,» «crimes against humanity,» and «genocide.»

Update (Mar. 15): The US House of Representatives has unanimously voted 393 — 0 to declare the actions of ISIS against Middle Eastern Christians (and other minorities) officially «war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide.»

This summer, when some 120 nations voted to establish a permanent international criminal court for genocide war crimes and crimes against humanity, the U.S. found itself one of only seven countries, including such bedfellows as China and the Sudan, to vote against the new court.

In my service of about thirty - five years in Congress I have undoubtedly made many mistakes, but my vote against the declaration of war was not one of them.

Senator Norris here presents his arguments why he was the only senator who voted against our entry into World War I: we have multiplied most of the problems we went into that war to solWar I: we have multiplied most of the problems we went into that war to solwar to solve.

I am the only living man in the Senate who voted against the declaration of war with Germany.

However, 29 Senate Dems, and 82 House Dems voted FOR the Iraq war (but, to be fair, 126 house Dems voted against it).

He says he won't vote for Bush again only because the President is calling for war against Iraq.

Since entering the Commons, Corbyn has defied the Labour whips on hundreds of occasions, including voting against the Iraq war, ID cards and increasing tuition fees.

After appointing Mullin to junior office again in 2003 the Prime Minister discovered that as a backbencher he had voted against the Iraq War.

Tasini's only hope in 2006 was the WFP, which has a lot of very liberal stakeholders who were against the war and upset with Clinton for her support of it, seeing that support as a largely politically calculated vote in advance of her likely (and then fulfilled) 2008 presidential bid.

The reason why there is an assumption that the Republicans won't vote against Trump in unanimous lockstep, like they did as a matter of policy with Obama, is if the Congressional Republicans basically declare war on their own party leader, no one but the Dems can win (given their track record, that's not a given, either), short or long term.

The only Democrat left in the field against Gillibrand is labor activist Jonathan Tasini, who also mounted a long - shot challenge to Clinton in 2006, running to the then - senator's left by focusing almost entirely on her «yes» vote on the Iraq War.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, who allowed Labour MPs a free vote amid deep divisions in his party, warned against an «ill - thought - out rush to war».

Two of the eight Lib Dem MPs, Farron's defeated rival for the tarnished crown Norman Lamb and Ceredigion MP Mark Williams, stood firm and voted against the latest war.

The country's peripheries, most torn by the war, predominantly voted in favor of the deal, whereas the majority in the interior of the country voted against.

First elected to Congress in 1988, the 79 - year - old has been a liberal leader in the House for 26 years, championing single payer health insurance and voting against the Iraq War.

He had never made any compromises with either the Blair or Brown governments, had consistently voted against the Iraq War and welfare cuts and was untouched over the parliamentary expenses scandal.

On the contrary, they are a warning to step back and vote against yet another ill - fated twist in the never - ending war on terror.»

Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos praising Mr. Felders move into the Republican fold is a declaration of war against the Democratic Party and now it's time for Mr. Murphy and everyone else advocating that voters get what they voted for «A Democratic Majority in the State Senate» and nothing less.

His main focus when he ran an unsuccessful primary challenge against then - US Sen. Hillary Clinton in 2000 was his opposition to the Iraq War and the fact that she had voted in favor of it.

He never supported the Iraq war, and recently voted against arming the so - called Syrian moderates, believing Congress should have an open debate on the subject and the Obama administration should have an exit strategy.

David Miliband voted for the iraq war, for 90 days» detention without trial, which was defeated despite him, for setting control orders at the instance of the Secretary of State for Justice instead of the Lord Chief Justice and against giving suspects the right to see the evidence against them.

Civil servants were looking into the constitutional issues should the vote over the war go against the government.

The vote again against war in Syria, was a demonstration of that, as Cameron himself acknowledged in the House of Commons, when he said that parliament, reflecting the will of the people, does not want to see a war.

Virtually all of the party's A-list prospects had either voted against or spoken out against the war, and Republicans delighted in rubbing it in.

A Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Benito Owusu Bio, has reiterated the Akufo - Addo administration's resolve to win the war against illegal mining, even if it meant losing votes in the 2020 elections.

Abbott has a record of differing from some party policies, voting against the Iraq war, [7] opposing ID cards and campaigning against the renewal of Britain's Trident nuclear weapons.

Murphy, who will likely run against Fulop for the North and Central Jersey vote in a crowded Democratic gubernatorial primary, is accusing him of using his mayoral campaign as a war chest for that race.

Campbell was first elected as an MP for Blyth Valley at the 1987 general election with a majority of 853 votes, and has often voted against the government on issues such as the Iraq War.

He always votes as he thinks and voted against the Iraq war and against the bombing of Libya.

ALBANY — The Democratic - controlled state Senate last night passed legislation to more than double the number of charter schools — infuriating teachers - union officials who immediately declared war against the lawmakers who voted for the bill.

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Arizona Sen. John McCain insists his vote against a GOP plan to repeal ObamaCare is not payback for Trump demeaning the former POW's heroism during the Vietnam War when the president remarked: «I like people who weren't captured.»

What about the few folks with courage to vote against Iraq back in 2003 (when 70 % of Americans were for the war)?

In the run - up to Sunday's vote, officials close to Corbyn and the Scottish Labour leader, Richard Leonard, had accused the pro-EU grouping of using the issue to mount a proxy war by Labour's moderates against the party's leadership — a charge they deny.