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Why 55 U.S. Senators Voted for Genocide in Yemen

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Faddis, Sam (R-MD) $350 not in Senate

Paula Jean Swearengin (D-WV) $263 not in Senate

Vukmir, Leah (R-WI) $250 not in Senate

Wilson, Jenny (D-UT) $250 not in Senate

Ross, Deborah (D-NC) $205 not in Senate

Hildebrand, David (D-CA) $100 not in Senate

Wyden, Ron (D-OR) $75 N

Singer, James (D-UT) $50 not in Senate

Schumer, Charles E (D-NY) $16 N

Sbaih, Jesse (D-NV) $5 not in Senate

Roberts, Pat (R-KS) $-1,000 Y

Franken, Al (D-MN) $-1,064 not in Senate

Kander, Jason (D-MO) $-1,598 not in Senate

Edwards, Donna (D-MD) $-2,700 not in Senate

Obviously one must look at numerous votes and other actions, and at bribes from previous years, and at the relative cost of running in each state, etc., but we do see here 51 of the 55 yes votes receiving weapons profits, and most of them near the top or middle of this list. And we see 42 of 44 no votes receiving weapons profits, and most of them near the middle or bottom of this list. Of the top 70 recipients, 43 voted yes. Of the bottom 20 recipients, 14 voted no.

A bigger factor would seem to be political party, since 45 of the 55 yes votes were Republican (plus 10 Democrats), and 37 of the 44 no votes were Democratic (plus 2 Independents and 5 Republicans). But this can hardly be separated from funding, as the amounts above are dwarfed by the money brought in and distributed to candidates by parties, with the "defense" profiteers giving the Republican party $1.2 million, and the Democratic Party $0.82 million. One can be very confident that neither party's "leadership" privately asked its members to vote to end the war on Yemen. Publicly, the Republican party leadership urged a vote for continued genocide. If we look at party and money combined, we see that all of the Republicans who voted no are pretty low in the list, while the relevance of bribes is less clear with Democrats who voted yes. But a no vote as part of a majority -- had such a thing happened -- would have been unlikely to have pleased either party.

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