Who Are the Odd Eight in the House That Crossed Party Lines on the Wall?
By David North on December 21, 2018
Who are the eight members of the House who left GOP ranks to vote against the wall on Thursday?
The spending bill passed with all the Democrats in opposition and some 217 Republicans voting for it. It contained a provision calling for $5.7 billion for the wall. It is unlikely to get through the Senate without changes.
The eight includes four who are not coming back next month, four with lots of Hispanic voters in their districts, and some in both categories.
The most interesting no vote came from Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas), a moderate who just barely got re-elected last month. His district, with many Hispanics in it, is on the border stretching east from the outskirts of El Paso along hundreds of miles of the Rio Grande. The wall probably would have created a major chunk of economic activity in some poverty-stricken areas along that river, but he voted against it.
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