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→A vote from the House: Guess who sided with the president on the side of the Democrats?
:The GOP establishment is strongly globalist on trade, foreign policy, and foreign worker visas. We've known that for a long time. That's why the GOP rejected 16 other candidates in 2016 and nominated Trump -- they had enough with the elite consensus. --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 17:12, 16 October 2019 (EDT)
:The GOP establishment is strongly globalist on trade, foreign policy, and foreign worker visas. We've known that for a long time. That's why the GOP rejected 16 other candidates in 2016 and nominated Trump -- they had enough with the elite consensus. --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 17:12, 16 October 2019 (EDT)
It is more interesting who missed the October 16th vote against the president on side of the Democrats, in alphabetical order:
* [[Tulsi Gabbard]]: also missed the vote on October 18th but voted on October 17th, missed the vote on July 17th on the disapproval of arms exports to Saudi Arabia, missed 21 votes in 2019 so far, [https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/129306/tulsi-gabbard/?p=1#.Xat9BiBCTcs voting records]
* Al Lawson: Rep. from Florida, also missed the votes on October 17th and 18th, [https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/24263/al-lawson-jr#.Xat36yBCTcs voting records]
* [[Ilhan Omar]]: she voted on October, 17th and 18th but not on 16th, not on Syria. Most interesting since she and Trump otherwise are warring with each other. She missed a vote only twice, one on the (anti Putin) "Europe energy security" bill and one on Puerto Rico disaster relief, [https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/171628/ilhan-omar/?p=1#.XatpUiBCTcs voting records]
* [[Bobby Rush]]: he voted on October 17th, missed the vote on October 16th (Syria) and 18th, was one of 17 who voted against the anti-BDS bill, [https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/26831/bobby-rush/?p=1#.XatqZiBCTcs voting records]
* [[Tim Ryan]]: he voted on October 18th, but missed the votes on October 17th and 16th (Syria), in 2019 he missed 17 votes so far, [https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/45638/tim-ryan/?p=1#.XatuwyBCTcs voting records]
* [[Jackie Speier]]: she missed the vote on October 16th (Syria), but voted on October 17th and 18th. She also missed to vote on July 17th on the disapproval of arms exports to Saudi Arabia, and one on Puerto Rico disaster relief and on (anti Putin) "Europe energy security" bill and one other vote in 2019 (her mother lost many extended relatives in the [[Armenian Genocide]]), [https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/8425/jackie-speier/?p=1#.Xat0LSBCTcs voting record]
Two members couldn't vote because of a serious illness:
* [[Elijah Cummings]]
* Donald McEachin: Rep. from Virginia, missed all the 12 votes in September and October and 4 in April due to a [https://www.rollcall.com/news/congress/rep-donald-mceachin-hospitalized-developing-blood-clot serious health issue], while he only missed 4 votes in the years 2006-2018, [https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/8230/donald-mceachin/?p=1#.XatltiBCTcs voting records]