| | To sink the [[U.S.]] deeper into the [[Russia Ukraine conflict 2022|Russia Ukraine conflict of 2022]], an analogous bill was enacted on April 28, 2022, entitled the "Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act." Ten heroic [[Republican]]s voted "no" in the [[House]]: AZ: Andy Biggs, Paul Gosar, FL: Matt Gaetz, GA: Marjorie Taylor Greene, KY: Thomas Massie, NC: Dan Bishop, OH: Warren Davidson, PA: Scott Perry, SC: Ralph Norman, and | | To sink the [[U.S.]] deeper into the [[Russia Ukraine conflict 2022|Russia Ukraine conflict of 2022]], an analogous bill was enacted on April 28, 2022, entitled the "Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act." Ten heroic [[Republican]]s voted "no" in the [[House]]: AZ: Andy Biggs, Paul Gosar, FL: Matt Gaetz, GA: Marjorie Taylor Greene, KY: Thomas Massie, NC: Dan Bishop, OH: Warren Davidson, PA: Scott Perry, SC: Ralph Norman, and |
| − | WI: Thomas Tiffany.<ref>https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2022141</ref> Senators cowardly passed it to pass on a voice vote, thereby obscuring who supported and opposed it. | + | WI: Thomas Tiffany.<ref>https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2022141</ref> Senators cowardly passed it on a voice vote, thereby obscuring who supported and opposed it. |
| | The original Lend Lease Act was ''An Act to Promote the Defense of the United States''<ref>http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq59-23.htm</ref> passed by Congress in March 1941 (8 months before Pearl Harbor), and the United States furnished by far the largest contribution measured by monetary standards,. President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] asserted that the defense of Britain against aggression was vital to the defense of the United States; Presidential confidant [[Harry Hopkins]] had general oversight on Roosevelt's behalf. | | The original Lend Lease Act was ''An Act to Promote the Defense of the United States''<ref>http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq59-23.htm</ref> passed by Congress in March 1941 (8 months before Pearl Harbor), and the United States furnished by far the largest contribution measured by monetary standards,. President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] asserted that the defense of Britain against aggression was vital to the defense of the United States; Presidential confidant [[Harry Hopkins]] had general oversight on Roosevelt's behalf. |