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Hawley is only senator to vote against Finland, Sweden NATO membership
Does anyone know
Does that mean they cant join? ... does the vote have to be unanimous? What's next for them?
Ocelot II
(131,232 posts)and won't affect their NATO membership - Hawley was just being a dick. All the NATO countries have to approve it through their legislatures.
Fullduplexxx
(8,633 posts)Walleye
(45,436 posts)FoxNewsSucks
(11,919 posts)Lovie777
(23,741 posts)USA Senate approved Finland and Sweden membership into NATO.
Hawley once said that the Republican party wants to make life so unbearable for Democrats especially in red states that they will leave which in turn will allow total control of the USA in future elections, i.e. dictatorship.
Fullduplexxx
(8,633 posts)Midnight Writer
(25,746 posts)Last edited Thu Aug 4, 2022, 01:41 PM - Edit history (1)
His mating ritual is ostentatious, but seldom successful.
Ocelot II
(131,232 posts)Assuming there's anything to tan...
rockfordfile
(8,742 posts)madville
(7,858 posts)Am I remembering wrong, seems like its always been a Senate tradition to have one nay vote on legislation that would otherwise be unanimous?
underpants
(197,181 posts)lindysalsagal
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