A total of 46 House Republicans voted in favor of an amendment to defund NATO introduced on Tuesday night by Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, a loyal Donald Trump ally who has long opposed military and financial aid to Ukraine.
Greene called for an amendment which would have struck over "$433 million in NATO funding" from the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs appropriations bill, she told members of Congress while speaking on the House floor.
Echoing Trump's words of condemnation against European NATO members that do not meet their pledge to spend a minimum of 2 percent of their GDP on defense, Greene said that the U.S. is "paying more than its fair share" and footing the bill for the entire alliance.
"As long as we remain a member of NATO, the United States will continue to function as the military ATM of European countries at the expense of our own citizens, putting our own national security and our economy at risk," she said.
Newsweek contacted Greene's spokesperson for comment by email on Wednesday morning.
But the amendment—which recalls the isolationist foreign policies of the Trump administration—ultimately failed, as 157 House Republicans voted against it, together with all 197 Democrats.
But the Georgia Republican's proposal received a surprising amount of support from her fellow GOP members of Congress. "That even a single person would vote against NATO is indescribably frustrating," commented on X Mark Pitcavage, senior research fellow at the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) Center on Extremism.
This is a list of all 46 House Republicans who voted for the failed motion on Tuesday night:
- Aaron Bean of Florida
- Andy Biggs of Arizona
- Dan Bishop of North Carolina
- Lauren Boebert of Colorado
- Mike Bost of Illinois
- Josh Brecheen of Oklahoma
- Tim Burchett of Tennessee
- Ben Cline of Virginia
- Michael Cloud of Texas
- Mike Collins of Georgia
- James Comer of Kentucky
- Eli Crane of Arizona
- Byron Donalds of Florida
- Michelle Fischbach of Minnesota
- Russell Fry of South Carolina
- Matt Gaetz of Florida
- Bob Good of Virginia
- Paul Gosar of Arizona
- Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia
- Harriet Hageman of Wyoming
- Andy Harris of Maryland
- Diana Harshbarger of Tennessee
- Kevin Hern of Oklahoma
- French Hill of Arkansas
- Wesley Hunt of Texas
- John Joyce of Pennsylvania
- Debbie Lesko of Arizona
- Anna Paulina Luna of Florida
- Thomas Massie of Kentucky
- Brian Mast of Florida
- Mary Miller of Illinois
- Cory Mills of Florida
- Alex Mooney of West Virginia
- Barry Moore of Alabama
- Ralph Norman of South Carolina
- Andy Ogles of Tennessee
- Scott Perry of Pennsylvania
- Bill Posey of Florida
- Matt Rosendale of Montana
- Chip Roy of Texas
- Keith Self of Texas
- Jason Smith of Missouri
- Greg Steube of Florida
- Tom Tiffany of Wisconsin
- William Timmons of South Carolina
- Michael Waltz of Florida
Greene said that her proposed amendment to the appropriations bill was a way of putting "American taxpayers first," as she wrote on X on Tuesday night.
"We spend billions defending other countries while our Southern border lies open and undefended. While America contributes more than its fair share, most NATO member countries don't even spend their minimum obligation of 2 percent GDP," she said.
"The American people are tired of their money being sent overseas to defend the world while receiving nothing in return."
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