On the day that the DOJ announced arrests related to a brothel that focused on political clients, these 70 Republicans voted to give the FBI brand new headquarters.
Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz moved to defund plans for the new office building with an amendment to the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act for 2024. House Democrats were unanimous in opposing the Gaetz proposal and were joined by 70 Republicans. Gaetz’s proposal failed 273 to 145 in a Wednesday vote, the same day the Justice Department unveiled three arrests over a “sophisticated high-end brothel” ring operating in Virginia and Massachusetts.
Despite decades of misconduct revealing an agency politicized beyond repair on behalf of Democrats dispatched to prosecute political opponents, House Republicans have given the FBI a multi-million-dollar new complex to interfere in foreseeable elections.
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Here are the Republicans who gave the FBI their blessing Wednesday:
Don Bacon, Nebraska Andy Barr, Kentucky Cliff Bentz, Oregon Stephanie Bice, Oklahoma Mike Bost, Illinois Vern Buchanan, Florida Ken Buck, Colorado Ken Calvert, California Mike Carey, Ohio John Carter, Texas Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Oregon Tom Cole, Oklahoma Anthony D’Esposito, New York Mario Diaz-Balart, Florida John Duarte, California Chuck Edwards, North Carolina Jake Ellzey, Texas Randy Feenstra, Iowa A. Drew Ferguson IV, Georgia Brian Fitzpatrick, Pennsylvania Mike Flood, Nebraska Andrew Garbarino, New York Tony Gonzales, Texas Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon, Puerto Rico Kay Granger, Texas Sam Graves,
