The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passes the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, 417-1.
The Senate passed it last night. Now, it will go to Trump’s desk to be signed.
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Thomas Massie was the lone no vote. But he is currently voting yes on a bill to block US sales of non lethal crowd control equipment to the Hong Kong police.
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This second vote is ongoing. It looks like nobody is going to vote against the bill. I will update once the tally is final
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This second bill to block crowd control exports to the Hong Kong police passes with a vote of 417-0.
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Massie tells me of his vote against the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act: “I agreed with 90% of that bill, but I’ve never voted for sanctions against a sovereign country.”
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Aides expect Trump to sign the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act into law, but it’s worth noting that this is an extremely airtight, veto-proof show of support in both chambers. It passed *unanimously* in the Senate and with *only one* vote against it in the House.
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