Republicans slam amendment as ‘partisan stunt’
Updated 8:24 p.m. | House Democrats offered another rebuke to President Donald Trump on Tuesday, this time by voting to block the State Department from spending taxpayers’ money at his domestic and overseas golf clubs and hotels.
The House voted 231-187 to adopt an amendment that would prohibit the department from spending funds at any of the Trump Organization’s hundreds of hotels, golf resorts and other properties. The provision was voted on as part of an en bloc package of amendments that Democratic leaders put together to avoid the risk of floor time being eaten up by roll call votes on each.
The amendments become part of the fiscal 2020 State-Foreign Operations portion of a broader spending package that is expected to receive a floor vote this week.
View the complete June 18 article by Rachel Oswald on The Roll Call website here.