<div dir="ltr">This is who Duncan is: <div><br></div><div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Duncan_(U.S._politician)">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Duncan_(U.S._politician)</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>[...]</div><div><p style="margin:0.5em 0px;line-height:inherit;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px">Duncan voted against authorizing the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_invasion_of_Iraq" title="2003 invasion of Iraq" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none">War in Iraq</a> based on opposition to what he believed to be an unnecessary foreign involvement. He also opposed and voted against a June 2006 House declaration in support of the war.<sup id="gmail-cite_ref-4" class="gmail-reference" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Duncan_(U.S._politician)#cite_note-4" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none">[4]</a></sup> He was one of the most <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservatism" title="Conservatism" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none">conservative</a> Republicans to do so.<sup id="gmail-cite_ref-VoteSmart_5-0" class="gmail-reference" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Duncan_(U.S._politician)#cite_note-VoteSmart-5" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none">[5]</a></sup> Duncan later remarked that the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none">Iraq War</a> vote had been</p><blockquote class="gmail-templatequote" style="overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0px;padding:0px 40px;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px"><p style="margin:0.5em 0px;line-height:inherit">a tough one for me. I have a very conservative Republican district. My Uncle Joe is one of the most respected judges in Tennessee: when I get in a really serious bind I go to him for advice. I had breakfast with him and my two closest friends and all three told me that I had to vote for the war. It’s the only time in my life that I’ve ever gone against my Uncle Joe’s advice. When I pushed that button to vote against the war back in 2002, I thought I might be ending my political career.<sup id="gmail-cite_ref-Kauffman_2-5" class="gmail-reference" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Duncan_(U.S._politician)#cite_note-Kauffman-2" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none">[2]</a></sup></p></blockquote><p style="margin:0.5em 0px;line-height:inherit;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px">Duncan was among only six Republicans to vote against funding for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none">Iraq War</a> on May 24, 2007.<sup id="gmail-cite_ref-6" class="gmail-reference" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Duncan_(U.S._politician)#cite_note-6" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none">[6]</a></sup> Duncan voted, along with three other Republicans, to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq by April 2008 on July 12, 2007.<sup id="gmail-cite_ref-7" class="gmail-reference" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Duncan_(U.S._politician)#cite_note-7" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none">[7]</a></sup></p><p style="margin:0.5em 0px;line-height:inherit;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px">On March 10, 2010, Duncan again joined three other Republicans in voting for the removal of troops from Afghanistan.<sup id="gmail-cite_ref-8" class="gmail-reference" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Duncan_(U.S._politician)#cite_note-8" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none">[8]</a></sup> Duncan and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Paul" title="Ron Paul" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none">Ron Paul</a> were the only members of Congress to vote for the removal of troops from Afghanistan and against all recent bailout and stimulus bills.<sup id="gmail-cite_ref-9" class="gmail-reference" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Duncan_(U.S._politician)#cite_note-9" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none">[9]</a></sup></p><p style="margin:0.5em 0px;line-height:inherit;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px">He has even criticized <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoconservatism" title="Neoconservatism" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none">neoconservatism</a> and supports a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-interventionist" class="gmail-mw-redirect" title="Non-interventionist" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none">non-interventionist</a> foreign policy.<sup id="gmail-cite_ref-10" class="gmail-reference" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Duncan_(U.S._politician)#cite_note-10" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none">[10]</a></sup></p><p style="margin:0.5em 0px;line-height:inherit;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px">Duncan is a member of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_Caucus" title="Liberty Caucus" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none">Liberty Caucus</a> (sometimes called the Liberty Committee), a group of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarianism" title="Libertarianism" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none">libertarian-minded</a> congressional Republicans.<sup id="gmail-cite_ref-11" class="gmail-reference" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Duncan_(U.S._politician)#cite_note-11" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none">[11]</a></sup></p><p style="margin:0.5em 0px;line-height:inherit;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px"></p><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"></div><p></p><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">[...]<br></div></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">[...]</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px">Duncan is a frequent contributor to </span><i style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronicles_(magazine)" class="gmail-mw-redirect" title="Chronicles (magazine)" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none">Chronicles</a></i><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px"> and </span><i style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_American_Conservative" title="The American Conservative" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none">The American Conservative</a>,</i><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px"> both magazines associated with the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleoconservative" class="gmail-mw-redirect" title="Paleoconservative" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:none;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px">paleoconservative</a><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px"> movement. He has also contributed to numerous trade publications and Capitol Hill newspapers.</span><br></div><div style="text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal">[...]</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><b>This is the kind of Republican the peace/anti-war movement needs more of in Congress from "red" districts. This district will <i>never</i> elect a Democrat. But it <i>can</i> elect a Duncan. </b></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-style:normal"><b> </b></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal">Duncan was also one of 40 Republicans who voted last year for our amendment to prohibit the transfer of cluster bombs to Saudi Arabia. </div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><br></div><div><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/obama-heeding-close-house_b_10516480.html">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/obama-heeding-close-house_b_10516480.html</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Right now we're trying to get Duncan to co-sponsor Nolan's amendment to ratify and clap hands on Trump's cancellation of the CIA's reindeer games in Syria. </div><div><br></div><div><table style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border-collapse:collapse;width:536px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:11px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(73,73,73);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><tbody style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;border-collapse:separate;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"><tr style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:1px 0px 0px;border-top-style:dotted;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-top-color:rgb(230,230,230);border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:initial;border-left-color:initial;border-collapse:separate;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"><td class="gmail-col-2" style="padding:10px 6px 10px 0px;border:0px;border-collapse:separate;outline:0px;vertical-align:top;background:transparent;width:60px;float:none">#129 -- Version 1</td><td class="gmail-col-3" style="padding:10px 14px 10px 0px;border:0px;border-collapse:separate;outline:0px;vertical-align:top;background:transparent;width:80px;float:left"><a href="http://www.rules.house.gov/amendments/NOLAN_058_xml724171151475147.pdf" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;text-decoration-line:none;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(183,33,30)">Nolan (MN)</a></td><td class="gmail-col-4" style="padding:10px 14px 10px 0px;border:0px;border-collapse:separate;outline:0px;vertical-align:top;background:transparent;width:68px">Democrat</td><td class="gmail-col-5" style="padding:10px 14px 10px 0px;border:0px;border-collapse:separate;outline:0px;vertical-align:top;background:transparent;width:214px"><b style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">Late </b>Prohibits funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act to be used to transfer or authorize the transfer of weapons to any entity in Syria that is fighting the Syrian Government.</td><td class="gmail-col-6" style="padding:10px 0px;border:0px;border-collapse:separate;outline:0px;vertical-align:top;background:transparent;width:72px">Submitted</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div style="text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><a href="https://rules.house.gov/bill/115/hr-3219">https://rules.house.gov/bill/115/hr-3219</a><br></div><div style="text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><a href="http://www.rules.house.gov/amendments/NOLAN_058_xml724171151475147.pdf">http://www.rules.house.gov/amendments/NOLAN_058_xml724171151475147.pdf</a><br></div><div style="text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Robert Naiman<br>Policy Director<br>Just Foreign Policy<br><a href="http://www.justforeignpolicy.org" target="_blank">www.justforeignpolicy.org</a><br><a href="mailto:naiman@justforeignpolicy.org" target="_blank">naiman@justforeignpolicy.org</a><br><div><span style="text-align:left">(202) 448-2898 x1</span><br></div><div><span style="text-align:left"><br></span></div><div>Force Roll Calls on Davidson-Nolan Bars to U.S. Role in Saudi War in Yemen<br></div><div><a href="https://petitions.moveon.org/sign/force-roll-calls-on-davidson?r_by=1135580" target="_blank">https://petitions.moveon.org/sign/force-roll-calls-on-davidson?r_by=1135580</a><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 8:48 AM, David Green via Peace-discuss <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net" target="_blank">peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:garamond,new york,times,serif;font-size:medium"><div><a href="http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2017/roll413.xml" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://clerk.house.gov/evs/<wbr>2017/roll413.xml</a></div><div><br></div><div>The 3 who voted no, all Republicans, were Amash, Duncan, Massie.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div><br>______________________________<wbr>_________________<br>
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