{"id":18338,"date":"2013-09-06T12:53:58","date_gmt":"2013-09-06T17:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.battleswarmblog.com\/?p=18338"},"modified":"2013-09-06T12:54:30","modified_gmt":"2013-09-06T17:54:30","slug":"whip-count-texas-congressional-delegation-on-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.battleswarmblog.com\/?p=18338","title":{"rendered":"Whip Count: Texas Congressional Delegation on Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s taking a while to get back up to speed after Worldcon, but here’s a little content to prove I’m not dead (just dead tired). And it’s proven a moving target that took longer to put together than I expected<\/p>\n

The Hill has an an ongoing whip count<\/a> on those who oppose or support a strike against Syria. Huffington Post has another count<\/a>. This is shaping up to be a case of actual Americans on both the left and right opposing Obama’s Big Adventure, while the Permanent Party of Washington Insiders is supporting it. <\/p>\n

Texas Congressmen On Record Opposing A Strike On Syria<\/h4>\n

(if no link from their name, they’re on the Hill or Huff Puff lists)
\nRepublicans<\/b><\/p>\n

  • Sen. Ted Cruz\n
  • Rep. Joe Barton<\/a>\n
  • Rep. Kevin Brady\n
  • Rep. Michael C. Burgess\n
  • Rep. Mike Conaway\n
  • Rep. John Culberson\n
  • Rep. Blake Farenthold<\/a>\n
  • Rep. Bill Flores\n
  • Rep. Louis Gohmert<\/a>\n
  • Ralph M. Hall<\/a>\n
  • Rep. Sam Johnson\n
  • Rep. Kenny Marchant<\/a>\n
  • Rep. Michael McCaul\n
  • Rep. Randy Neugebauer\n
  • Rep. Ted Poe\n
  • Rep. Lamar Smith\n
  • Rep. Mac Thornberry\n
  • Rep. Roger Williams\n
  • Rep. Randy Weber\n<\/li>\n

    Democrats<\/b><\/p>\n

  • Lloyd Doggett\n<\/li>\n

    Texas Congressmen On Record Supporting A Strike On Syria<\/h4>\n

    Republicans<\/b>
    \nNone.<\/p>\n

    Democrats<\/b><\/p>\n

  • Rep. Joaqu\u00edn Castro (Huff Puff says neutral, The Hill says leaning yes)\n
  • Rep. Henry Cueller\n
  • Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee\n
  • Rep. Marc A. Veasey\n<\/li>\n

    Here’s a list of Texas Republican Congressmen who were listed as undecided in the Huff Puff piece, along with contact info:<\/p>\n

  • Sen. John Cornyn (Contact form<\/a>, 202-224-2934, additional office contact locations<\/a>)\n
  • Rep. John Carter (Contact form<\/a>, (202) 225-3864, Round Rock (512) 246-1600, Temple (254) 933-1392)\n
  • Rep. Jeb Hensarling (Contact form<\/a>, (202) 225-3484, Athens, (903) 675-8288, Dallas (214) 349-9996)\n
  • Rep. Kay Granger (Contact form<\/a>, (202) 225-5071, Fort Worth (817) 338-0909)\n
  • Rep. Pete Olson (Contact form<\/a>, (202) 225-5951, Pearland (281) 485-4855, Sugar Land (281) 494-2690)\n
  • Rep. Pete Sessions (Contact form<\/a>, (202) 225-2231, Dallas (972) 392-0505)\n
  • Steve Stockman (Contact form<\/a>, (202) 225-1555, Cleveland (409) 883-8028 Orange, TX 77630, (409) 883-8075, Pasadena (281-478-2799)\n<\/li>\n

    Contact information for Texas congressional critters from Dwight’s blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    So, for those of you playing along on the home game: Both Ted Cruz and Lloyd Doggett oppose attacking Syria. That’s a pretty broad coalition. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    It’s taking a while to get back up to speed after Worldcon, but here’s a little content to prove I’m not dead (just dead tired). And it’s proven a moving target that took longer to put together than I expected The Hill has an an ongoing whip count on those who oppose or support a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":30,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,49,31,194],"tags":[2044,2867,228,1263,2043,598,2874,64,2045,537,950],"class_list":["post-18338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-democrats","category-foreign-policy","category-jihad","category-military","tag-jeb-hensarling","tag-jihad","tag-john-carter","tag-john-cornyn","tag-kay-granger","tag-lloyd-doggett","tag-military","tag-obama","tag-pete-olson","tag-syria","tag-ted-cruz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.battleswarmblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.battleswarmblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.battleswarmblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.battleswarmblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.battleswarmblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18338"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.battleswarmblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18338\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18349,"href":"https:\/\/www.battleswarmblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18338\/revisions\/18349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.battleswarmblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.battleswarmblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.battleswarmblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}