These Republicans Just Rewarded FBI With New Headquarters

Originally Authored at TheFederalist.com

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.

[READ: Think The FBI Deserves The Benefit Of The Doubt? This Laundry List Of Corruption Should Make You Think Again]

Here are the Republicans who gave the FBI their blessing Wednesday:

1. Don Bacon, Nebraska
2. Andy Barr, Kentucky
3. Cliff Bentz, Oregon
4. Stephanie Bice, Oklahoma
5. Mike Bost, Illinois
6. Vern Buchanan, Florida
7. Ken Buck, Colorado
8. Ken Calvert, California
9. Mike Carey, Ohio
10. John Carter, Texas
11. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Oregon
12. Tom Cole, Oklahoma
13. Anthony D’Esposito, New York
14. Mario Diaz-Balart, Florida
15. John Duarte, California
16. Chuck Edwards, North Carolina
17. Jake Ellzey, Texas
18. Randy Feenstra, Iowa
19. A. Drew Ferguson IV, Georgia
20. Brian Fitzpatrick, Pennsylvania
21. Mike Flood, Nebraska
22. Andrew Garbarino, New York
23. Tony Gonzales, Texas
24. Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon, Puerto Rico
25. Kay Granger, Texas
26. Sam Graves, Missouri
27. Brett Guthrie, Kentucky
28. Ashley Hinson, Iowa
29. David Joyce, Ohio
30. Thomas Kean, New Jersey
31. Mike Kelly, Pennsylvania
32. Kevin Kiley, California
33. Young Kim, California
34. David Kustoff, Tennessee
35. Darin LaHood, Illinois
36. Nick LaLota, New York
37. Doug Lamborn, Colorado
38. Michael Lawler, New York
39. Laurel Lee, Florida
40. Julia Letlow, Louisiana
41. Frank Lucas, Oklahoma
42. Blaine Luetkemeyer, Missouri
43. Nicole Malliotakis, New York
44. Richard McCormick, Georgia
45. Patrick McHenry, North Carolina
46. Daniel Meuser, Pennsylvania
47. Max Miller, Ohio
48. Blake Moore, Utah
49. James Moylan, Guam
50. Gregory Murphy, North Carolina
51. Dan Newhouse, Washington
52. Zachary Nunn, Iowa
53. Jay Obernolte, California
54. Mike Rogers, Alabama
55. Harold Rogers, Kentucky
56. Maria Elvira Salazar, Florida
57. Austin Scott, Georgia
58. Pete Sessions, Texas
59. Michael Simpson, Idaho
60. Jason Smith, Missouri
61. Christopher H. Smith, New Jersey
62. Lloyd Smucker, Pennsylvania
63. Dale Strong, Alabama
64. Glenn Thompson, Pennsylvania
65. Mike Turner, Ohio
66. David Valadao, California
67. Derrick Van Orden, Wisconsin
68. Ann Wagner, Missouri
69. Brad Wenstrup, Ohio
70. Steve Womack, Arkansas