More than 100 Republicans voted against Marjorie Taylor Greene’s proposed amendment calling for Congress to cut funding to NATO, which failed to pass on Wednesday.
The Georgia representative—a Trump loyalist and Republican hardliner who has recently moved to become one of the most important figures within the GOP—had linked her amendment to HR 4366, a bill that will fund military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and other agencies for the 2024 fiscal year.
Greene’s proposed amendment, called Amendment 3, asked to eliminate the $73 million increase to the NATO Security Investment Program.
“Democrats want this extra cash to increase our involvement in the Ukraine war. The House should pass Amendment #3,” Greene tweeted on Wednesday before lawmakers voted on her amendment.
In a clip shared by the congresswoman on Twitter (or X), Greene told the House that the U.S. “contributes more than our fair share to NATO for Europe’s defense, and it’s time for European countries to pay their dues.”
She added that the money that the U.S. sends to NATO “t