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Op-Ed: Crapo, Fulcher say ‘no’ to Ukraine aid

by CHUCK MALLOY/Special to The Press
| June 10, 2022 1:00 AM

During their 13 years serving together in Washington, you probably can count on one hand the number of times that Sens. Mike Crapo and Jim Risch canceled out one another with votes — and not use all five fingers.

The exceptions, says Crapo — Idaho’s senior senator — is when there is justification for voting both ways. Such was the case with the recent vote on the $40 billion aid package to Ukraine. Risch, the ranking member of the Foreign Relations Committee, voted for it (not surprisingly). Crapo, the ranking member of the Finance Committee, voted against.

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