Full List of 169 Republicans Who Voted Against Protecting Same-Sex Marriage

Here are the representatives who voted Thursday against the Respect for Marriage Act, which protects same-sex and interracial marriage. All 169 are Republicans.

1. Robert Aderholt
2. Rick Allen
3. Mark Amodei
4. Jodey Arrington
5. Brian Babin
6. Jim Baird
7. Troy Balderson
8. Jim Banks
9. Andy Barr
10. Cliff Bentz
11. Jack Berman
12. Stephanie Bice
13. Andy Biggs
14. Gus Bilirakis
15. Dan Bishop
16. Lauren Boebert
17. Mike Bost
18. Mo Brooks
19. Vern Buchanan
20. Ken Buck
21. Larry Bucshon
22. Ted Budd
23. Tim Burchett
24. Michael Burgess
25. Jerry Carl
26. Buddy Carter
27. John Carter
28. Madison Cawthorn
29. Stave Chabot
30. Ben Cline
31. Michael Cloud
32. Andrew Clyde
33. Tom Cole
34. James Comer
35. Connie Conway
36. Rick Crawford
37. Dan Crenshaw
38. Warren Davidson
39. Scott DesJarlais
40. Mario Diaz-Balart
41. Byron Donalds
42. Jeff Duncan
43. Neal Dunn
44. Jake Ellzey
45. Ron Estes
46. Pat Fallon
47. Randy Feenstra
48. Drew Ferguson
49. Brad Finstad
50. Michelle Fischbach
51. Scott Fitzgerald
52. Chuck Fleischmann
53. Mike Flood
54. Mayra Flores
55. Virginia Foxx
56. Scott Franklin
57. Russ Fulcher
58. Matt Gaetz
59. Bob Gibbs
60. Louie Gohmert
61. Bob Good
62. Lance Gooden
63. Paul Gosar
64. Kay Granger
65. Garret Graves
66. Sam Graves
67. Mark Green
68. Marjorie Taylor Greene
69. Morgan Griffith
70. Glenn Grothman
71. Michael Guest
72. Brett Guthrie
73. Andy Harris
74. Diana Harshbarger
75. Vicky Hartzler
76. Kevin Hern
77. Yvette Herrell
78. Jody Hice
79. Clay Higgins
80. French Hill
81. Richard Hudson
82. Bill Huizenga
83. Ronny Jackson
84. Bill Johnson
85. Dusty Johnson
86. Mike Johnson
87. Jim Jordan
88. David Joyce
89. Fred Keller
90. Mike Kelly
91. Trent Kelly
92. Young Kim
93. David Kustoff
94. Darin LaHood
95. Doug LaMalfa
96. Doug Lamborn
97. Bob Latta
98. Jake LaTurner
99. Debbie Lesko
100. Julia Letlow
101. Billy Long
102. Barry Loudermilk
103. Frank Lucas
104. Blaine Luetkemeyer
105. Tracey Mann
106. Thomas Massie
107. Brian Mast
108. Kevin McCarthy
109. Michael McCaul
110. Lisa McClain
111. Tom McClintock
112. Patrick McHenry
113. David McKinley
114. Cathy McMorris Rodgers
115. Dan Meuser
116. Carol Miller
117. Mary Miller
118. John Moolenaar
119. Alex Mooney
120. Barry Moore
121. Markwayne Mullin
122. Greg Murphy
123. Troy Nehls
124. Ralph Norman
125. Steven Palazzo
126. Gary Palmer
127. Greg Pence
128. Scott Perry
129. August Pfluger
130. Bill Posey
131. Guy Reschenthaler
132. Hal Rogers
133. Mike Rogers
134. John Rose
135. Matt Rosendale
136. David Rouzer
137. Chip Roy
138. John Rutherford
139. Maria Salazar
140. Steve Scalise
141. David Schweikert
142. Austin Scott
143. Joe Sempolinski
144. Pete Sessions
145. Adrian Smith
146. Chris Smith
147. Jason Smith
148. Lloyd Smucker
149. Victoria Sparts
150. Pete Stauber
151. Michelle Steel
152. Greg Steube
153. Van Taylor
154. Claudia Tenney
155. Glenn Thompson
156. Tom Tiffany
157. William Timmons
158. Jefferson Van Drew
159. Beth Van Duyne
160. Tim Walberg
161. Randy Weber
162. Daniel Webster
163. Brad Wenstrup
164. Bruce Westerman
165. Roger Williams
166. Joe Wilson
167. Rob Wittman
168. Steve Womack
169. Rudy Yakym

Thursday morning, the Biden administration announced that Phoenix Mercury star Brittney Griner would be released from Russian detainment, in a one-for-one prisoner swap with former Russian military officer and arms dealer Viktor Bout.

Afterward, the right wing wasted no time inciting outrage about the freeing of an American detained in Russia for 294 days.

Some weren’t even trying to feign logic and were instead outright racist and homophobic:

Prisoner swaps do not lend themselves well to “ideal” scenarios. But there are basic facts here that these outrage-drivers simply have no interest in. They act as if Biden unhesitatingly made the deal and has not been trying to rescue other American detainees, like former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan. But according to a senior U.S. official, Whelan is being treated as an espionage case. The Russian government gave the U.S. a choice over who to free: “one [Griner] or none.”

Meanwhile, Paul Whelan’s family is sharing much more grace than the right-wingers fomenting outrage over their loved one, acknowledging both the good news of Griner’s release and still the urgency to free Whelan:

Griner’s wife,  Cherelle, said they both are committed to working to help free those left behind in Russian detention, including Whelan:

But right-wingers have no interest in nuance or the facts undergirding such a difficult situation.

In the meantime, Griner’s restored freedom warrants rejoicing. And an urge to support all who are imprisoned—especially those on inane charges like less than a gram of cannabis oil—ought to be maintained. As Dave Zirin wrote, “There is no politics more basic than solidarity with the imprisoned.”

The House of Representatives voted 258–169 Thursday to approve a historic bill enshrining the right to marriage equality.

The Respect for Marriage Act will now go to President Joe Biden to be signed into law. The bill, which applies to both same-sex and interracial marriage, would require that two people be considered married so long as their marriage was legal in the state in which it was performed. The act also repeals a 1996 law defining marriage as between a man and a woman, which has remained on the books despite being declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 2015.

Many civil rights activists have warned that after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June, same-sex marriage may be next on the chopping block.

During debate beforehand, Republicans accused Democrats of overreacting, insisting that the 2015 Supreme Court ruling ensuring equal marriage would continue to stand. Two Republican representatives, Vicky Hartzler and Bob Good, went so far as to claim the bill discriminated against religious institutions—despite being backed by most major religious organizations—and threatened heterosexual marriage.

The Senate voted 61–36 last week to pass the bill.

The act had already passed the House over the summer, although 156 voted against it—including a shockingly hypocritical “nay” vote from Representative Glenn Thompson, who attended his son’s same-sex wedding just a week later. Thompson again voted no on Thursday.

Critics of the bill say, though, that it does not go far enough with LGBTQ protections. Part of the amendment says that religious organizations do not have to marry same-sex couples, which would allow groups to continue to be homophobic, and the bill does not require all states to actually issue same-sex marriage licenses.

Over one thousand New York Times employees have embarked on a 24-hour walkout, the first protest of its kind at the nation’s paper of record in more than four decades.

Members of the NewsGuild of New York had been negotiating with management for nearly two years. Finally, the union reached a tipping point, announcing last week that more than 1,100 union members would walk out at 12:01 a.m. Thursday morning, unless a deal was made. As can be seen, no agreement was reached.

While there has been no updated contract since March 2021, staff also have not received raises in more than two years. This, while inflation and rent have both rocketed.

Negotiations had been ongoing this week, with 12 hours of bargaining on Tuesday. On Wednesday, The New York Times union guild said management “backed off its attempt to kill our pension and agreed to expand fertility benefits,” but they still were short on other priorities, including pay increases and health care contributions.

The union has said some major desks will be short 90 percent of their workforce on Thursday, with some departments being essentially empty. Consequently, numerous desks will be run by managers—if at all—as employees picket outside the New York Times building.

Meanwhile, the company has directed members to work in advance of the strike in order to complete assignments.

Further, employees who walk out will not be paid. CNN retrieved an internal memo sent to employees by the Times’ human resources department, reading that striking employees “will not be paid by the company for the duration of the strike” and that they “cannot use vacation or personal days to account for this time” unless it was approved before last Friday. The union has  argued that this is a walkout, not a strike, since it is for limited duration.

New York Times spokesperson Danielle Rhoades Ha told the Associated Press that the Times had “solid plans in place” to continue business, including relying on international reporters and other nonunion journalists.

Thursday will reveal what a hollower New York Times looks like—and whether it really can continue business as usual, even for 24 hours.

WNBA star Brittney Griner has been released by the Russian government and is coming home.

She was released Thursday in a one-for-one prisoner swap with Viktor Bout, a former Russian military officer who was serving a 25-year sentence in the United States for conspiring to kill Americans, exporting missiles, and conspiring to help a terrorist organization. The Russian government has sought his release for a decade, since his 2012 sentencing in New York.

Griner was arrested at a Moscow airport in February on drug-smuggling charges. She testified that she inadvertently packed cannabis oil in her luggage and in August was sentenced to nine years in prison.

President Biden spoke Thursday morning shortly after 8:30 a.m. from the White House in the company of Griner’s wife, Cherelle. From NBC’s Peter Alexander:

Cherelle said, “The most important emotion I have right now is sincere gratitude for President Biden and his entire administration.” Biden said: “Britney is an incomparable athlete. She endured mistreatment and a show trial in Russia with characteristic grit and integrity.” Biden said he’d been working for her release since July and mentioned Paul Whelan, a former U.S. Marine still detained in Russia on espionage charges. NBC’s Andrea Mitchell reported Thursday morning that the Biden administration pushed hard for Whelan’s release after four years in prison, but Russia wouldn’t budge.

Biden will surely take some heat from the right wing for releasing Bout, who had a long record of arms dealing and supporting terrorist groups like Colombia’s FARC before he was convicted. Preet Bharara, the U.S. attorney who prosecuted Bout, said at the time of his sentencing: “Viktor Bout has been international arms-trafficking enemy number one for many years, arming some of the most violent conflicts around the globe.”

But make no mistake. This is a great day—obviously for Brittney and Cherelle, for the Biden team, for the United States, and for justice.