Every House Democrat supported it, while 14 Republicans voted against and Arizona’s GOP representative Paul Gosar was in attendance.
The measure was a suspension law, which is usually passed by voting. However, earlier in the week Republicans forced recorded votes on five bipartisan laws.
Republicans who opposed Myanmar’s move included some of the more conservative members of Congress: Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene from Georgia, Lauren Boebert from Colorado, Andy Biggs from Arizona, Matt Gaetz from Florida, Thomas Massie from Kentucky, Ken Buck from Colorado, Mary Miller from Illinois, Chip Roy from Texas, Jody Hice from Georgia, Alex Mooney from West Virginia, Scott Perry from Pennsylvania, Andy Harris from Maryland, Ted Budd from North Carolina and Barry Moore from Alabama.
CNN asked each of these Republicans why they voted against the measure and received no response.
The daily protests in the cities of Myanmar last a month and a half after the military took control of the Southeast Asian country through a coup on February 1.
The military justified its takeover by alleging widespread electoral fraud in the November 2020 general election, which gave Suu Kyi’s party another landslide victory.
Most of the legislators on Capitol Hill have spoken out on the military coup and condemned the harsh tactics used to quell the protests.
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