All but 16 House Republicans vote against bill to allow Puerto Rico to decide its future

• Puerto Rico voters will be able to choose independence, statehood, or free association under a bill approved by the House.

• The bill was supported by all Democrats.

• Republicans opposed the bill because of their opposition to statehood for Puerto Rico.

All but 16 House Republicans voted against the Puerto Rico Status Act, which was passed by the House on Thursday. The Democrats voted for the bill.

The vote was presided over by a New York Democrat who is of Puerto Rican descent.

—bryan metzger (@metzgov) December 15, 2022

The bill would allow voters in Puerto Rico to choose between statehood, independence, or a compact of free association with the US in a November referendum.

The addition of the bill to the calendar this week was a surprise. The legislation was co-sponsored by a number of Republicans.

The territory's Republican Resident Commissioner, who is a non-voting representative for the island in Congress, supported it.

The bill is not likely to pass the Senate because of the number of Republican supporters.

A number of reasons for opposing the bill, including a lack of debate and the possibility of statehood, were cited by House Republicans on Thursday.

—Tim Burchett (@timburchett) December 15, 2022

Roy told Insider that he's not interested in going down that road at the moment. I haven't been involved in any of the debates about it. They are trying to finish this before Christmas.

The bill was not the right way to go about it, according to the Georgia Republican.

She doesn't think people living in Puerto Rico should be able to vote on the issue.

There are 16 Republicans who voted for the bill.

• DonBacon of Nebraska is a congressman.

• Liz Cheney is a member of congress.

• There is a congressman from Illinois.

• The congressman is from Pennsylvania.

• Mayra Flores is a Texan.

• There is a New York congressman.

• Tony Gonzalez is a congressman.

• Beutler is a congressman from Washington.

• Huizenga is a Republican from Michigan.

• Joyce is from Ohio.

• There is a New York congressman.

• Newhouse is a congressman from Washington.

• There is a Florida congressman named Bill Posey.

• The New York lawmaker is named Maria Elvira.

• Lloyd Smucker is a congressman.

• The congressman is from Michigan.

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