Senate Passes 4,155-Page, $1.7 Trillion Spending Package – 18 Republicans Voted for It
The Senate has passed a spending package just one day before the deadline for a government shutdown. In a 68-29 vote on Thursday, the Senate approved the 4,155-page, $1.7 trillion bill. Every Democratic senator voted…
The Senate has passed a spending package just one day before the deadline for a government shutdown.
In a 68-29 vote on Thursday, the Senate approved the 4,155-page, $1.7 trillion bill.
Every Democratic senator voted for it along with 18 Republicans.
Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) tweeted out a list of the Republicans who wound up voting for the package. It includes Sens. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), Shelley Moore Capito (W.Va.), Susan Collins (Maine), John Cornyn (Texas), Tom Cotton (Ark.), Lindsey Graham (S.C.), John Boozman (R-Ark.), Jim Inhofe (Okla.), Mitch McConnell (Ky.), Jerry Moran (Kan.), Rob Portman (Ohio), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), Mitt Romney (Utah), Mike Rounds (S.D.), Richard Shelby (Ala.), John Thune (S.D.), Roger Wicker (Miss.), and Todd Young (IND.)
The vote came after Republicans in the House and Senate pushed to delay passing the package until January when they would control the lower chamber.
Earlier this month, six Republican senators, including Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.), signed a letter suggesting the Senate should not pass a spending package until January.
“For the Senate to ram through a so-called ‘omnibus’ bill—which would fund the entirety of the Pelosi-Schumer spending agenda through most of next year—would utterly disempower the new Republican House from enacting our shared priorities,” the letter argued.
And on Tuesday, House Minority Leader