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| These 18 Senate Republicans Voted For Democrats' Sleazy $1.7 Trillion Spending Bill |
| 2022-12-24 |
| [Federalist] After selling out their base on marriage and gun control, Senate Republicans decided to finish out 2022 by helping Democrats pass a $1.7 trillion omnibus spending package on Thursday that will keep the federal government funded through the end of 2023. Released on Tuesday, the mammoth 4,155-page bill cleared a procedural vote held by the upper chamber later that same day, with 70 senators supporting and only 25 opposing. Despite objections from House Republicans and several of their GOP Senate colleagues, 18 Republican senators joined Senate Democrats in passing the wasteful bill, at a final vote of 68-29. Among the Republicans who voted in favor are Sens. Roy Blunt of Missouri, John Boozman and Tom Cotton of Arkansas, Susan Collins of Maine, Mitt Romney of Utah, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, John Cornyn of Texas, Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia, Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Rob Portman of Ohio, Jerry Moran of Kansas, Mike Rounds and John Thune of South Dakota, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Roger Wicker of Mississippi, Richard Shelby of Alabama, and Todd Young of Indiana. Three GOP senators — Richard Burr of North Carolina, John Barrasso of Wyoming, and Kevin Cramer of North Dakota — didn’t even bother to vote on the bill. By helping Democrats pass an omnibus instead of a short-term funding package, Senate Minority Leader McConnell and Senate GOP leadership have erased any and all leverage the House’s incoming Republican majority would have over spending issues for most of 2023. This means conservative priorities, such as fixing President Joe Biden’s manufactured border crisis, will go unaddressed for another year. "This is an act of extortion being leveraged on the United States Senate right before Christmas," said Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, during a speech on the Senate floor. "This bill, in all 4,155 pages of its glory — or infamy — was negotiated in secret by four or five members of Congress. ... They wrote it utterly in secret with the design of creating an artificial emergency, threatening a shutdown right before Christmas." Prior to the bill’s passage, Lee proposed an amendment to keep Title 42 — the Trump-era policy making it easier to deport illegal immigrants at the border — in place. The amendment ultimately failed on a 47-50 vote. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #12 RE #8: I’m one of those morons who though Cotton was a conservative. My bad. Done with him. Btw, it’s Cotton, not Cotten. |
| Posted by: Unomoger Elminetch8709 2022-12-24 16:13 |
| #11 MCConnell is compromised. He coordinates our betrayal like a ring master. Every time there is a vote like this, they all poke tgeir heads up like choir of civets singing Hakuna Matata. Each election Mitch leads the effort to encourage us to save Lindsey and whoever. We have seen this last time that he and Rona work against non- corruptible inappropriate candidates that we like. Mitch is not on the ballot in 2024 but we can replace his crew members. He will squeal, but there are so many Dem seats also on the ballot that it is a chance to start clearing out the snakes. Thyme is evidently Mitch’s hand picked successor. No sense firing the organ grinder and replacing him with the monkey. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2022-12-24 16:12 |
| #10 Is it naive of me to hope that Kevin McCarthy will hold Mitch accountable for this? Yeah. Thought so. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2022-12-24 12:51 |
| #9 "Sens. Roy Blunt of Missouri, John Boozman and Tom Cotton of Arkansas, Susan Collins of Maine, Mitt Romney of Utah, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, John Cornyn of Texas, Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia, Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Rob Portman of Ohio, Jerry Moran of Kansas, Mike Rounds and John Thune of South Dakota, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Roger Wicker of Mississippi, Richard Shelby of Alabama, and Todd Young of Indiana." I mean, come on, just look at those names. How can anybody be surprised? |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2022-12-24 12:51 |
| #8 A lot of morons think Tom Cotten is a conservative. They can wake up now... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-12-24 11:25 |
| #7 They just wanted to leave for Christmas vacation. To hell with the constituents. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2022-12-24 11:18 |
| #6 Democrats wearing Republican costumes in order to get in office have been activated and thus burned by their creators. I would like to hear Tom Cotton's explanation. |
| Posted by: ruprecht 2022-12-24 09:35 |
| #5 It's a five minute process that begins when they reach the Beltway. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2022-12-24 07:55 |
| #4 Old people who vote dem no matter what voted for this. Young people who vote dem because "it's what the kewel kids do" voted for this. The old ones won't be around when the time comes to pay. The young ones are all "Buy now, pay later?" like that's an old white supremaciss thang, dude... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-12-24 06:51 |
| #3 The next congress can undo as much of it as they wish, regardless of the senate. Whether they do or not is another story. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-12-24 06:26 |
| #2 Not how a real conservative (R) votes. More likely from and aligned with the Romney / Cheney / Graham school of CYA politics. |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2022-12-24 06:21 |
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| Posted by: Besoeker 2022-12-24 01:35 |