Several Democratic senators announced their disapproval, with West Virginia's Joe Manchin and Arizona's Kyrsten Sinema casting the final votes.
Mr. Manchin and Mr. Sinema were registered Democrats before changing their affiliation to independent, but they had a habit of breaking away from their previous party voting patterns.
Most recently, Mr. Sinema and Mr. Manchin on Wednesday voted to block President Joe Biden's nominee Lauren McFerran from being re-elected to the National Labor Relations Board, delivering another victory for Senate Republicans. In response, several Democratic Party members criticized the votes of both men, calling them “pathetic” and “disappointing.”
This isn't the first time Manchin and Sinema have clashed with Democrats.
“We have a tradition of balance on the board, and that's important, so it's disappointing that we couldn't do that,” Democratic Sen. Tina Smith of Minnesota said. said.
“Millions of workers across the country will pay the price for their actions,” said Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts.
Like Sinema and Manchin, Vermont independent Sen. Bernie Sanders also left the Democratic Party and changed his affiliation. Sanders' expression of disapproval of both men's “no” votes was short and polite.
“It's pathetic,” Sanders said.
This is not the first time Mr. Sinema and Mr. Manchin have faced off against Democrats.
It's her I voted Mr. Sinema has mostly been less of an ally of the president than his Democratic colleagues in his campaign with Mr. Biden. For example, Sinema ultimately supported the Inflation Control Act of 2022 after months of negotiating and hesitating to support what became one of Biden's most important bills.
Mr. Manchin has also clashed with his former party. boast This was the most conservative voting record of any Democrat or independent in the Senate this term. Manchin particularly opposes Biden's 2021 Build Back Better Act and has consistently blocked filibuster reforms proposed by Democrats.
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