House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana)'s government funding bill died Wednesday after a joint effort by Democrats and Republicans in the House.
Fourteen members of Johnson's own party voted against the Louisiana Republican's spending plan, which was combined with a six-month stopgap bill that included a measure aimed at requiring proof of citizenship to vote, but three Democrats rebelled against their party and voted for the measure.
The lawmakers who crossed party lines on the budget bill are: Every roll call From the Clerk of the House of Representatives:
Congressman Don Davis (DN.C.)
Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine)
Moderate Democrat from Maine It was pointed out in a thread on Wednesday. On social platform X, he said, “Continuation resolution [(CR)] “Include the SAVE Act in funding the government for six months,” he said. “His vote reflects two principles. First, it is Congress' fundamental duty to keep the government funded and avoid a shutdown.”
“Second, U.S. citizenship confers great responsibilities and exclusive rights, including the exclusive right to vote in U.S. elections,” Golden continued in the X thread.
“These principles are beyond debate,” Golden added. “But it's been clear for weeks that this bill is doomed to fail. Now that that's happened, House Republicans must get serious about passing a bill that can pass both chambers of Congress and the White House and avoid a costly and unnecessary government shutdown.”
Rep. Marie Grusenkamp Perez (D-Wash.)
Rep. Jim Banks (R-Indiana)
“One option Chairman Johnson has not tried so far is to send a spending bill to Congress that actually cuts wasteful spending, rather than adding to it,” Banks said. said X Tuesday, another Posted by Punchbowl News' Melanie Zanona talks about Johnson's funding bill.
Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ)
“Tonight the House will be voting on a uni-party bloated spending bill,” the Arizona Republican said. said in thread X on Wednesday.
“The House has already passed the SAVE Act,” Biggs added in a follow-up thread. “We don't need to dig the country deeper into debt for the sake of creating buzz.”
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colorado)
Boebert stated in the post X On Wednesday she said she would be “voting against the surrender CR.”
“We have the power of the purse and we should use it,” Boebert added in the post. “This CR would continue huge spending at harmful levels, leaving our southern border wide open for criminals and the fentanyl that crosses it, and fully defunding our armed federal agencies.”
Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN)
“We should have been knocking on Chuck Schumer's door when he passed the SAVE Act in July,” Burchett said. stated in the post X Wednesday. “I will not vote for CR because they continue to dig a financial hole for my grandchildren.”
Rep. Eli Klain (R-AZ)
“Friendly Reminder” Crane Responded From Wednesday Post by X Trump said last week that the House “passed both the SAVE Act and H.R.2,” referring to the border bill that passed the House last spring with only Republican votes.
“The Senate has ignored both. We have publicly said we would stand up for election integrity and border security,” Klain's previous post continued. “The Senate has publicly said we would ignore both.”
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL)
Rep. Corey Mills (R-FL)
“If Congress was serious about election integrity, why did it wait 47 days before the election to stage a political stunt by attaching the election clause, knowing the Senate was going to remove it?” Mills said. Interrogated X's Wednesday Post
“The ACE Act, Confidence in American Elections Act, died in July 2023 and could have been passed over a year ago if there had been time to implement it. This important bill never even made it to the floor for a vote,” Mills continued in the post. “The SAVE Act, which I proudly co-sponsored, was passed on July 10, 2024. We should mandate that the Senate pass this bill and vote on HR2 Border Security Act before further inflationary spending goes ahead.”
Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-Texas)
“I'm here as a proud co-sponsor of the SAVE Act… and this is Corey Mills. [100]Hunt is Mills' Post X Wednesday.
“When will business as usual in Washington end, or is it just a campaign slogan used every two years?” Hunt continued.
Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO)
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-South Carolina)
South Carolina Republican stated in the post X On Wednesday, she said she has “supported the SAVE Act from day one.”
“But I have never voted for CR and when I said I wanted to cut spending I meant it,” she continued in the post.
Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Alabama)
Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-MT)
“#NeverCR” Rosendale simply posted X on Wednesday.
Rep. Greg Stube (R-FL)
“We already voted for and passed the SAVE Act, and Chuck Schumer continues to ignore it,” Stubbs said. Posted on Wednesday X“It certainly is not incumbent on Congress to include it in a terrible bill that would continue generous funding measures rather than curb spending.”
“The vast majority of our country does not support late-term abortions, Biden's politicized and weaponized Justice Department, and the incursion at our southern border. CR will continue to support these along with many other liberal and reckless programs and foreign aid to enemies like Hamas and Hezbollah. Meanwhile, we are $36 trillion in debt and running annual deficits of over $1.5 trillion,” Steve continued in X's post.
“I voted NO.”
Rep. Beth Van Duyne (R-Texas)
“When you look at spending, I think the $36 trillion debt is one of the biggest problems we have in our country and this is a bill that will continue that excessive spending,” Van Duyne said, according to a report by The Hill on Wednesday.
