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How House Members Voted on the Omnibus Versus the Budget Dealhttps://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/how-house-members-voted-on-the-omnibus-versus-the-budget-deal
More Democrats and fewer Republicans voted for the fiscal 2018 omnibus Thursday than voted for the budget deal that set the spending levels for it.
The House passed the $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill, 256-167, with 145 Republicans and 111 Democrats voting “yes.” The “no” votes came from 90 Republicans and 77 Democrats. ... In an ironic twist, some of the swell in the GOP opposition was actually related to inaction on DACA. Republican Rep. Jeff Denham released a joint statement with one of the Democrats’ leading activists on the DACA issue, his fellow California Rep. Pete Aguilar, on their opposition to the omnibus. “While there are many things in here that we support, we are united in our belief that it is an incomplete deal without a DACA solution,” the two lawmakers said. Denham is working with Democrats to build support for a “queen of the hill” move that would facilitate a floor process for votes on multiple DACA bills, with the one receiving the most votes above the required simple majority threshold prevailing. ... Read more here |