Posted on 12/18/2015 10:54:29 AM PST by SeekAndFind
The Senate just passed the Omnibus spending bill that the House passed a few minutes ago:
Breaking: U.S. Senate passes $1.1 trillion spending bill; will send to @POTUS for his likely signature. Merry Christmas
— clint henderson (@ClintPHenderson) December 18, 2015
Congress OKs budget deal worth $1 trillion in new spending and $680 billion in tax cuts, sends bill to Obama: https://t.co/RkcLoi6uqY
— The Associated Press (@AP) December 18, 2015
BREAKING: U.S. Senate passes $1.1 trillion government funding bill, $680 million in tax breaks, lifts oil export ban
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) December 18, 2015
NBC reporter corrects Reuters:
I believe it's $680 BILLION, not million… https://t.co/fGeRMaYlMF
— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorpNBC) December 18, 2015
Here’s a photo of the House bill being rushed to the Senate:
Photographic evidence of the Omnibus papers being whisked from the House to the Senate: pic.twitter.com/xx6RuYxYPm
— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorpNBC) December 18, 2015
I’ll update with more when I have the vote counts and the roll calls…
UPDATE: Guess who missed such an important vote?
THE HILL – Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) missed Friday’s Senate vote approving a massive $1.8 trillion end-of-the-year spending bill and tax package — a day after he suggested that he would try to slow the legislation down.
The Florida Republican, who is running for president, was the only 2016 contender to miss the vote, which is the Senate’s final vote of the year.
Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), three other presidential candidates, all voted against the the legislation.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), a fourth GOP presidential candidate from the Senate, backed the bill.
UPDATE: Here’s the vote count. All they needed was a simple majority to pass it. They clearly got much more than that:
Senate PASSES $1.1 trillion Omnibus funding/$680 billion tax extender package, 65-33. The bill now goes to the WH for Pres Obama's signature
— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorpNBC) December 18, 2015
#BREAKING Senate approves combined omnibus/tax pkg in what is expected to be final vote of the year, 65-33.
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) December 18, 2015
UPDATE: A strong statement from Sen. Cruz who voted against the bill:
What we’ve seen in Congress today is profoundly disappointing. This spending bill does not honor the promises we made to the men and women who elected us. It funds Obamacare. It funds Planned Parenthood. It funds executive amnesty. It fails to protect our national security and stop Syrian refugees from coming to this country. It fails to do anything to stop the Iranian Nuclear Deal. And what does it do? It jacks up yet more low-skilled immigration, which will only drag down wages, kill American jobs, and hurt working men and women.
This bill is the big-government agenda of Democrats that effectively forfeits our massive Republican victories of 2014 and cements Obama’s priorities for nearly the full remainder of his term. This is the Washington Cartel in action, and it’s precisely why the American people from coast-to-coast are so volcanically frustrated.
UPDATE: Here’s the full roll call vote:
| YEAs —65 | ||
| Alexander (R-TN) Ayotte (R-NH) Baldwin (D-WI) Barrasso (R-WY) Bennet (D-CO) Blumenthal (D-CT) Blunt (R-MO) Booker (D-NJ) Brown (D-OH) Cantwell (D-WA) Capito (R-WV) Cardin (D-MD) Carper (D-DE) Casey (D-PA) Coats (R-IN) Cochran (R-MS) Collins (R-ME) Coons (D-DE) Corker (R-TN) Cornyn (R-TX) Donnelly (D-IN) Durbin (D-IL) |
Feinstein (D-CA) Franken (D-MN) Gardner (R-CO) Gillibrand (D-NY) Graham (R-SC) Hatch (R-UT) Heinrich (D-NM) Heitkamp (D-ND) Heller (R-NV) Hirono (D-HI) Hoeven (R-ND) Inhofe (R-OK) Isakson (R-GA) Johnson (R-WI) Kaine (D-VA) King (I-ME) Kirk (R-IL) Klobuchar (D-MN) Lankford (R-OK) Leahy (D-VT) McConnell (R-KY) Menendez (D-NJ) |
Mikulski (D-MD) Murkowski (R-AK) Murphy (D-CT) Murray (D-WA) Nelson (D-FL) Perdue (R-GA) Peters (D-MI) Reed (D-RI) Reid (D-NV) Roberts (R-KS) Rounds (R-SD) Schatz (D-HI) Schumer (D-NY) Shaheen (D-NH) Stabenow (D-MI) Tillis (R-NC) Udall (D-NM) Warner (D-VA) Warren (D-MA) Whitehouse (D-RI) Wicker (R-MS) |
| NAYs —33 | ||
| Boozman (R-AR) Burr (R-NC) Cassidy (R-LA) Cotton (R-AR) Crapo (R-ID) Cruz (R-TX) Daines (R-MT) Enzi (R-WY) Ernst (R-IA) Fischer (R-NE) Flake (R-AZ) |
Grassley (R-IA) Lee (R-UT) Manchin (D-WV) Markey (D-MA) McCain (R-AZ) McCaskill (D-MO) Merkley (D-OR) Moran (R-KS) Paul (R-KY) Portman (R-OH) Risch (R-ID) |
Sanders (I-VT) Sasse (R-NE) Scott (R-SC) Sessions (R-AL) Shelby (R-AL) Sullivan (R-AK) Tester (D-MT) Thune (R-SD) Toomey (R-PA) Vitter (R-LA) Wyden (D-OR) |
| Not Voting – 2 | ||
| Boxer (D-CA) | Rubio (R-FL) | |
Johnson from Wisconsin just gave up his seat to Russ Feingold. Shame and Disgrace. All of them!
Nope, cannot run for the most important leadership positing in the world by ducking making tough decisions
None of his foes are going to let anyone forget that when push came to shove, Brave Brave Sir Rubio ran away
Burr voted no because he is up for re-election; Tillis voted yes because he is not up for re-election.
My representatives are irrelevant to me x two yrs. I do not contact them any more. They might as well be dead
Such a shocker!
Traitors both and Cochrane is a crook.
Wicker has proved himself “worthless,” and looking sleazier every day.
Of all bills to miss voting, Rubio does not show up. Who wants a president who is not there? We have one now like that. This absence should be broadcast far and wide.
Not at all, I fully expected to see their names listed in the “yeas”. (I saw your sarcasm tag :) )
Roberts (KS) is a yes. Not surprised a bit. He’s rubbing our nose in not getting rid of him last year.
Rubio didn’t do anything different when Cruz was partying with the gays last year. That was excused as his vote wasn’t needed....well Rubio’s wasn’t needed either. What fair for one is fair for all. Trump 2016. Screw First Term Senator Rubio and Cruz.
They think we are STUPID! Burr (R-NC) voted against, he is up for reelection next year...Tillis (R-NC), elected in 2014, voted for! You do the math! (At least my Rep. Walter Jones voted against, for all the good it did.)
To think we’ve been hearing/singing that song since the 70’s, and the sentiment’s been there even longer, and things only get worse.
Brave Sir Rubio ran away
Bravely ran away away
When the Budget reared its ugly head
He bravely turned his tail and fled
Yes, brave Sir Rubio turned about
And gallantly he chickened out
Bravely taking to his feet
He beat a very brave retreat
Bravest of the brave, Sir Rubio!
Possibly because it lifted the ban on exporting oil. We have a lot of radical environmentalism here in Oregon.
You Better, You Better, You Bet.
Cornyn was only conservative at election. Traitorous POS is sitting pretty until 2020, IIRC.
Brave Sir Rubio ran away
Bravely ran away away
When the Budget reared its ugly head
He bravely turned his tail and fled
Yes, brave Sir Rubio turned about
And gallantly he chickened out
Bravely taking to his feet
He beat a very brave retreat
Bravest of the brave, Sir Rubio!
“In 2008, all we heard from Republicans was “We are the minority! We can’t do anything! Get us back in control of the House.†We got them back the House. We told them we’d be watching how they vote.”
When Bush was elected we had at least 4 years and I think 6 of a GOP house, senate, and a close working majority on the Supreme court. They did nothing then. Time to accept that they are exactly the way they want to be.
I see our freshman Senator Gardner from CO voted in favor. Interestingly enough, it was the Tea Party that got him elected. I’ll be voting for the Democrat who runs against him next chance I get.
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