The only member of Congress who did not vote on the terrible GOP budget bill was Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), who is being treated for lung cancer and is retiring. Even if he had joined every other Democrat in opposing the bill, it still would have passed by one vote. However, Reps. Kevin Mullin (D-CA.), who recently suffered an infection follo…
The only member of Congress who did not vote on the terrible GOP budget bill was Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), who is being treated for lung cancer and is retiring. Even if he had joined every other Democrat in opposing the bill, it still would have passed by one vote. However, Reps. Kevin Mullin (D-CA.), who recently suffered an infection following knee surgery, and Brittany Pettersen (D-CO), who recently gave birth to her second child, both missed an earlier procedural vote yet managed to make it to the House chamber to vote against the bill.
The only member of Congress who did not vote on the terrible GOP budget bill was Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), who is being treated for lung cancer and is retiring. Even if he had joined every other Democrat in opposing the bill, it still would have passed by one vote. However, Reps. Kevin Mullin (D-CA.), who recently suffered an infection following knee surgery, and Brittany Pettersen (D-CO), who recently gave birth to her second child, both missed an earlier procedural vote yet managed to make it to the House chamber to vote against the bill.
good on them; this vote is campaign messaging GOLD imo; it clearly shows Republican Party principles and priorties