A cornerstone of US President Biden's agenda, the Infrastructure Bill, finally passed last Friday, 5th November. In the end, six House Democrats broke ranks with their party and voted against the bill: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (New York), Ilhan Omar (Minnesota), Rashida Tlaib (Michigan), Jamaal Bowman (New York), Cori Bush (Missouri), and Ayanna Pressley (Massachusetts).
On the other hand, no less than 32 federal legislators went directly against the wishes of their leader, Donald Trump, and voted in favour of the Infrastructure Bill, whilst another Republican Senator Mike Rounds (South Dakota) did not vote. The said 32 Republicans legislators are comprised of 19 Senators, and 13 Representatives. The Senators are:
The nineteen Republican Senators who voted with Democrats to approve the bill are:
Roy Blunt, Missouri
Richard Burr, North Carolina
Shelley Moore Capito, West Virginia
Bill Cassidy, Louisiana
Susan Collins, Maine
Kevin Cramer, North Dakota
Mike Crapo, Idaho
Deb Fischer, Nebraska
Lindsey Graham, South Carolina
Chuck Grassley, Iowa
John Hoeven, North Dakota
Mitch McConnell, Kentucky
Lisa Murkowski, Alaska
Rob Portman, Ohio
James Risch, Idaho
Mitt Romney, Utah
Dan Sullivan, Alaska
Thom Tillis, North Carolina
Roger Wicker, Mississippi
The thirteen Republicans in the House who voted with Democrats to approve the bill are:
Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania
Rep. Andrew Gabarino of New York
Rep. Anthony Gonzalez of Ohio
Rep. John Katko of New York
Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois
Rep. Nicole Malliotakis of New York
Rep. David McKinley of West Virginia
Rep. Tom Reed of New York
Rep. Chris Smith of New Jersey
Fred Upton of Michigan
Rep. Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey
Rep. Don Young of Alaska
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