Single Democrat votes ‘no’ on House GOP’s government funding bill

The Hill

BY ARIS FOLLEY 09/30/2023 Rep. Mike Quigley (D-Ill.) on Saturday joined dozens of Republicans in voting against legislation to keep the government funded, criticizing the legislation for failing to include aid for Ukraine. Quigley was the only Democrat to vote against the measure, which passed in a 335-91 vote. He called out Republicans who voted against funding for Ukraine earlier this week. “The Republican Party has become the party of appeasers, pro-Putin folks,” Quigley said. “Today our folks were forced into a decision and no one wanted to make, have Americans suffer or do what we did today, which was to abandon Ukraine.” “We gotta fix this in 45 days because right now, Putin is celebrating,” he added.

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