The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to end the nation’s record-breaking 43-day government shutdown, with lawmakers returning to vote 222–209 in favor of the measure.Among the votes, six Democrats crossed the aisle to support it and two Republicans — Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Greg Steube of Florida — opposed.
Who are the six Democrats that joined Republicans?
Six House Democrats on Wednesday crossed the aisle to vote in favor of a funding measure aimed at ending the longest government shutdown in U.S. history and they are: Jared GoldenJared Golden represents the Second District of Maine in the United States Congress, where he serves on the Natural Resources Committee and the Armed Services Committee.Adam GrayRepresentative Adam Gray is currently serving in the 119th Congress as the Representative of the 13th District of California.Marie Gluesenkamp PerezPerez is a fifth-generation Washingtonian, who serves as Southwest Washington’s independent voice in Congress.Don DavisCongressman Davis is serving his second term in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing 22 counties comprising the First Congressional District of North Carolina in eastern North Carolina. Henry CuellarCuellar is serving as the US representative for Texas’s 28th congressional district since 2005.Tom SuozziSuozzi represents the Third Congressional District in New York. He is currently a member of the House Committee on Ways and Means, as well as their Subcommittee on Oversight and Subcommittee on Tax. He also serves as Co-Chair of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus.Who are the Republicans backstabbed lawmakers?But other than those six Democrats, two House Republicans are there who opposed the bill and they are as follows: Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.)Massie represents Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District which stretches across Northern Kentucky and 280 miles of the Ohio River.Greg Steube (R-Fla.)Steube is an American attorney and politician serving as the US representative for Florida’s 17th congressional district since 2019.Massie, was an expected no vote. He has a long history of opposing govt funding bills—even those crafted by his party—to protest levels of spending he considers unreasonable. Greg Steube explained his opposition in a post on X, arguing that the bill included a provision allowing senators to earn a significant amount of money from litigation challenging the seizure of their phone records as part of former special counsel Jack Smith’s Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack probe. “There is no reason the House should have been forced to eat this garbage to end the Schumer Shutdown,” Steube said.
