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Two GOP senators break ranks on final Senate budget vote

Two GOP senators break ranks on final Senate budget vote

Summary

Two Republican senators, Lisa Murkowski and Rand Paul, voted against a Senate budget plan that aims to help reopen the Department of Homeland Security after a two-month shutdown. Their opposition is unusual because most of their party supported the budget resolution.

Key Facts

  • Senators Murkowski (Alaska) and Paul (Kentucky) voted against the budget resolution.
  • The resolution could end the two-month shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security.
  • Murkowski is a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee.
  • Most other Republican senators voted in favor of the budget plan.
  • The budget vote took place on a Thursday morning.
  • The resolution sets the stage for future budget decisions related to Homeland Security funding.
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