The 23 Republicans who opposed Trump-backed budget deal

Source: The Hill | August 1, 2019 | Jordain Carney

Nearly two dozen Republican senators joined with a handful of Democrats to oppose a two-year budget and debt ceiling deal.

The agreement passed the Senate in a 67-28 vote Thursday, setting top-line defense and nondefense spending numbers for the next two fiscal years and suspending the debt ceiling through 2021.

Democrats were largely expected to support the bill, with only Sens. Amy Klobuchar (Minn.), Michael Bennet (Colo.), Tom Carper (Del.), Joe Manchin (W.Va.) and Jon Tester (Mont.) voting “no.”

But the level of GOP support had been in question for days with Republican leaders stopping short of pledging to be able to get a majority of their 53 members. When the bill passed the House it garnered only 65 of the 197 House Republicans.

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) also urged his colleagues to vote for it, saying Trump was “eager” to sign it.

But conservatives and fiscal hawks balked at the lack of cuts to help pay for the spending and the high price tag on nondefense spending.

Here are the 23 GOP senators who opposed the deal:

Marsha Blackburn (Tenn.)

Mike Braun (Ind.)

Bill Cassidy (La.)

Tom Cotton (Ark.)

Ted Cruz (Texas)

Steve Daines (Mont.)

Mike Enzi (Wyo.)

Deb Fischer (Neb.)

Cory Gardner (Colo.)

Josh Hawley (Mo.)

Ron Johnson (Wis.)

John Kennedy (La.)

James Lankford (Okla.)

Mike Lee (Utah)

Rand Paul (Ky.)

Jim Risch (Idaho)

Mitt Romney (Utah)

Marco Rubio (Fla.)

Ben Sasse (Neb.)

Rick Scott (Fla.)

Tim Scott (S.C.)

Thom Tillis (N.C.)

Pat Toomey (Pa.)

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