Excerpt from Here are the senators who voted against the bill to raise the debt ceiling By Aris Folley
The Senate on Thursday passed a sweeping bipartisan plan to suspend the debt ceiling, just days away from a fast-approaching fiscal deadline to avert a federal default.
The upper chamber voted 63-36 to pass the legislation roughly an hour before midnight, after racing through a series of amendment votes that were all ultimately rejected. Five Democrats and 31 Republicans voted against the measure.
Among the provisions included in the plan is language that would suspend the debt ceiling through the end of next year, set new limits on federal spending and make changes to work requirements for some federal assistance programs.
The passage comes after weeks of tense negotiations between the White House and House GOP leadership that produced a final deal that many liberals and hard-line conservatives have come out against — for very different reasons, naturally.
Here’s who voted against the bill Thursday night:
Democrats
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.)
Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.)
Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.)
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.)
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)
Republicans
Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.)
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.)
Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.)
Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.)
Sen. Ted Budd (R-N.C.)
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.)
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.)
Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho)
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas)
Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.)
Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.)
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.)
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.)
Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.)
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.)
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.)
Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.)
Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah)
Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.)
Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.)
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.)
Sen. Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.)
Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho)
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.)
Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.)
Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.)
Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.)
Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Ala.)
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.)
Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.)
