Last week, following months of stalled movement and failed negotiations, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi finally conceded and pushed forward with Biden’s infrastructure bill independent of the Build Back Better resolution. The infrastructure bill passed with the assistance of Republican congressmen who handed President Biden and Pelosi a $1.2 trillion woke victory to claim as a bipartisan achievement.
13 Republicans voted in favor of the $1.2 trillion “infrastructure” bill while 6 Democrats voted against it. The vote was 228-206. Had the Republicans stood unanimously against the bill, six Democrat defections would have defeated it.
— Nick Short (@PoliticalShort) November 6, 2021
Here’s the list of Republicans who voted “yes” to woke President Biden’s infrastructure plan: Reps. Bacon (NE), Fitzpatrick (PA), Garbarino (NY), Gonzalez (OH), Katko (NY), Kinzinger (IL), Malliotakis (NY), McKinley (WV), Reed (NY), Smith (NJ), Upton (MI), Van Drew (NJ), and Young (AK).
Six Democrats voted against the infrastructure bill. But these 13 Republicans gave Speaker Pelosi the votes she needed for passage. Interesting times in DC. pic.twitter.com/KO2u8pemTy
— Raymond Arroyo (@RaymondArroyo) November 6, 2021
But these RINOs might get justice yet for betraying America this way. These backstabbers might lost their committee assignments for voting along Democrat lines if the GOP conference’s rank-and-file have their way.
Highlighting the bill’s controversial nature, it’s worth noting that even the radical leftist ‘squad’ group didn’t vote in support of the bill, meaning that 13 Republicans were willing to vote on a bill that even Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, and AOC did not.
13 Republicans who voted in favor of the bill: Brian Fitzpatrick, Don Bacon, Don Young, Fred Upton, Adam Kinzinger, Jeff Van Drew, John Katko, Tom Reed, Andrew Garbarino, Nicole Malliotakis, Chris Smith, David McKinley, and Anthony Gonzalez.
— Nick Short (@PoliticalShort) November 6, 2021
The reason for Squad members not voting on the bill is slightly different, they felt as though they didn’t have sufficient leverage during negotiations and withheld their vote as a childish fit for the bill not being woke enough (though it’s still VERY woke), but for Republicans the point is that this is a bad look.
According to a report from Punchbowl News, GOP leaders are preparing to strip committee members who voted “yes” for Biden’s agenda, even those who currently stand as ranking members. The article points out how Republican leadership is angered that so many of their party members voted early in favor of the infrastructure package, giving Democrats a free shot at passing a bill that they themselves couldn’t wholly agree on. Their actions, according to the article, “undermine [Republican] party strategy.”
NEW in @PunchbowlNews AM — House GOP leadership is bracing for a movement to strip lawmakers who voted for infrastrucutre of their committee slots.
Much of the anger is at @RepJohnKatko, who voted early bc he saw Banks and other Rs on TV dumping all over the bill pic.twitter.com/Jo45SlZeZP
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) November 9, 2021
Author: Ashley Price
