AOC Breaks Ranks In $1.7 Trillion Omnibus Vote – By Daniel Chaitin (Daily Wire) / Dec 23, 2022
A handful of Democrats and Republicans bucked their respective parties in the House vote Friday to pass the $1.7 trillion “omnibus” bill stuffed with all sorts of pork according to critics.
These defectors collectively did little to change the results. By a 225-201 vote, the massive spending legislation cleared the lower chamber and now heads to President Joe Biden, who says he will sign it into law. The 4,155-page bill, which features $858 billion in defense funding, as well as $772.5 billion for non-defense “discretionary programs,” already passed the Senate on Thursday.
On the Democratic Party side, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) was the sole “no” vote, though a fellow member of “The Squad,” Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), also stood out, voting “present” — by proxy.
In a statement, Ocasio-Cortez cited spending for the Homeland Security Department and its Immigration and Customs Enforcement sub-agency as well as the omnibus’ significant commitment to national security as her reasons for opposing the legislation.
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