A pair of Senate Democrats from a key battleground state on Thursday stated that they might vote towards the GOP’s six-month spending invoice, elevating questions on the potential for a authorities shutdown when funding expires on Friday.
Arizona Sens. Mark Kelly (D) and Ruben Gallego (D) stated they are going to oppose each the spending invoice itself and a procedural movement to advance the measure, which requires 60 votes.
“I cannot vote for the Republican plan to give unchecked power to Donald Trump and Elon Musk,” Kelly stated in a press release. “I told Arizonans I’d stand up when it was right for our state and our country, and this is one of those moments.”
Gallego echoed that sentiment, which has emerged as one of many primary Democratic considerations.
”This can be a dangerous decision that offers Elon Musk and his cronies permission to proceed slicing veterans’ advantages, slashes assets for Arizona’s water wants and abandons our wildland firefighters,” Gallego stated in a press release. “I can’t stand by that, and that’s why I’m voting no.”
“We must come together to pass a bipartisan solution — I’m committed to putting in the work to do that — but this resolution is a grab bag of extreme policies that harms Arizona families,” Gallego added.
The pair of Democrats from a key swing state had been extensively thought of prime targets for Republicans, who want eight members of the minority social gathering to affix with them to advance the partisan spending measure.
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) is the lone member to definitively say they might vote in favor.
Sens. John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Mark Warner (D-Va.) all additionally stated they’re towards it, additional winnowing doable “yes” votes.
Senate Democrats on Wednesday had privately indicated they might not let the federal government shut down so long as they first obtained a vote on a 30-day spending invoice. Whether or not that continues to be a risk is unclear.
