Utah Sen. Mitt Romney was one of six Republican senators who voted for the Democratic funding bill that did not include money for a southern…
Utah Sen. Mitt Romney was one of six Republican senators who voted for the Democratic funding bill that did not include money for a southern border wall Thursday.
In addition to Romney, Republican Sens. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, Susan Collins of Maine, Cory Gardner of Colorado, Johnny Isakson of Georgia and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska defected and voted for the Democratic bill.
That did not keep them from being able to vote for the Trump-backed compromise bill that funded a wall and made concessions on immigration. Gardner, Collins and Murkowski had announced their intentions to vote for both plans prior to voting.
“This shutdown, the longest in our history, must come to an end,” Collins said on the Senate floor after the vote Thursday afternoon. “It has already caused far too much harm to 800,000 dedicated federal employees and their families.
