Only 5 GOP Senators Voted Against Record-Breaking $857.9 Billion Defense Budget

[libertybele]

Only 5 GOP Senators Voted Against Record-Breaking $857.9 Billion Defense Budget

As the Senate voted overwhelmingly on Dec. 15 to pass the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2023, only five Republican senators voted against the measure.

As CNS News has reported, the NDAA passed the House of Representatives on Dec. 8 by a vote of 350-80, with 35 Republicans and 45 Democrats voting “no.”

The record-breaking defense budget totals $857.9 billion, which is $45 billion more than President Joe Biden had requested. 

The following five GOP Senators voted against the defense budget:

-- Mike Braun (Ind.)

-- Josh Hawley (Mo.)

-- Mike Lee (Utah)

-- Cynthia Lummis (Wyo.)

-- Rand Paul (Ky.) 

The following six senators, all of whom are Republicans, did not vote:

-- John Barrasso (Wyo.)

-- Roy Blunt (Mo.)

-- Richard Burr (N.C.)

-- Ted Cruz (Tex.)

-- Bill Hagerty (Tenn.)

-- Thom Tillis (N.C.)

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https://cnsnews.com/article/washington/micky-wootten/only-5-gop-senators-voted-against-record-breaking-8579-billion

[Hoodat]

The record-breaking defense budget totals $857.9 billion, which is $45 billion more than President Joe Biden had requested.

Yet not a dime of it going towards protecting our Southern border.

When 90% of our Republican Senators are considered RINOs, then they are no longer RINOs.  This is what the Republican Party now stands for.  The 10% voting against are the new RINOs.

Republican = Democrat Lite

Conservative = Republican in Name Only