22 Democrats flip to no on Trump Transportation pick after OMB pauses funding
Twenty-two members of the Senate Democratic caucus flipped their votes on former Rep. Sean Duffy (R-Wis.), President Trump’s pick to head the Transportation Department, after the White House budget office issued a memo Monday evening pausing large swaths of federal funding, which Democrats warned would plunge the nation in chaos.
Duffy’s nomination advanced on the Senate floor Monday by a unanimous vote of 97-0, but a lot of the bipartisan feeling of goodwill toward the nominee evaporated after Trump’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued guidance that Democrats said would freeze much federal assistance.
Twenty-one Democrats and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who caucuses with Democrats, voted against confirming Duffy on Tuesday afternoon, a remarkable shift in sentiment reflecting the deep anger of many Democrats over Trump’s latest executive action. He was confirmed on a 77-22 vote.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), one of the Democrats who flipped on Duffy, said the budget memo spurred him to change his mind.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/22-democrats-flip-no-trump-183657536.html
Should have been more of them flipping
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