These 4 GOP senators voted to rip away millions of dollars in federal funding that they had secured for their home states

Fri, 03/08/2024 - 20:07

Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama voted against a government funding bill on Friday despite securing millions in funding for his state. — Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama voted against a government funding bill on Friday despite securing tens of millions in federal funding for his state.
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The Senate passed a government spending bill on Friday, averting a shutdown.
Seventeen GOP senators had secured funding for specific projects in their home states in the bill.
Four of them voted to strip all those projects out, and Sen. Tuberville voted against the entire bill.

Four GOP senators voted for a provision on Friday that would have ripped away millions of dollars in federal funding that they had worked to secure for their home states.