House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) government funding bill was sunk through the combined efforts of Democrats and Republicans in the lower chamber on Wednesday.
Fourteen members of Johnson’s own party voted alongside most Democrats against the Louisiana Republican’s spending plan , which joined a six-month stopgap bill with a measure aiming to require proof of citizenship to vote. However, three Democrats bucked their party and voted in favor of the measure.
Here are the lawmakers that bucked their party on the funding bill, per a roll call from the House clerk:
Rep. Don Davis (D-N.C.)
Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine)
The moderate Maine Democrat noted in a Wednesday thread on the social platform X that he backed “the Continuing Resolution [(CR)] to fund government for six months, which includes the SAVE Act” and that his “vote reflects two principles: First, keeping the government funded and avoiding a shutdown is a basic obligation of Congress.”
“Second, citizenship in the U.S. confers awesome responsibilities and exclusive rights — including the exclusive right to vote in American elections,” Golden continued in his X thread.