In All-Night Senate Floor Fight, Cantwell Votes NO on Republican Tax Giveaways to Ultra-Rich, YES on Lower Costs for Working Families

WASHINGTON, D.C. –Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and senior member of the Senate Finance Committee, released this statement following Senate passage of a Republican-led budget resolution, after votes on 30 Democratic amendments.
“Tonight, Senate Republicans voted to give $4 trillion in tax cuts to corporations and the ultra-rich while failing to protect programs like Medicare and Medicaid,”said Sen. Cantwell.“Republicans voted ‘no’ on our efforts to make housing more affordable, and they rejected efforts to reduce grocery prices. This is the fifth week of the Trump Administration. He is not doing enough to lower the cost of everyday goods for working families and neither will this Republican budget plan.”
The budget resolution passed 52-48. Senate Republicans now have to hammer out their differences with the budget approach the House is slated to consider, likely next week.
Before passage, the Senate voted on 30 Democratic amendments to improve the bill, including:
Republicans voted all of these and dozens more Democratic amendments down.
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