Pence Casts Tie-Breaker on Senate Procedural Vote, One Step Closer To Wall Funding
Waldo Crane
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Dec 21, 2018
Vice President Mike Pence has cast the tie breaking vote on the motion to proceed on the House passed funding bill that includes over $5 billion for President Trump’s border wall.
This means that the Senate is one step closer to funding the government and building the wall.
48-47: VP Pence cast his 12th Senate tie breaking vote to proceed to House-passed bill funding gov't thru Feb 8 with $5.7B for border wall & $7.8B for disaster relief. pic.twitter.com/0RcLUJi3p6
— Craig Caplan (@CraigCaplan) December 21, 2018
The vote closed at 47-47, changing to 48-47 with Pence’s vote.
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