The long-negotiated border deal, packaged with funding for Ukraine, Israel, the Indo-Pacific and more, needs support from 60 senators in a procedural vote Wednesday to move forward.
So far, 19 senators in the 100-member chamber
have said they’ll oppose it, including 17 Republicans, according to The Hill’s running whip list.
The bill could hit the threshold needed to get to the Senate floor. But the number of Republicans who’ve come out against it so far casts doubt on whether Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell‘s (R-Ky.) early goal of getting at least half the GOP conference (or around 25 senators) on board will shake out.
The bill text came out Sunday night, and some senators say they’re still pouring over the 370-page package. Click here for the bill’s border policy highlights.
Lackluster GOP support in the upper chamber could mean less pressure on House Speaker
Mike Johnson (R-La.) to take up the bill. He and other House Republican leaders issued a joint statement urging senators to reject the bill, declaring it “DEAD on arrival in the House.”
Here’s who’s come out against the supplemental package in the Senate so far:
GOP ‘no’ votes
- Marsha Blackburn (Tenn.)
- Mike Braun (Ind.)
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Katie Britt (Ala.)
- Tom Cotton (Ark.)
- Ted Cruz (Texas)
- Steve Daines (Mont.)
- Bill Hagerty (Tenn.)
- Josh Hawley (Mo.)
- Ron Johnson (Wis.)
-
Mike Lee (Utah)
- Roger Marshall (Kan.)
- Rand Paul (Ky.)
- Marco Rubio (Fla.)
- Rick Scott (Fla.)
- Eric Schmitt (Mo.)
- Tommy Tuberville (Ala.)
-
JD Vance (Ohio)
Democratic ‘no’ votes
- Bob Menendez (N.J.)
- Alex Padilla (Calif.)
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