The 13 House Republicans who crossed party lines to help Democrats pass the bipartisan bill faced swift backlash from hard right members of their party.
had discouraged defectors, urging his caucus before the vote not to assist Biden in delivering on elements of his domestic agenda.crossed party lines to vote in favor of the bipartisan infrastructure bill, which passed 228-206. With six progressives in revolt, the legislation would not have succeeded if it were not for their support.
Eight of the Republican defectors—Don Bacon of Nebraska, Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, Andrew Garbarino of New York, Anthony Gonzalez of Ohio,of New York, Tom Reed of New York, Christopher H. Smith of New Jersey and Fred Upton of Michigan—are part of the Problem Solvers Caucus, a group of bipartisan lawmakers who helped to negotiate the bill.
Another five House Republicans—Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, Don Young of Alaska, Nicole Malliotakis of New York, David B. McKinley of West Virginia and Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey—bucked their party to follow the party's traditionalist route of backing infrastructure funding.They faced swift backlash from their hard right GOP colleagues, with some calling on the defectors to be removed from the party.
"Every Republican who voted for the infrastructure bill must be eliminated from the party," tweeted Florida Rep. Anthony Sabatini.tweeted,"RINOS just passed this wasteful $1.2 trillion dollar 'infrastructure' bill. Pelosi did not have the votes in her party to pass this garbage. Time to name names and hold these fake republicans accountable.
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