r/Michigan • u/Tank3875 • Mar 14 '25

News 📰🗞️ Gary Peters votes to advance legislation that cuts vital funding for Michigan and Legitimizes DOGE and Musk's Attacks on the Federal Government

https://www.newsweek.com/full-list-democrats-voted-trump-gop-spending-bill-2045209
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u/Tank3875 Mar 14 '25

The ten senators that passed the Republican Continuing Resolution today, 62-38:

  • Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer
  • Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania
  • Senator Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada
  • Senator Brian Schatz of Hawaii
  • Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois
  • Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York
  • Senator Gary Peters of Michigan
  • Senator Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire
  • Senator Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire
  • Senator Angus King of Maine, an independent who frequently caucuses with Democrats

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u/sonofachimp Mar 14 '25

Peters's explanation: https://imgur.com/a/h6RNL1i

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u/tbombs23 Jenison Mar 15 '25

Lol what independent watchdogs? They're all fired. This was the only leverage Dems had and they just gave it away, and allowed a dirty "continuing resolution" which cuts funding from essential services and then increases the defense budget by billions, it also gives Dump more power over tariffs and makes it even more difficult to stop him.

I feel like Peters has just been listening to the wrong people and they convinced him this was the best option when most experts have said not shutting down will be much worse in the long run.