NEW: GOP senators voice concern about $9 billion spending-cut bill they say they will vote for Collins, Murkowski & McConnell are NOs. Other 50 Rs are crucial. Some express serious reservations with this package & process — and still plan to vote YES. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
cowards. they all need to be voted out
It’s not a “spending cut bill” really. It’s a claw back for already appropriated and planned for funding for critical international programs and the essential lifeline that is CPB. It a deeply cynical move that could backfire if/when Dems get control back.
So Collins and Murkowski are yes votes.
They are No votes because they know they have the necessary yes votes wrapped up.
Bingo!
The stupid brainless MAGA republicans bow to the devils advocate and heading for 🔥🔥🔥🔥a very hot place eternally
Just another day that ends in Y.
Everyone else will vote yes and Vance will break the tie - orchestrated as usual
Oh, fuck off.
Thune, as it turns out is quietly unethical and a coward.
IF Collins is no, that means there are enough yes's to pass it. She'll never go against Trump when it matters.
despicable
The ones with "Serious Reservations" just want cutouts to vote yes. Never trust Merkowski and Collins.
GOP Senators need to vote with voices that speak for their constituents and not Trump. Our Country needs them to fight the good fight. Trump will disappear ; their constituents will not. Vote the Truth. Stand up.
No here means yes. The real test is if their no vote means not enough to pass the bill. Anything else is just hoodwinking.
I expressed that I’m not having a gin and tonic after work. I’m drinking one right now. After work. Guess expressions don’t mean shit.
Republicans are good at expressing concern, but in the end they vote for the party.
Sen Thune is a cowardly, evil POS
Accountability. None. The government has failed us at every turn. Progressive, stagnation or regressive. Vote accordingly.
This week's version of Bogus GOP Senate Theater
130 just died from spending cuts, now what will they cut?
Don't depend on CollinsMurkowskiMcConnell votes, esp. if offered $$$ by Trump, lobbyists, Federalist Society (as w/Supreme Ct nominees there).
Well, Murkowski has claimed that congressional Republicans fear for their physical safety if they cross Trump.
So what if she became more afraid of the lunatics on the left
This is the way democracy ends. Politicians who know better abandon reason and don’t vote their conscience. They give in to fear and think they’ll stay safe by obeying the dictator wannabe. Totally wrong. Next time around, they’ll pay a high cost for not stopping him now. And so will we all.
I don't want to hear about their "concern."
Republicans tell their constituents big LIES to cover their asses when those COWARDLY Republicans already KNOW they'll bend over & do whatever lunatic FELON Trump tells them to do. Greedy/Selfish/Cowardly/LYING Republicans DON'T care about Americans or America. They're not on America's side!
The GOP can never complain about hurting constituents or caring about the rule of law
They have cut funding for suicide prevention, drug rehab facilities, planned parenthood, after school programs, Medicaid, public broadcasting, usaid, nih, epa, doj, national parks, social programs. Literraly what else is there for them to take money from? They've fired thousands...
They are trying to shut down the department of education. This is unprecedented. Now please somebody explain to me how they cut funding to all these programs and still raised the national debt by six trillion dollars? Make it make sense
Why do you frame it like this? "Republicans lie about concerns about bill since they're going to vote for it anyways" is more accurate
You mean 53?don’t you
Golly, I wonder if Vance will cast that 51st vote while providing cover to the most vulnerable 2026 R senate seats. I'm on the edge of my seat.
Just bribe a few of the weakest repubs and they will fall all over themselves taking the money. This story pile makes this repub decision sound noble and just when in fact the rescission is on its way when lord Trump calls for it.
Diaper don said he can grab pussys because he can. He has grabbed all GOP
They know they are screwing the American people and they don’t care. Ban paying taxes on grounds of taxation without representation
This isn’t governing. This is just giving into what chump wants 🤬
I’m not holding my breath
They'll vote for it. No need to fall for this game again.
Yes men. Change the Republican party's name to Serious Reservations Dogs.
Everyone should just laugh and point at them every time they see them. A tee shirt with a spine printed on the back should be sent to every MAGAt.
Great. Finally someone is look after the tax payer.
it will pass. none of the republicans are ever actually no's. they just pick who are no for grandstanding procedures.
The Republican "Im on TV saying i oppose this unpopular bill while voting for it" is their go-to. Why? Because no one knows how they voted. News only reports the final tally, not each person's vote. So the R has a soundbite for local news and campaign ads..and their voters swallow that.
Surprise-surprise… One should know the Republican mentality by now?! No, means yes, and, they’ll never go against their “master!”
What kind of dogshit framing is this, Sahil? If they’re concerned about it, why are they voting for it?
Where have we seen this soap opera before? They’re so full of shit.
What the hell kind of headline is that? "Executioner has concerns about man's innocence when he swings his axe."
The "no" votes are as theatric as the "yes but with reservations" votes. They're all bootlickers.
So freaking sick of them. A bunch of spineless cowards! #SpinelessCowards
#Evergreen
This headline reads like an @theonion.com article. The hypocrisy and outright spinelessness is deafening
Fox you helped all of this by constantly lying to your viewers
What is wrong with these GOP senators? No soul; no moral compass! Clearly they must know a vote to support this vote is wrong.
The only serious reservations they have are for dinner after the vote.
What the hell is wrong with these R senators. If you don't like what is in the bill then vote NO. Nobody gives a shit that you have concerns and are still gonna vote yes. It's that simple.
Apparently, you backward Canadians still believe in logic and responsible behavior. just wait until we finish invading you and teach you the liberating beauty of craven hypocrisy. Then you can move onto alternative facts! If you believe something really hard, it becomes true! You have much to learn.
Ya we do. Must be something wrong with us! 😂
"Nobody gives a shit that you have concerns and are still gonna vote yes." But NBC does! Because they want to advance the narrative of the GOP at all times!
Well maybe NBC does. But this is the standard story of the Rs - we have concerns, we are never going to cave and they do every single time. Concerns are useless if it is only a word you say.
If they had serious reservations, they wouldn't vote for it. Stop letting them have it both ways.
Why doesn’t the press corps challenge/ remind President Num nuts on his errors when he states Biden appointed Powell? Or when he blatantly lies about 0 inflation?
They are Trump’s minions
Prepare to increase your annual contribution to NPR/PBS. We cant let them fail or even be forced to compromise their quality of service due to lack of funding.
Cowards following their dictator.
They can be nos because it doesn't matter. It's all theater. We need to stop talking about the Republicans in Congress and about strategies to put this to bed in 2026. The Republicans are all FOS, period.
Cowards. All of them. All the time.
I wouldn't count on either Collins or Murkowski to deliver groceries to my door. Clutch those pearls, ladies, and then vote the wrong way.
Cowering dogs.
Collins has congenital furrowed brow syndrome.
Disgraceful
Washington based reporters are the dumbest and most gullible human beings on the planet.
Opinion; programs with word "Public" in it should be paid by the government. Wife I listen to PBS, NPR all the time, not consistently as much as we like to. As for "foreign aid" it should not be cut, but it should be controlled, as I think it already is being watched over by the USofA agents USAid
Sheep
So this will be the "norm" now for both parties going forward. Doesn't matter what you have to pass with 60 votes the first go 'round... just follow up with a rescission bill to cut out the parts you didn't like with just 50 votes. Why not just axe the filibuster and stop fooling around?
There are four or five senators that rotate votes. They never actually all vote against it, but they pick and choose who gets to vote no on things and who gets to vote yes on things. But the votes always go through. Trump wins, we lose. The senators pretend to stand up to him.
fuck off- 9 billion is pennies compared to the tax cuts for the 0.1% they're extending
omg
> Collins, Murkowski & McConnell are NOs. finish the sentence as it should be "until they get paid to switch their vote. Again"
The soil in HELL is rich with “concerns” GOP senators express about awful bills they then quickly pass.
This is why I've dumped all main stream media sources. Do you guys NEVER learn from past behavior?!? Seriously, your framing of this story is part of the problem.
Stop being their microphone for their lies and just report their actions. Until you do that you are only aiding and abetting.
Same old, same old. Collins, Murkowski, and 1-2 others express reservations. Deal made to peel one off. Bill passes 51-50 with VP tiebreaker. Either Murkowski issues statement she's unhappy, or Collins was reluctant. Blah, blah, blah. Actions not words. If it passes, they're for it. All of them.
Silly story. Those NOs will cave. They always do.
Theatre It will pass
Fing cowards
🤦♀️&😡
Oh puhlease.
They're weak sheeple afraid of their ram.
Fucking cowards
They will only vote no if they it’s meaningless. We all saw Murkowski’s crocodile tears over voting YES for the BBB. They take care of themselves, first and foremost and hope someone else will fix things.
Same old same old. They just do what they are told. Shameful.
If you voted for it, don't bother talking about how terrible it is. Sycophant sell-outs Be a Tillis not a Hawley. Grow a spine
They need to keep their goddamn mouths shut. Don’t bemoan something and then vote for it. Your concerns just ring hollow.
Blah blah blah blah. Did I hear anything new? Nope. Blah blah blah.
I wonder if those republicans who express “serious reservations” campaigned on: “Elect me….I’m a spineless dickhead, and I’ll vote against your interests, but hey, we’re all going to die”
Why are you co-signing this horror Sahil? Your post is so pro-MAGA and it's disgusting.
Sort of reminds me of the old line “this is going to hurt me more than it hurts you” when you’re about to get a spanking
"Some express serious reservations with this package & process — and still plan to vote YES." So, they really have no reservations whatsoever then.
If the Dems take Congress can’t they also zero out any Republican spending they don’t like?
They voice concern, yet they all voted for it. The maga house & senate are complicit, spineless cowards who took an oath to protect the constitution & their constituents, yet they've all violated that oath. They all need to be removed, voted out asap & banned from ever holding public offices again
Most fucked up Congress ever...these guys vote for shitty legislation they know is bad, that they have enormous doubts over, but they still do whatever Donald Trump's administration says and does.
You must get tired of writing this same story all the time.
they have no concerns,we all know this
They say one thing but do the other. Count on the Rs to vote the party line.
“GOP expresses concern over firing squads for non-white Americans” — future headlines today!