When House Republicans united last month to back a full-year stopgap funding measure on a mostly party-line vote, 17 of them did something they’d never done before: vote for a spending bill that became law.
In the Senate, Republicans Mike Lee of Utah and Eric Schmitt of Missouri likewise voted for such a bill for the first time. Lee, first elected in 2010, had voted against continuing resolutions and regular annual bills for nearly 15 years before backing the final fiscal 2025 package.
Only Rep. Thomas Massie and Sen. Rand Paul, both of Kentucky, are left standing as Republicans who have never voted for a regular appropriations or stopgap funding law.
