32 Democrats Vote Against Budget Deal
Many unhappy about lack of unemployment insurance extension
Some Democrats are unhappy about the budget deal, and for once, they didn't have to swallow it.
House Democrats have repeatedly been the go-to source of last-minute votes when Republicans needed to muscle a must-pass bill through the chamber they control. To end the government shutdown, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi got all 198 Democrats present to vote for a bill that kept in place the sequester — a vote that many members were not pleased to cast.
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