Politics

32 Democrats Vote Against Budget Deal

Many unhappy about lack of unemployment insurance extension

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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.