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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Tue Aug 10, 2021, 09:07 PM Aug 2021

Here are the 19 GOP senators who defied TFG by voting for the $1 trillion infrastructure bill [View all]

Nineteen Republican senators approved the $1 trillion infrastructure package on Tuesday, publicly defying former President Donald Trump who attempted to kill the bill.

The GOP lawmakers joined all 50 of their Democratic colleagues to pass the bill in a 69-30 vote. The legislation includes billions in funding for improving roads, bridges, highways, broadband access, and other measures.

Ahead of the vote, Trump repeatedly criticized the bill, pressured Republicans not to support it, and threatened to primary the lawmakers who did.

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Here are the 19 Republican senators who signed on to the bill:

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/19-gop-senators-defied-trump-210655930.html

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