AOC Was The Only Democrat To Vote Against Omnibus Bill

This comes as a surprise…

Far-left lawmaker Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was the only Democrat in the House to vote against the $1.7 trillion dollar Omnibus bill.

AOC voted no to the bill due to it containing “increased funding for defense and federal agencies that oversee immigration.”

The Omnibus bill ultimately passed through the House anyway with a 225-201 vote.

BREAKING: The horrible omnibus has passed the House.

The GOP yes votes were Katko (NY), Jacobs (NY), Fitzpatrick (PA), Upton (MI), Davis (IL), Herrera Beutler (WA), Womack (AK), Kinzinger (Crying), Cheney (Northern Virginia).

AOC was the only Democrat to vote No 👀

— Greg Price (@greg_price11) December 23, 2022

AOC voted against the omnibus bill because it didn’t defund ICE or DHS pic.twitter.com/2d2CzgpPs1

— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) December 23, 2022

The Hill had more on the story:

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.) was the only House Democrat to vote against a $1.7 trillion omnibus spending package on Friday, voting “no” on the measure because of increased funding for defense and federal agencies that oversee immigration.

The House passed the sprawling measure in a 225-201-1 vote, sending the bill to President Biden’s desk. The Senate passed the bill in a bipartisan 68-29 vote on Thursday.

In a statement Friday afternoon, Ocasio-Cortez said she was concerned about funding in the bill for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in addition to the $858 billion in defense spending.

“I campaigned on a promise to my constituents: to oppose additional expansion and funding for ICE and DHS — particularly in the absence of long-overdue immigration reform. For that reason, as well as the dramatic increase in defense spending which exceeds even President Biden’s request, I voted no on today’s omnibus bill,” Ocasio-Cortez said.

The appropriations bill passed by Congress includes $8.42 billion for ICE, which is $161.1 million more than what was enacted in 2022 and $319.4 million more than what the president requested.

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DHS received $86.5 billion in discretionary resources.

Lol, after all this AOC voted against the omnibus https://t.co/pdY17mjvCu

— Chuck Ross (@ChuckRossDC) December 23, 2022

Fox News had these details to add:

New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez pushed for spending pork in the House’s omnibus appropriations bill before voting “no” on the package due to its increase in homeland security funding.

The House passed the massive $1.7 trillion package Friday, with the national debt sitting well above $31 trillion, before leaving Washington for Christmas break.

Ocasio-Cortez was the lone Democrat to vote against the 4,000-page bill, citing her campaign promise to “oppose additional expansion and funding” of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).