(The Center Square) – Wisconsin’s Democratic U.S. Senator is not on board with the plan that could reopen the federal government.
Sen. Tammy Baldwin took to social media late Sunday night to explain her “no” vote on the Senate agreement.
“A wink and a nod to deal with this health care crisis later – with no actual guarantees – is just not enough for me or the Wisconsin families I work for,” Baldwin wrote. “I refuse to sign off on a deal that doesn’t lower working families’ health care costs.”
Eight Senate Democrats voted Sunday night to move forward with a plan. The vote did not open the government, but it shows that there is support from Democrats on Capitol Hill to do so, possibly by the end of the week.
Baldwin has voted against every Senate attempt to reopen the government. She has blamed President Donald Trump for the shutdown for weeks.
“Donald Trump could have avoided all of this if he had chosen not to use hungry families as a bargaining chip,” Baldwin wrote on X on Thursday. “Thankfully, a judge stepped in and is making him fully fund SNAP. The President needs to listen to the court – millions of hungry families are relying on it.”
Wisconsin’s two Democratic members of Congress, Mark Pocan and Gwen Moore, were silent Sunday about the Senate vote.
Green Bay-area Republican Congressman Tony Wied, however, was not.
“Even after her more reasonable colleagues came to a deal, @SenatorBaldwin is getting ready to vote ONCE AGAIN to keep our government closed and continue to hurt our service members, farmers, federal employees, and families in need,” Wied wrote on X. “Wisconsinites deserve so much better.”
