Republicans Have Not Been Able to Fund the Government Without Democrats
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Issue Report
For Immediate Release:
December 7, 2017
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Mariel Saez 202-225-3130
Congress has just two legislative days to fund the government before the current continuing resolution expires tomorrow, December 8. Since 2011, when Republicans took the majority, they have been unable to enact a single bill to fund the government without Democratic votes. For months, Republicans have wasted time passing tax cuts for the wealthy rather than working with Democrats to responsibly fund the government. Republicans have majorities in the House and Senate and control of the White House. They are responsible for keeping the government open. Here’s a look at previous votes:
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| GOVERNMENT FUNDING LEGISLATION | VOTE BY PARTY | DEMOCRATIC VOTES NEEDED TO GET TO 218 |
| FY 18 CR Stopgap measure to continue Fiscal Year 2017 and raise the Debt Limit until December 8, 2017 | Democrats 183-0, Republicans 133-90 | 85 Democratic Votes |
| FY 17 Omnibus Package of 11 appropriations bills to fund the government for Fiscal Year 2017 | Democrats 178-15, Republicans 131-103 | 87 Democratic Votes |
| FY17 CR Stopgap measure to continue Fiscal Year 2016 funding for all but MilConVA to keep government open from April 28 to May 5, 2017 | Democrats 175-14, Republicans 207-16 | 11 Democratic Votes |
| FY17 CR + MilConVA Stopgap measure to continue Fiscal Year 2016 funding to keep government open from December 2016 to April 28, 2017 | Democrats 118-63, Republicans 208-33 | 10 Democratic Votes |
| FY17 Election CR Stopgap measure to continue Fiscal Year 2016 funding to keep government open through the 2016 election, from October 2016 through December 2016 | Democrats 172-10, Republicans 170-75 | 48 Democratic Votes |
| FY16 Package of appropriations bills to fund the government for Fiscal Year 2016 | Democrats 166-18, Republicans 150-95 | 68 Democratic Votes |
| FY16 "Barn Clearing" CR Stopgap measure to continue Fiscal Year 2015 funding to keep government open from October 2015 to December 2015 | Democrats 186-0, Republicans 91-151 | 127 Democratic Votes |
| FY15 Homeland Bill to fund Homeland Security through Fiscal Year 2015 | Democrats 182-0, Republicans 75-167 | 143 Democratic Votes |
| FY15 Homeland only CR Stopgap measure to continue Fiscal Year 2014 funding for Homeland Security from February 2015 to March 2015 | Democrats 174-5, Republicans 183-55 | 35 Democratic Votes |
| FY15 CROmnibus (Omni + CR only for DHS to 2/27/14) Package of appropriations bills for all agencies for Fiscal Year 2015 except Homeland Security, which received continued Fiscal Year 2014 funding to February 2015 | Democrats 57-139, Republicans 162-67 | 56 Democratic Votes |
| FY15 CR Stopgap measure to continue Fiscal Year 2010 funding to keep government open from October 2014 to December 2014 | Democrats 143-55, Republicans 176-53 | 42 Democratic Votes |
| FY14 Omnibus Package of appropriations bills to fund the government through Fiscal Year 2014 | Democrats 193-3, Republicans 166-64 | 52 Democratic Votes |
| FY14 Shutdown Ending CR Bill to end the 16 day government shutdown by continuing Fiscal Year 2013 funding from October 2013 to January 2014 | Democrats 198-0, Republicans 87-144 | 131 Democratic Votes |
| FY13 Ag-CJS-Def-DHS-MilCon + Full Year CR Bill to fund Agriculture, Defense, Homeland Security, Military Construction-Veterans and continue Fiscal Year 2012 funding for all other agencies for Fiscal Year 2013 | Democrats 115-82, Republicans 203-27 | 15 Democratic Votes |
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