Two GOP senators break ranks on final Senate budget vote
The Hill
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Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) broke ranks Thursday morning and voted against a budget resolution that could set the stage for ending the two-month shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security.
Murkowski, a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, opposed the budget resolution because it would lay the groundwork for…
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