WASHINGTON, D.C. (WRN) — It was a split vote from Wisconsin’s US Senators on resuming budget talks during the federal shutdown.
Democrat Tammy Baldwin was a no and Senator Ron Johnson a yes as seven Democrats broke ranks Sunday night on a procedural vote for a proposed budget deal.
The bill would fund the government through the end of January and extend the current Farm Bill by another year. The bill does not include extensions of Affordable Care Act tax cuts and subsidies.
Any bill passed by the Senate will have to go back to the House for a vote, where Speaker Mike Johnson has said he will not reconvene until the Senate passes the House version of the budget that the Senate has been deadlocked on for over two months.