GOP votes in unison against COVID-19 relief bill Alexander Bolton © Greg Nash Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) on Saturday voted against President Biden s $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package, preventing Democrats from claiming any patina of bipartisanship on a popular package that most Republicans attacked as a waste of money.
Murkowski, who put forward an amendment to the bill that was ultimately adopted, was seen as a potential swing vote for Democrats. However, in the end, not a single Republican in either chamber supported the legislation, which Biden made his first major priority in office.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) slammed the relief bill for breaking the streak of five COVID-19 packages Congress passed in the past year that have garnered bipartisan support.
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