Rep. McCollum to vote no on spending bill, calls health care vote promise 'cold-hearted lie'
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Lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives have returned to Washington D.C. to vote on a bill that will end the longest federal government shutdown in history.
Congress has been in stalemate for nearly seven weeks, as neither party could reach an agreement on a spending bill. But in the Senate on Sunday night, seven Democratic and one Independent joined most Republicans to pass the bill.
The House, where Republicans have a majority, will vote on the bill Wednesday night.
U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum, a Democrat, is the longest-serving member of Minnesota’s congressional delegation. McCollum said she plans to vote against the bill.
”The more Americans find out what’s in it,” McCollum told MPR News, “it’s not — which Republicans like to call it, a ‘clean CR’ — they’re going to be appalled.”
She joined MPR News host Nina Moini to talk about the vote. MPR News reached out to Minnesota's Republican representatives in Congress for interviews, but did not receive a response by the time of this conversation.
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