21 Republicans break with Trump, Speaker Johnson on $1.2T spending bill

Twenty-one Republicans broke with President Donald Trump and Home Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., Tuesday night in an effort to derail a $1.2 trillion spending invoice to finish the federal government shutdown, citing considerations that the laws didn’t do sufficient to advance GOP priorities.

For numerous causes, lawmakers argued that the invoice ought to embrace provisions supporting election integrity, offering full-year funding for the Division of Homeland Safety (DHS), and eliminating earmarks requested by Democrats.

The lawmakers who voted towards the measure included:

Reps. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., Josh Brecheen, R-Okla., Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., Eric Burlison, R-Mo., Kat Cammack, R-Fla., Eli Crane, R-Ariz., Byron Donalds, R-Fla., Randy Positive, R-Fla., Brandon Gill, R-Texas, Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., Thomas Massie, R-Ky., Cory Mills, R-Fla., Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., Scott Perry, R-Pa., Chip Roy, R-Texas, David Schweikert, R-Ariz., Keith Self, R-Texas, Victoria Spartz, R-Ind., Greg Steube, R-Fla., and William Timmons, RS.C.

Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., arrives for a information convention exterior the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on September 3, 2025 (Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg through Getty Photographs)

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Thomas Massie, R-Ky., condemned what he noticed as a failure to strengthen election integrity with the exclusion of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act — a invoice that might require a photograph ID to register voters who need to take part in federal elections.

“And most significantly… BLOCKED: the passage of the SAVE Act to guard our elections from unlawful aliens – a prime precedence for conservatives,” Massie mentioned in a long list of reasons he posted to X why he voted towards the bundle.

Massie, together with different Republicans like Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., had known as on Republicans to tie the SAVE Act to the 2026 funding invoice.

He wasn’t the one Republican to precise his frustrations on-line.

Different lawmakers voted towards the invoice attributable to mistrust that Democrats would negotiate in good religion over excellent issues to fund DHS.

“The truth that Chuck Schumer is one way or the other in a position to get Republicans to cross a model that features all their stuff — however solely a two-week homeland safety funding measure, I feel is a idiot’s gamble,” mentioned Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Mo.

The invoice, which now heads to President Donald Trump’s desk for signature, consists of funding for the Departments of Warfare, Schooling, Transportation, Housing and City Growth, and Well being and Human Companies.

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President Donald Trump speaks throughout the launch of a program often called Trump Accounts on the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium, Jan. 28, 2026, in Washington. (Jose Luis Magana/AP Picture)

Regardless of the opposition of the 21 Republicans, the invoice handed by a vote of 217 to 214.

Tuesday is the second time that the Home of Representatives has thought of this laws.

The invoice hit roadblocks after the Home first handed it in January, when Senate Democrats objected to the dearth of safeguards for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) within the wake of two deadly confrontations in Minnesota between immigration enforcement and residents.

Democrats in each homes of Congress have demanded new restrictions on ICE’s actions, resembling a ban on carrying masks, an elimination of ICE’s roving patrols, physique digital camera necessities, tighter restrictions on warrants and visual identification by legislation enforcement.

As a part of the bundle, lawmakers included a two-week extension of DHS funding, giving negotiators time to resolve disagreements over provisions for ICE whereas averting a broader authorities shutdown.

With that compromise invoice handed, lawmakers have till the tip of subsequent week to succeed in an settlement on DHS funding or threat shedding its funding.

Along with ICE, the DHS invoice consists of funding for the Coast Guard, the Transportation Safety Administration (TSA), and the Federal Emergency Administration Company (FEMA).

Lawmakers involved about that funding additionally voted towards the invoice on Tuesday, expressing disappointment that Republicans had not seized the second to push for DHS funding.

“I voted NO on the 5-bill minivan,” mentioned Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo. in a message to X on Tuesday.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) brokers on Sunday, January 26, 2025. (Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg through Getty Photographs)

“Republicans have the trifecta and we want Trump-level DHS funding for sturdy border safety,” Boebert mentioned.

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Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., condemned the invoice as a result of, in his view, it did not leverage Republican bargaining energy.

“We’ve got to start out negotiating from energy,” Burchett mentioned in a video he posted. “Trump will inform you: negotiate from energy.”