KS delegation votes along party lines

GOP’s Mann, LaTurner and Estes side with Trump; Davids votes against package.

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December 20, 2024 - 2:19 PM

U.S. Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, joined two GOP colleagues in voting for a bill that would have kept the government open and lifted federal spending limits for two years. The bill failed, with U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, opposed to it. Photo by TIM CARPENTER/KANSAS REFLECTOR

TOPEKA — Republicans and Democrats in the Kansas congressional delegation took a partisan approach to voting Thursday on the failed U.S. House bill that would have averted a federal government shutdown.

That package endorsed by President-elect Donald Trump was rejected 174-235 with Kansas Republican U.S. Reps. Jake LaTurner, Ron Estes and Tracey Mann supportive of the measure and Democratic Rep. Sharice Davids opposed. The legislation was denounced by most Democrats and 38 conservative Republicans who defied Trump’s directive to vote for it or expect political…

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