The vote was nearly 100% party line, Republicans defending billions in subsidies to Big Oil while they talk about eliminating Medicare and cutting $4 trillion from programs that help you every day.
Here’s the vote tally. “Yea” is a good vote, but 60 votes were needed because the Republicans were filibustering again.
More on how Big Oil bought the vote:
The 48 Senators that voted against cloture today on S. 940, the Close Big Oil Tax Loopholes Act, have received $370,664, on average, in campaign contributions from the employees and political action committees (PACs) of oil and gas companies during their time in Congress, while those who voted to consider the legislation received just $72,145, on average.
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