Republicans Who Supported Biden’s $1.2T Infrastructure Bill Once Opposed $25B for Border Wall

As 32 House and Senate Republicans helped breathe life into President Joe Biden’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, some once opposed the prospect of spending $25 billion to build border wall in an effort to reduce illegal immigration to the United States.

Last weekend, 13 House Republicans voted with Democrats to send a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill to Biden’s desk. In early August, 19 Senate Republicans did the same, helping pass the bill through the chamber to the House for approval.

The bill includes $0 for construction of border wall at the U.S.-Mexico border, despite proclaiming to be a package of infrastructure projects and a record-high flow of illegal immigration to the nation.

The 13 House Republicans who voted for the bill include:

• John Katko (R-NY)
• Don Bacon (R-NE)
• Jeff Van Drew (D-NJ)
• Fred Upton (R-MI)
• Adam Kinzinger (R-IL)
• Don Young (R-AK)
• Tom Reed (R-NY)
• Chris Smith (R-NJ)
• Andrew Garbarino (R-NY)
• Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY)
• Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA)
• Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH)
• David McKinley (R-WV)

The 19 Senate Republicans who voted for the bill include:

• Dan Sullivan (R-AK)
• Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)
• Mike Crapo (R-ID)
• Roy Blunt (R-MO)
• Richard Burr (R-NC)
• Deb Fischer (R-NE)
• Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
• Rob Portman (R-OH)
• Thom Tillis (R-NC)
• Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
• Jim Risch (R-ID)
• Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
• Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
• Kevin Cramer (R-ND)
• Roger Wicker (R-MS)
• Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
• John Hoeven (R-ND)
• Susan Collins (R-ME)
• Mitt Romney (R-UT)

A number of Senate Republicans who supported the $1.2 trillion bill once balked at former President Donald Trump’s plans to secure $25 billion in border wall funding, suggesting that the plan cost too much money. – READ MORE