<p>A handful of Democrats and Republicans bucked their respective parties in the House vote Friday to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-sends-monster-1-7-trillion-spending-bill-to-joe-bidens-desk-with-backing-from-9-republicans" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pass the $1.7 trillion “omnibus” bill</a> stuffed with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pork-parks-and-woke-all-the-fun-features-in-1-7-trillion-omnibus" target="_blank" rel="noopener">all sorts of pork</a> according to critics.</p>
<p><a href="https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2022549" target="_blank" rel="noopener">These defectors</a> collectively did little to change the results. By a 225-201 vote, the massive spending legislation cleared the lower chamber and now heads to President Joe Biden, who <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/12/23/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-passage-of-the-bipartisan-year-end-omnibus/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">says he will sign it into law</a>. The 4,155-page bill, which features $858 billion in defense funding, as well as $772.5 billion for non-defense “discretionary programs,” already passed the Senate on Thursday.</p>
<p>On the Democratic Party side, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) was the sole &#8220;no&#8221; vote, though a fellow member of &#8220;The Squad,&#8221; Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), also stood out, voting &#8220;present&#8221; — <a href="https://twitter.com/mattloff/status/1606365690146959360" target="_blank" rel="noopener">by proxy</a>.</p>
<p>In a statement, Ocasio-Cortez cited <a href="https://www.govexec.com/management/2022/12/here-are-major-takeaways-17-trillion-omnibus-spending-bill/381162/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">spending for the Homeland Security Department</a> and its Immigration and Customs Enforcement sub-agency as well as the omnibus&#8217; significant commitment to national security as her reasons for opposing the legislation.</p>
<p>&#8220;I campaigned on a promise to my constituents: to oppose additional expansion for ICE and DHS — particularly in the absence of long-overdue immigration reform,&#8221; the leftist firebrand said. &#8220;For that reason, as well as the dramatic increase in defense spending with exceeds even President Biden&#8217;s request, I voted no on today&#8217;s omnibus bill.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez released the following statement following her ‘no’ vote on the omnibus spending bill: <a href="https://t.co/90HZhhDbCt">pic.twitter.com/90HZhhDbCt</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@RepAOC) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepAOC/status/1606381735415103489?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 23, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Although she opposed the overall bill, Ocasio-Cortez defended certain &#8220;victories&#8221; achieved during negotiations, including &#8220;significant funding&#8221; for more than a dozen community projects in her district that includes the Bronx and Queens.</p>
<p>Her statement was met with some chiding in light of the congresswoman responding Thursday to a Twitter thread from the office of Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) that highlighted $3,000,000 for “clean energy workforce development” at the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority as a &#8220;pet project&#8221; of Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY).</p>
<p>&#8220;Thank you for calling attention to my ‘pet project’ of making New York State a global leader in combating climate change and creating tons of good, high-paying jobs for people in the process,&#8221; Ocasio-Cortez retorted. &#8220;I’m proud of it!&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Thank you for calling attention to my “pet project” of making New York State a global leader in combating climate change and creating tons of good, high-paying jobs for people in the process. I’m proud of it! 🌎🗽</p>
<p>What’s your pet project? Being a hater for a living? <a href="https://t.co/VkpBLQyNdu">https://t.co/VkpBLQyNdu</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1605991163285995521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 22, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
<p>After her &#8220;no&#8221; vote on Friday, Washington Free Beacon investigative reporter Chuck Ross quipped, &#8220;AOC was for the omnibus before she was against it.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">AOC was for the omnibus before she was against it <a href="https://t.co/pdY17mjvCu">https://t.co/pdY17mjvCu</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Chuck Ross (@ChuckRossDC) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChuckRossDC/status/1606375320092901376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 23, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Siraj Hashmi, a member of The Habibi Bros political podcast and creator of &#8220;<a href="https://twitter.com/ListComesForAll" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The List</a>&#8221; (which ridicules Twitter users for what it deems to be cringeworthy tweets), shared a screenshot of a tweet noting AOC was the only Democratic &#8220;no&#8221; vote and asked, &#8220;this u?&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">this u? <a href="https://t.co/f7nB1qc5Ci">pic.twitter.com/f7nB1qc5Ci</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Siraj Hashmi (@SirajAHashmi) <a href="https://twitter.com/SirajAHashmi/status/1606374135717892115?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 23, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Nine Republicans broke ranks with the rest of their party on Friday, voting with the vast majority of Democrats to pass the spending bill.</p>
<p>These defectors were Reps. Liz Cheney (R-WY), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), Chris Jacobs (R-NY), John Katko (R-NY), Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), Fred Upton (R-MI), and Steve Womack (R-AR).</p>
<p>In addition, Four Republicans declined to vote. They were Reps. Ken Buck (R-CO), Mike Gallagher (R-WI), Trey Hollingsworth (R-IN), and David McKinley (R-WV).</p>

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