I don’t think it’s really fair to call Adam Kinzinger a Republican now. He’s already lining up media jobs at Fox News, CNN or MSNBC after he “retires” from Congress in 2022. Kingzinger is more of a Chicago Democrat more than anything. For this purpose, we’ll call him “Chicago Pundit”.
Not as if it really matters at this point either. It’s already got RINO votes in the Senate from McConnell, Moron, Cassidy, Little Marco Rubio and others, so it will pass the Senate easily later tonight.
The House passed on Thursday a stop-gap spending measure to fund the government through February as Republicans fight to defund President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate.
The House passed H.R. 6119, a continuing resolution (CR) that would fund the government at the same spending levels through February 18.
The measure passed 221-212, with strong Democrat support for the resolution for the bill, and with only one Republican, Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), voting for the bill.
The strong Republican support against the CR comes as the House Freedom Caucus, Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN), the Republican Study Committee (RSC), and House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) have urged Republicans to oppose the legislation.
Banks released a statement Monday urging his caucus to oppose the legislation, as it does not fix the many crises unfolding 12 months into Biden’s administration.