The Senate has rejected the controversial budget plan proposed by House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and passed by the Republican controlled House of Representatives. The vote was 57-40 against the bill. I am still awaiting the roll call vote to see which Republican voted sanely. It is probable that 4 Republicans did. And at least 3 Senators did not vote.
Still, I am amazed that 40 Republicans voted for it. The Ryan Budget: The World’s Largest Suicide Pact.
Update: Voting with all of the Democrats were Sens. Scott Brown (R-MA), Olympia Snowe (R-ME) — both 2012 incumbents — along with Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK). Rand Paul (R-KY) voted against it because it wasn’t radical enough.