消除了美国债务违约的可能性，并在10月份再次关闭政府，参议院周四通过了一项重大的两党两年预算协议——尽管近20多名共和党人反对特朗普总统支持的协议，并投票反对。
二十三名共和党参议员没有投票支持预算。加上五名民主党人也投了反对票，该法案以67比28获得通过。
众议院议长南希·佩洛西和财政部长史蒂文·穆努钦达成协议，2.7万亿美元的协议将为政府提供资金，并提高未来两年的债务上限。特朗普已经表示同意，并承诺签署该协议，周四上午最后一次敦促参议院共和党人支持该协议。
"对于我们伟大的军队，我们的老兵，还有工作，工作，工作，工作来说，预算协议是惊人的！"特朗普在投票前发了推特。“两年的协议让我们通过了选举。去争取吧，共和党人，总是有足够的时间来削减！”
但是共和党的叛逃者抨击预算将3200亿美元增加到目前的支出水平，这一数字与他们多年来反复强调赤字和债务的做法相矛盾。最近几周，人们对共和党缺乏支持感到担忧。如果他们的会议中没有至少一半的人支持特朗普支持的协议，那么共和党领导层将会很不高兴，并可能会引起总统的愤怒。大约只有一个众议院共和党的三分之一上周投票赞成预算协议，而大多数民主党人支持它。
肯塔基州共和党参议员兰德·保罗在投票前在参议院说:“这项债务协议的许多支持者多年来在他们的州四处奔走，抱怨奥巴马总统花费太多，借贷太多。”。“现在，这些共和党人，他们中所有不诚实的人，将会摇摆不定地走到抽签的前沿，走到支出低谷的前沿，投票支持比奥巴马总统所增加的更多或更多的债务。”
保罗补充道:“那些以保守主义者的身份竞选，却以大手大脚者的身份执政的政客们感到羞耻。”。
投票反对预算协议的23名共和党人是:田纳西州的玛莎·布莱克本、印第安纳州的迈克·布朗、路易斯安那州的比尔·卡西迪和约翰·肯尼迪、阿肯色州的汤姆·科顿、得克萨斯州的特德·克鲁兹、蒙大拿州的史蒂夫·戴恩斯、怀俄明州的迈克·恩兹、内布拉斯加州的黛比·费舍尔和本·萨斯、密苏里州的乔希·霍利、北达科他州的约翰·霍文、威斯康星州的罗恩·约翰逊、俄克拉荷马州的詹姆斯·兰福德、犹他州的李政颖和米特·罗姆尼、肯塔基州的兰德·保罗、爱达荷州的詹姆斯·里斯， 佛罗里达州的马尔科·卢比奥和里克·斯科特，南卡罗来纳州的蒂姆·斯科特，北卡罗来纳州的汤姆·蒂利斯，宾夕法尼亚州的帕特·图米。
反对它的五名民主党人是:科罗拉多州的麦克·班尼、特拉华州的汤姆·卡珀、明尼苏达州的艾米·克洛布查尔、西弗吉尼亚州的乔·曼钦和蒙大纳州的乔恩·特斯特。新泽西州的总统候选人科里·布克、加利福尼亚州的卡马拉·哈里斯、佛蒙特州的伯尼·桑德斯和马萨诸塞州的伊丽莎白·沃伦。
保罗提出的一项修正案除了平衡预算之外，还削减和限制了支出，但该修正案未能达到60票通过的门槛。
许多不支持预算的共和党人，包括保罗，投票支持特朗普的减税政策国会预算办公室预计，到2028年，2017年的赤字将增加近2万亿美元。
投票前，参议院多数党领袖米奇·麦康奈尔敦促他的同事支持预算。
“这是政府谈判达成的协议。这是众议院通过的协议。这是特朗普总统正在等待并渴望签署成为法律的协议，这是我们今天上午晚些时候投票时本机构每个成员都应该支持的协议，”这位肯塔基州共和党人在参议院说。
该预算将增加国防开支，这是共和党领导层用来吸引其成员支持该基金的一项举措，此外，美国将避免其债务出现不利违约。
“也许最重要的是，特别是对我和我的共和党同事来说，这项立法为我们的国防设定了一个具体的经费水平，”麦康奈尔在他的发言中说。“它确保了我们国家的充分信任和信用，并确保国会不会给就业增长和繁荣经济带来不必要的麻烦。”
这个故事被更新为包括最终投票的细节和某些成员的投票方式。
23 SENATE REPUBLICANS BREAK WITH DONALD TRUMP OVER MASSIVE BUDGET DEAL
Eliminating the possibility of defaulting on the nation's debt and having another government shutdown come October, the Senate passed a hefty, bipartisan two-year budget agreement on Thursday—despite nearly two dozen Republicans going against the deal that is supported by President Trump and voting against it.
Twenty-three GOP senators did not vote for the budget. Coupled with five Democrats who also voted against it, the measure was passed 67-28.
A deal that was hashed out by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, the $2.7 trillion agreement would fund the government and raise the debt ceiling for the next two years. Trump has given his blessing and has promised to sign the deal, prodding Senate Republicans one last time Thursday morning to support the deal.
"Budget Deal is phenomenal for our Great Military, our Vets, and Jobs, Jobs, Jobs!" Trump tweeted just prior to the vote. "Two year deal gets us past the Election. Go for it Republicans, there is always plenty of time to CUT!"
But the GOP defectors have blasted the budget for adding $320 billion to current spending levels, a figure that contradicts their years of harping against deficits and debts. There was concern in recent weeks over the lack of GOP support. A vote without at least half of their conference supporting the Trump-backed deal would have looked bad on Republican leadership and could have drawn the ire of the president. Only about a third of House Republicans voted for the budget agreement last week while a majority of Democrats supported it.
"Many of the supporters of this debt deal ran around their states for years complaining that President Obama's spending too much and borrowing too much," Senator Rand Paul, a Kentucky Republican, said on the Senate floor before the vote. "And these same Republicans now, the whole disingenuous lot of them, will wiggle their way to the front of the draw, to the front of the spending trough to vote for as much or more debt than President Obama ever added."
"Shame on the politicians who campaign as conservatives but govern as big spenders," Paul added.
The 23 Republicans who voted against the budget agreement were: Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, Mike Braun of Indiana, Bill Cassidy and John Kennedy of Louisiana, Tom Cotton of Arkansas, Ted Cruz of Texas, Steve Daines of Montana, Mike Enzi of Wyoming, Deb Fischer and Ben Sasse of Nebraska, Josh Hawley of Missouri, John Hoeven of North Dakota, Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, James Lankford of Oklahoma, Mike Lee and Mitt Romney of Utah, Rand Paul of Kentucky, James Risch of Idaho, Marco Rubio and Rick Scott of Florida, Tim Scott of South Carolina, Thom Tillis of North Carolina, Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania.
The five Democrats who opposed it were: Michael Bennet of Colorado, Tom Carper of Delaware, Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Jon Tester of Montana. Presidential candidates Cory Booker of New Jersey, Kamala Harris of California, Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts.
An amendment offered by Paul that would have cut and cap spending, in addition to balancing the budget, failed to muster the 60-vote threshold needed to pass.
Many of the Republicans who did not support the budget, including Paul, voted for Trump's tax cuts in 2017, which the Congressional Budget Office has projected will add nearly $2 trillion to the deficit by 2028.
Leading up to the vote, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell urged his colleagues to support the budget.
"This is the agreement the administration has negotiated. This is the deal the House has passed. This is the deal President Trump is waiting and eager to sign into law this is the deal that every member of this body should support when we vote later this morning," the Kentucky Republican said on the Senate floor.
The budget will raise defense spending, something Republican leadership has used to entice its members to support the funding, in addition to the fact that the U.S. will avert a detrimental default on its debt.
"Perhaps most importantly, particularly to my Republican colleagues and to me, this legislation sets a specific funding level for our national defense," McConnell said in his floor remarks. "It secures our nation's full faith and credit and ensures that Congress will not throw an unnecessary wrench into the gears of job growth and the thriving economy."
This story was updated to include details of the final vote and the names of how certain members voted.
