Marco Rubio Opposes 'Job-Killing' Spending Bill; Nelson Says 'Aye'

Joining seven fellow Florida Republicans who opposed the $1 trillion spending measure in the House, Sen. Marco Rubio also voted against the measure.

This massive 1,217-plus-page bill represents everything that is wrong with Washington," the Miami Republican said in a statement Saturday.

"Our country faces major economic challenges, but Congress wasted the whole year stuck in partisan gridlock, only to pass a funding bill that solves none of
our problems, just to avoid a government shutdown.

"This plan spends too much, wastes precious taxpayer dollars to fund a menu of job-killing regulations, anti-life provisions and earmarks, and has been ushered through Congress in a highly secretive and nontransparent manner that didnt allow for consideration of even a single amendment. I cannot support it.

The bill passed 67-32, with Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., and every other Senate Democrat supporting it, except for Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., who faces a tough re-election fight next year.

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