As I noted in an earlier post, three Democratic budgets were offered for a vote in the House today, as traditionally happens.
The Congressional Progressive Caucus budget, the gold standard of those offered, received 96 votes.
The Congressional Black Caucus budget, which is traditionally to the right of the CPC budget but to the left of the Democratic caucus budget, received 120 votes.
The Democratic Caucus budget, the last of the three to receive a vote, received 160 votes.
86 Democrats voted against the CPC's budget, the "People's Budget."
62 Democrats voted against the CBC's budget.
And then 22 Democrats voted against their own party's budget.
Here are the 22 Democrats who voted against the Democratic caucus budget:
Brad Ashford (NE-02)
Ami Bera (CA-07)
Julia Brownley (CA-26)
Cheri Bustos (IL-17)
John Carney (DE-AL)
Jim Cooper (TN-05)
Jim Costa (CA-16)
Henry Cuellar (TX-28)
Pete DeFazio (OR-04)
John Delaney (MD-06)
Gwen Graham (FL-02)
Ron Kind (WI-03)
Ann Kirkpatrick (AZ-01)
Ann McLane Kuster (NH-02)
Dan Lipinski (IL-03)
Sean Maloney (NY-18)
Patrick Murphy (FL-18)
Scott Peters (CA-52)
Collin Peterson (MN-07)
Kurt Schrader (OR-05)
Kyrsten Sinema (AZ-09)
Pete Visclosky (IN-01)
DeFazio confused me since he voted for the CPC and CBC budgets. His "NO" vote here could have been a mistake. If you live in his district, ask him.
The other 21 Democrats voted against every single budget offered by either party today. I'm sure they are trying to signal "independence" to the imaginary centrists of their purple districts. If they wanted to, they--as New Democrats or Blue Dogs--could have offered a budget of their own. However, they did not and, at least in recent years, never do. They do not care to put forward a vision of their own, instead resorting to cheap signaling so that they can claim to be above partisanship. By doing so, they give the people in their districts nothing affirmative or constructive to vote for. If people in their districts wanted a candidate who will vote against the Democratic Party's' budget, those people would vote for the Republican.
I would also note that among the Democrats on this list is Patrick Murphy, who is running for Senate in Florida and already has unofficial DSCC backing. He has done nothing to warrant a promotion.