In reality, all six squad members were voting no only if it didn’t cause the bill to go down. It was a protest vote. In any case, there’s that Senate filibuster to get by.

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/20/house-congress-capitol-security-489792

House Democrats on Thursday passed a $1.9 billion emergency funding bill intended to fortify the U.S. Capitol, overcoming last-minute resistance from a group of progressive members who objected to more cash for Capitol Police that did not include new accountability measures.

The tight 213-212 vote came after an eleventh-hour scramble on the floor, with Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her top leadership huddling with their members to resolve issues from the caucus’ far left. The group of liberal lawmakers, known as “the squad,” had objected to spending millions more dollars on the Capitol Police budget without more knowledge about whether some officers were indirectly complicit in the Jan. 6 riot.

After intense conversations with Democratic leaders on the floor, three progressives registered their discontent by voting present — Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Jamaal Bowman of New York. Three voted no: Reps. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Cori Bush of Missouri and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts.

Democrats had little warning that there would be issues with the bill. Concerns first arose on Wednesday, forcing the Democratic whip team to once again take the temperature of their members that night. The liberals’ fierce pushback surprised some members of leadership, according to multiple sources.

Progressives had also sought to ensure that Capitol workers outside of congressional offices were fairly paid as part of the funding bill.

“I think they were really voting based on what they thought was right,” said Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington, who leads the Congressional Progressive Caucus and did support the bill.

“We got to a yes at the end of the day because members understood there are some very good, important pieces in the bill,” Jayapal said.

The funding bill, one of Democrats’ biggest steps to date to respond to the insurrection, is unlikely to quickly advance in the Senate, where GOP leaders have disputed some of its provisions and complained that Democrats drafted the bill without enough input from their party.

Democrats had been expecting a handful of Republicans to back the bill, according to multiple sources, but that GOP support vanished when Democrats began having issues with the vote count on their side.

Every Republican ultimately voted no, as recommended by their leadership — a far cry from the 35 GOP lawmakers who bucked their party to support a panel investigating the events of Jan. 6 one day earlier.