Kansans vote for and against Ryan-Murray budget
U.S. Representatives from Kansas split on voting for the budget bill produced by Rep. Paul Ryan and Sen. Patty Murray. Lynn Jenkins and Kevin Yoder voted in favor, while Mike Pompeo and Tim Huelskamp voted against the bill. It passed 332 to 94. In a statement from his office, Pompeo said: Washington -- Congressman Mike Pompeo, R-Kansas, voted today against adopting a budget that would increase spending in 2014 and 2015 over the hard-fought Budget Control Act’s (BCA) limit. “Despite opposition at the time, I supported the Budget Control Act because it was a compromise that represented the first real…