The 20 House Democrats who voted against the $3.6 trillion budget passed Thursday night were primarily moderates whose Republican-leaning districts often voted for McCain in the presidential election.
The one exception was Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, who opposes including military funding with the operational funding of the government.
"This budget is a plan that authorizes the expansion of the war. I simply cannot endorse a budget or a plan that" does that, Kucinich said.
Indiana Rep. Joe Donnelly was another who broke ranks and voted with his state’s four Republican House members against the budget.
Donnelly told the Associated Press he voted against it because of "the growing national debt which our children are being asked to bear."
He says he hopes House and Senate negotiations will result in a budget he can support.
Two other Democrats, Reps. Gene Taylor, D-Miss., and Dan Boren, D-Okla., come from districts that voted for McCain by margins of at least 24 points.
The 20 Democrats who stood up to House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi:
John Barrow, Georgia
Bobby Bright, Alabama
Dan Boren, Oklahoma
Travis Childers, Mississippi
Joe Donnelly, Indiana
Bill Foster, Illinois
Parker Griffith, Alabama
Suzanne Kosmas, Florida
Frank Kratovil, Maryland
Dennis Kucinich, Ohio
Betsy Markey, Colorado
Jim Marshall, Georgia
Jim Matheson, Utah
Mike McIntyre, North Carolina
Walt Minnick, Idaho
Harry Mitchell, Arizona
Glenn Nye, Virginia
Thomas Perriello, Virginia
Gene Taylor, Mississippi
Harry Teague, New Mexico
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