Peoria congressman Darin LaHood voted 'no' to avoid shutdown. Here's what he said

Peoria-area Republican Congressman Darin LaHood joined 89 other House Republicans and one House Democrat in voting "no" on a resolution passed to avoid a government shutdown for 45 days.

The resolution, which passed on Sept. 30 mere hours before a government shutdown would have been triggered, put a 45-day stopgap in place to keep the government running.

In a Facebook post, LaHood said he voted no on the bill because it did not address "out of control spending addiction" and did not "address the crisis at our southern border."

"Families in #IL16 must meet a budget and it’s past time that DC do the same. With $33 Trillion in debt, Congress needs to change the way it spends or we will threaten the economic future of our kids and grandkids," LaHood's statement said.

LaHood of the 16th District and Illinois Republicans Mary Miller of the 15th District and Mike Bost of the 12th District voted no on the bill.

Miller said in a Facebook post she voted no to avoid participating in a "process to kick government funding down the road until the holidays, when Senate and House 'insiders' will agree to ram through some massive omnibus with Ukraine funding behind closed doors."

Bost, like LaHood, said in a release he voted no because the resolution did not include spending reforms or money to address "border security measures."

Illinois Democrat Mike Quigley of the 5th District was the only House Democrat to vote no on the stopgap spending bill.

Quigley told the Chicago Sun-Times he voted no because the resolution did not include any funding for Ukraine in its war with Russia.

Members of Congress will now have until Nov. 17 to hash out a federal budget or risk triggering a federal government shutdown.

More: Congress dodged a government shutdown. Here are the winners and losers from a messy fight.

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