Greg Walden is an example of a Republican who sometimes rebukes Trump by quietly voting with the Democratic majority. But he can’t go rogue too often if he wants a future in the GOP.
The Oregon Republican is well respected by his colleagues on both sides of the aisle, who describe him as both a savvy politician and serious legislator who likes to dig into the nitty-gritty policy details. They also think Walden is growing more comfortable with standing up to Trump as he picks and chooses his battles.
While he did fear a public lashing from the president, Walden also says the vote was a no-brainer for him. He supports building a border wall, but worries about the dangerous precedent of allowing the president to circumvent Congress‘ power of the purse. And Walden pointed out that, since there wasn’t enough support on Capitol Hill to ultimately overturn the veto, he had more leeway to cast his vote however he wanted.
“I think what upsets leadership is when you surprise them and they don’t see it coming,” Walden added. | Drew Angerer/Getty Images At the same time, Walden has fallen in line on other big votes where some of his moderate colleagues broke ranks. He voted against landmark gun control legislation, a bill to close the gender wage gap and a resolution condemning the Trump administration for supporting a lawsuit gutting Obamacare.
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