WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Three U.S. Senate Democrats and one Republican crossed the political divide on Tuesday in their votes on a temporary funding bill that would have averted the federal government shutdowns now underway.

These are the four renegades:

ANGUS KING

The 81-year-old Maine senator is an independent who aligns with Democrats and has been in the Senate since 2013.

“I could not, in good conscience, vote to shut the government down and hand even greater power to the trio of Donald Trump, Stephen Miller and Russell Vought,” King said in a statement, referring to Trump’s Deputy Chief of Staff Miller and Office of Management and Budget Director Vought.

JOHN FETTERMAN

This first-term Democratic maverick from Pennsylvania has been firm in his commitment to never vote against legis

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