The Senate early Saturday approved a bill authorizing federal water projects over the objections of the legislation’s Democratic author, Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., who objected to a last-minute rider addressing drought in California’s Joaquin Valley.

A handful of West Coast Democrats voted “no” along with Boxer, the top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee. Boxer, who is retiring in a few weeks, spent part of Friday protesting the rider on the Senate floor.