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Amy Klobuchar: “Just this year, with a tied legislature, she was able to…”

Featuring: Amy Klobuchar, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Minnesota

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Senator Amy Klobuchar Discusses Minnesota Shooting and the Legacy of Melissa Hortman

Published | Video Starts at 07:08

Many people have talked about how there is a very strong argument she was the most consequential speaker in the history of Minnesota in two very different ways. Just this year, with a tied legislature, she was able to negotiate with her Republican counterpart, a woman, the budget, and was able to get us out of a shutdown. While everything's falling apart in Washington. I won't go into that right now. She was able to do this in some really hard times. (07:08–07:20)

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Asserts that a female legislator negotiated a budget and ended a shutdown in a tied legislature.

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