And secondly, that I feared that it would give the administration additional powers to do mischief in the country like cutting off SNAP benefits. And that's exactly what happened. So that's why I took that vote. Initially. To me, It didn't make sense to stand up to a bully by giving him another weapon. Now here we are six weeks later and I understand my colleagues wanted to make this stand and say, well, the Republicans are going to come to the table and negotiate. (00:36–00:41)
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Asserts that opposing the administration by allowing a shutdown was counterproductive.
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