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Angus King: “There was no indication [Republicans] were going to…”

Featuring: Angus King, Independent | U.S. Senate Maine

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Published | Video Starts at 00:51

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. There was no indication [Republicans] were going to [negotiate]. do that. And this past week was the kind of key test. When Senator Schumer put forward a very simple one year extension, zero. (00:51–00:53)

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Asserts that Republicans showed no willingness to negotiate during the shutdown.

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