You have State Department that gets with their equivalent, the State Department, they decide what will and will not be talked about at the table in these meetings. But When you have 100 to nothing vote, you have Dick Durbin, you have you. And is that giving the ammo extra to the President saying, hey, you've got all of the United States Congress behind you. It gives you a reason, even if you need to in essence, to break protocol on what's been agreed to in the meetings, to say, hey, this just happened and we got to talk about it. (18:43–18:54)
CLAIM
Asserts that a unanimous Senate vote gives the President additional leverage in discussions with China.
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