In exchange, they will vote for a Republican proposal to reopen the government. Sounds good. Good idea, right? It is not. The devil is in the details. The Republicans would agree to Democrats writing a health care bill because they know that even if that proposal were to pass here in the Senate, it would go nowhere in the House. House would not entertain it. And if by some amazing chance it were to pass in the House, Donald Trump would veto it. So in other words, it amounts to an empty gesture. (05:39–05:54)
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Asserts that a Democrat-written health care bill would not pass in the House.
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