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Chris Deluzio: “More Democratic than Republican votes got us through the…”

Featuring: Chris Deluzio, Democratic | U.S. House, Pennsylvania, District 17

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Published October 20, 2023 | Video Starts at 07:53

They've taken us to the debt ceiling, government shutdown, and now another speaker crisis. Yeah. It's Democratic votes that have kept the House from imploding on these big issues. Yeah. More Democratic than Republican votes got us through the debt ceiling crisis. The Republicans put us in. More Democratic votes than Republican votes got us out of a government shutdown that the Republicans almost put us in. They're not able to govern without Democrats. (07:53–07:57)

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Asserts that more Democratic votes than Republican votes resolved the debt ceiling crisis.

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“Republican majority, just they can't govern.”
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“Jim Jordan... tried to overthrow the election. It was a co-conspirator, insurrectionist.”
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“They've really made no reasonable effort to come work with us.”
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“It's now 16 days... since we've had a speaker.”
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“We can't do anything on Israel. We can't do anything on humanitarian relief. We can't do anything on Ukraine. We can't do anything to work…”
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“Their majority right now. And they're in charge. They're in charge of the House.”
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“It's their majority. It is an ungovernable one. And we saw that when the speaker election took 15 rounds in January.”
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“We've seen it each step of every crisis. They've taken us to the debt ceiling, government shutdown, and now another speaker crisis.”
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“It's Democratic votes that have kept the House from imploding on these big issues.”
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“More Democratic votes than Republican votes got us out of a government shutdown that the Republicans almost put us in.”
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“We got to work something out that keeps the House open. That we can avoid these crazy government shutdown and default crises the Republicans…”
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“There are only about 20 or so who voted against Jordan yesterday.”
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“Most of them, the vast majority, were more than willing to make Jim Jordan second in line of the presidency.”
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“The bipartisan group that A, kept the government open and B, in the summer, passed the bill that avoided default.”
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“We can't take up any. What we would call a supplemental package to provide some additional assistance, whether it's for security assistance…”
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“You can't do any of it because the House is shut down because of this Republican civil war.”
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“They are what is standing in the way of any additional support and security assistance to our friends in Israel.”
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“We can't do anything in the Congress right now. Really nothing until there is a speaker.”
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“Our government is dysfunctional because of this Republican civil war.”
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