Chris Kapenga: “There never was a deal agreed to by anybody.”

“But by the way, we're going to keep taking a dollar back every single year in this budget with this increased spending deal. When we look at the failure, are you, Senators Hutton and Nass responsible for killing this deal? Well, There never was a deal agreed to by anybody. The leaders said there was a deal. The leaders said there was a deal. But the leaders never checked with the people who actually vote Senate.” (08:29–08:32)

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