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Chris Murphy: “This is the first time since I've been in Congress that we…”

Featuring: Chris Murphy, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Connecticut

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Published | Video Starts at 03:56

It seems like a pretty bad time to give him additional. So Chuck Schumer could have said, I am going to filibuster this unless you keep the power of the military purse with us. So This is the first time since I've been in Congress that we have not had a bipartisan full year spending bill. Right. That was negotiated with Republicans and Democrats and that's what we want. We wanted to have a seat at the table. Listen, this was not going to be a perfect bill. (03:56–04:03)

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Asserts that this is the first time during his tenure in Congress without a bipartisan full-year spending bill.

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