Chuck Schumer: “Senate Democrats successfully fought a provision that the…”

“Speaking of the Republican senators, one other thing of note. After the back and forth we saw the past 30 hours, those backroom deals, sweetheart negotiations, we found out that Senate Democrats successfully fought a provision that the Senate Republicans were trying to get, were using to try and get Senator Murkowski's vote. The Medicaid provision in question was a handwritten parenthetical notation not even disclosed to the Dems that created a special new preference for Alaska. We fought and we won.” (00:37–00:48)

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