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Chuck Schumer: “The choice to keep the government open or keep the…”

Featuring: Chuck Schumer, Democratic | U.S. Senate New York

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Published | Video Starts at 06:59

But Donald Trump and his Republican colleagues in the Senate and even more so in the House are nowhere, nowhere to be found. So The choice to keep the government open or keep the government closed is entirely in Donald Trump and Republicans hands. time is short. Americans on the brink are on the brink of a crisis that could send millions and millions of families into financial disaster. (06:59–07:10)

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Asserts that the decision to open or close the government is up to Trump and Republicans.

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