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David Schweikert: “We functionally only get to vote on about 26, 25% of all…”

Featuring: David Schweikert, Republican | U.S. House, Arizona, District 1

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So it's not being mean, just it has this weird sound quality. All right, so if you look at a chart like this, you see the blue area. That's all we get to vote on. We functionally only get to vote on about 26, 25% of all spending. And part of that half that is basically defense. So if you don't want us to cut defense, you don't want us to do you want us to maintain that? (06:22–06:29)

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Asserts that Congress votes on only 25-26% of federal spending.

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