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Glenn Grothman: “We took that vote. I bet it was over 10 times under Barack…”

Featuring: Glenn Grothman, Republican | U.S. House of Representatives, Wisconsin, District 6

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Published | Video Starts at 15:21

And as the result, they will not take a vote like President Trump wants them to do, to leave the government open, which is kind of a selfish thing to do. And like I said, normally you keep the government open. We took that vote. I bet it was over 10 times under Barack Obama. We took the same vote under President Trump three or four months ago, and they didn't object at that time. But we believe you say, why? Well, we negotiate. (15:21–15:26)

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Asserts that a vote to keep the government open was taken over 10 times under Obama.

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