First of all, I do give a lot of credit for the moderate Democrats in the Senate who were with us from the very beginning, because if you remember the original bill to keep the government open, before the shutdown even started There, There were 52 GOP senators, three Democratic senators [who supported the original bill to keep the government open]. They recognized where this was going. They recognized what was in the best interest of the country. (01:19–01:32)
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