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James Lankford: “Democrats are demanding that they get to vote on each and…”

Featuring: James Lankford, Republican | U.S. Senate, Oklahoma

Lankford Joins Larry Kudlow on the Longest, Most Pointless Democrat Shutdown

Published November 10, 2025 | Video Starts at 00:29

Typically this would take about five days to be able to go through each step. But Democrats are demanding that they get to vote on each and every step [of the process to reopen the government]. I think this is the far left of their party trying to be able to punish the eight folks that are actually trying to reopen the government, allow flight staff and allow SNAP beneficiaries to get SNAP to federal employees. (00:29–00:34)

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Asserts that Democrats are requiring votes on each step to reopen the government.

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