Now, that may seem simple, but around this place, that's a radical idea. Apparently, we've worked for years to be able to get to the point that we could pass it. Last session, we brought it to this body and had 57 votes. We need 60. As this body knows full well, we had 57 supporters last time we brought to this body. Now, there's been an election since then. We've also had two very long shutdowns since then. (02:35–02:41)
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