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James Lankford: “We brought up last week to fully fund SNAP for the rest of…”

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

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Lankford Discusses 'Better Way' to Solve Government Shutdowns with Tulsa's KRMG Radio

Published | Video Starts at 04:19

Yeah, almost zero at this point. We brought up 13 times to try to fully fund government for at least for a short period of time. We brought up last week to fully fund SNAP for the rest of the year and to say let's get that fully funded. Democrats voted that one down as well. Their goal at this point is to have government shutdown. This is a protest piece. So while we try to negotiate with them, it literally moves all over the place. (04:19–04:29)

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Asserts that a proposal to fully fund SNAP for the year was voted down by Democrats.

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