Typical in that we have again, a majority party chooses how many members both sides get to have on the joint Finance Committee, which is the most important committee, which actually does fashion the final budget. And so There are 12 Republicans and four Democrats [on the joint Finance Committee]. 12 to four. So it's pretty, you know, unbalanced. That is how that's operated. But it's so it's always been the way of thinking of the Republican majority was they don't need Democratic votes to pass the budget and they don't want Democratic votes. (18:39–18:44)
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