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Jim McGovern: “The Senate has done its job. It is now up to the House to do…”

Featuring: Jim McGovern, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, 2nd Congressional District

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I was home in Worcester, where I'm from, meeting with constituents. Came back here for meetings and again, because I heard that maybe there might be some progress again, The Senate has done its job. It is now up to the House to do its job. So let me ask you an institutional question. So there is this Beltway mentality where people in D.C. it's almost kind of an inbreeding, that they talk to each other … (06:30–06:35)

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Asserts that the Senate has completed its legislative responsibilities, and the House needs to act.

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