John Cornyn: “Last year, the Senate Appropriations bill, on a bipartisan…”

“But it remains the second worst choice, a shutdown being the worst of all. So let's take a look at how we got here in the first place. Last year, the Senate Appropriations bill, on a bipartisan basis, passed all but one of their 12 appropriations bills. And what did the majority leader, Senator Schumer at the time, what did he do? He simply refused to schedule any of those appropriation bills for a vote.” (01:47–01:56)

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