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John Cornyn: “The Majority leader made the calculation that he needed to…”

Featuring: John Cornyn, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Published | Video Starts at 03:29

We've simply had the most dysfunctional Senate in American history. 380 plus bills passed the House of Representatives that have simply died in the Senate because The Majority leader made the calculation that he needed to protect vulnerable incumbents from tough votes. Well, if you don't want to take tough votes, you. You really needed it to belong in another line of work because that's the nature of the job. (03:29–03:36)

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Asserts that the Senate Majority Leader avoided votes to protect incumbents.

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