John Cornyn: “They did that by blocking a short term spending provision…”

“Mr. President. On another matter, it's now been 15 days since Senate Democrats have shut down the federal government. They did that by blocking a short term spending provision that would have taken us up until November 21st. In other words, roughly nine weeks from the beginning of the continuing resolution, Republicans have given Democrats multiple opportunities to end this mess by holding a number of votes on the House passed continuing resolution.” (04:56–05:06)

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