Mr. President, We are now over a month into a shutdown caused by the refusal of Senate Democrats to vote for a short term stopgap spending bill that expires November 21st. So so much time has passed that we're now only three weeks out from that new deadline. (00:04–00:22)
CLAIM
Asserts that the government shutdown is due to Senate Democrats' refusal to vote for a stopgap spending bill.
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