John Fetterman: “I led that charge back in March. I said, we have no, we have…”

“I mean, I sure hope, I sure hope. I sure hope there is. But for me, I'm not sure. I'm not sure exactly how much leverage that we had. I led that charge back in March. I said, we have no, we have no leverage in this circumstances. You know, why would we shut our government down? So I've been pretty consistent through this. I do hope for all of these votes for health care, but for me, I also have that responsibility to vote to keep our government open.” (04:09–04:15)

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