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John Fetterman: “There weren't enough votes. And there was only my only…”

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But I said, I will be back there in September because I know we're going to return to this conversation. And I don't know how many votes will be there. But, you know, I was right. There weren't enough votes. And there was only my only colleague from Nevada and from Maine. We were the only ones saying, hey, look, we want to fight for these tax credits for Obamacare, but this is the wrong way to do it. (06:36–06:42)

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Asserts that only two other Democratic colleagues from Nevada and Maine joined him in opposing the shutdown strategy.

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