John Thune: “Democrats have refused to fully fund the Department of…”

“43 days. 43 days. Democrats shut down the government last fall, the longest government shutdown ever. All because they couldn't bring themselves to accept a clean, nonpartisan funding bill. Now they've Democrats have refused to fully fund the Department of Homeland Security for well over 50 days. all because they couldn't take yes for an answer. Republicans and Democrats had reached an agreement in January to fund the Department of Homeland Security for the remainder of the fiscal year.” (00:39–00:49)

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