We understood that negotiations take time and we wanted to ensure that federal employees would not be impacted by this ongoing work. So we suggested a temporary funding extension for several weeks to allow the negotiations to continue. Democrats insisted on no more than two, two weeks [for a temporary funding extension]. And when those two weeks came and went without an agreement, we tried to get another temporary extension through again. Democrats blocked it. And here we are three weeks later. (03:59–04:05)
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Asserts that Democrats insisted on a two-week temporary funding extension.
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