Republicans were willing to do that and we began negotiations. But then that two week deadline came and went without much progress and pretty soon it drug on into 40, 41, 42, 43, 45 days. Instead of agreeing to fund the Department of Homeland Security, while negotiations continued, Democrats shut the department down. Meanwhile, the White House implemented reforms of its own. And as negotiations continued, the White House repeatedly offered Democrats a robust package of legislative reforms. (01:20–01:27)
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Asserts that Democrats shut down the Department of Homeland Security instead of agreeing to fund it during negotiations.
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