And I say that because it is a Democrat shutdown. Now the Democrats are out there publicly saying, well, this is the Republicans who are responsible for shutting down the government, notwithstanding the fact that The House of Representatives has passed a bill sitting right here that with five more Democrats we could pick up and pass put on the President's desk, he would sign it into law and the government would reopen. Those are the simple facts. Those are indisputable facts. Now, what it suggests to me, however, when they say that it's the Republicans fault or, you know, somehow the Republicans … (00:24–00:35)
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Asserts that a bill to reopen the government needs five more Democratic votes to pass.
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