But Democrats are apparently being told to hold the line by their far left base and so this shutdown drags on. Mr. President, We can solve the issue of troop pay and every other problem we're seeing today by passing this clean, nonpartisan CR and sending it to the president. He's ready to sign it. If Democrats would only agree we could reopen the government in just a few hours literally pay our troops, pay our federal workers and stop … (07:08–07:22)
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Asserts that passing a clean, nonpartisan Continuing Resolution (CR) will solve troop pay and other problems.
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