… politics rather than do the right thing on behalf of the American people and open up the government, that's where we are here. So we're going to vote again. Today. We have 55 of 100 United States senators voting to reopen the government. We need five more Democrats. It takes 60 to do most things in the United States Senate, and all we need is five Democrats. (05:22–05:27)
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