The one we voted on 14 times already, the one sitting right at the desk, Mr. President, that would open up this government today and make sure that all of those Americans will get paid. We just need five Democrats to join the three who are already voting with us and we could end all this pain and reopen the government. That's all it takes, Mr. President. Five Democrats, everybody knows, follows our government and this process that in the Senate it takes a super majority, it takes 60 votes to do virtually anything. (05:19–05:30)
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Asserts that five more Democratic votes are needed to pass the funding bill and reopen the government.
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