And so then when we finally hit 218 votes, and that was after the government shut down, because there was another member of Congress that had to be elected after the government shut down, We hit 218 on the discharge petition. Well, that immediately rolled out and we voted on it and it passed unanimously in the House. You see, a bunch of Republicans were a bunch of cowards and wouldn't publicly say they supported it until it came down to voting because they knew they'd get scorched by anybody if they didn't vote for it. (07:57–08:05)
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