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Mark Kelly: “John Th, the majority leader in the Senate, sent people home…”

Featuring: Mark Kelly, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Arizona

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Mark Kelly calls for a 'real negotiation' with Republicans amid shutdown: Full interview

Published | Video Starts at 03:53

Now, the vice president talked about like a negotiation. The president has negotiated for one hour as far as we can tell. And Republicans in the House, they've been gone for four weeks. And John Th, the majority leader in the Senate, sent people home for four days. Well, you take me to my next question because tensions are running high on Capitol Hill. We have some video of that. (03:53–03:58)

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Asserts that Senate Majority Leader John Thune sent people home for four days during the shutdown.

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