But Chuck Schumer has not been interested in actually having negotiations. He's not been interested in actually leading his conference. Luckily, we have John Thune and Speaker Johnson, who have a great relationship with the president that's doing everything we can to move forward. And we're able to have conversations with Democrats that actually want to fund the government that may actually have the backbone to bypass their leadership underneath Chuck Schumer. (05:36–05:45)
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