So to keep the lights on and keep all these important negotiations going, we drafted a very simple 24 page what we say, clean, short term, seven week continuing resolution to get the job done. And guess what? Chuck Schumer and the Democrats did. Instead of going along with that to allow the process to work, they issued this quote, unquote counteroffer. okay, that says, oh, no, we don't just want to keep the government open. We want you to reinstate free health care for illegal aliens paid for by American taxpayers. (04:18–04:27)
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Claims that Chuck Schumer and Democrats issued a counteroffer instead of allowing the appropriations process to work.
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