And you see now eight times total in Congress, Republicans have voted to keep the government open and Democrats have voted to close it. Period. End of sentence. And why did they do this? Because They want to spend one and a half trillion dollars in new taxpayer funded spending as a ransom for ending the shutdown. Not our talking points. This is in the record and they filed it. No matter how they twist it. This is a clean, nonpartisan cr. It does not include new spending. (05:00–05:09)
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Asserts that Democrats demand $1.5 trillion in new spending to end the shutdown.
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