And the president himself pleaded with those two leaders, Please, guys, give us the votes. Don't shut the government down. Because, remember, it's a math problem. You have to have We need 60 votes over there [in the Senate]. We only have 53 Republicans. We have three Democrats, three that talk caucus with Democrats and that have voted with the Republicans because they don't want to inflict pain on the American people. (04:04–04:08)
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Asserts that Republicans have 53 seats in the Senate and need 60 votes to pass legislation.
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