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Pat Kreitlow: “The only way you're getting a budget passed to keep the…”

Featuring: Pat Kreitlow, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. House Wisconsin, District 7

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And they say, well, yeah, but it takes 60 votes to pass anything. Yeah, you know that. You know that that's already baked into the equation. You don't have 60 Republican senators. So The only way you're getting a budget passed to keep the government operating is to negotiate. It's what you do. And we can't even say, well, you know, the Democrats are asking too much. And so the Republicans are countering with this. (10:34–10:41)

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Asserts that negotiation is necessary to pass a budget and keep the government operating.

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