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Peter Welch: “The Republicans really have been AWOL. And the president's…”

Featuring: Peter Welch, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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So this is a good faith proposal. It doesn't mean that Senator Schumer would negotiate on our behalf if there was a concrete counter proposal that was made. But The Republicans really have been AWOL. And the president's been AWOL. You haven't. You can't find even 30 or 50 Republicans in the House, even 10 or 12 in the Senate who say they agree on something. So come on. (23:05–23:10)

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Asserts that Republicans and the President have been absent from negotiations.

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