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Romaine Quinn: “You don't have 17 Republicans to pass a bill. It doesn't…”

Featuring: Romaine Quinn, Republican | Wisconsin State Senate, District 25

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Senator Romaine Quinn Talks Legislative Updates, Election Predictions & More On DrydenWire Live!

Published | Video Starts at 07:03

So I think they're, they pushed it on to our House to do it. Now we've always had, like I mentioned, a rule of 17. You don't have 17 Republicans to pass a bill. It doesn't pass because you need 17 votes to pass any bill in a body of 33. Right. So right now there is no path forward with 17 Republican votes. And so the leadership in the Senate has to determine is this bill important enough to cause the heartache of breaking that rule and using Dem votes? (07:03–07:11)

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