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Shelley Moore Capito: “We voted unanimously [in the Senate] that senators will not…”

Featuring: Shelley Moore Capito, Republican | U.S. Senate West Virginia

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Capito Joins Fox News' America's Newsroom

Published | Video Starts at 04:39

I think everybody agreed and voted together on that. We did. We voted unanimously. The, the fact of the matter is we shouldn't be shutting the government down. And so … We voted unanimously [in the Senate] that senators will not be paid during a government shutdown. … down. It's very damaging. Yeah. And we have had some Democrats already indicate that they're open to that this fall that another shutdown may be coming. (04:39–04:42)

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Asserts that the Senate unanimously agreed that senators should not receive pay during a government shutdown.

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