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Susan Wild: “The safest approach is to do the approach where you are…”

Featuring: Susan Wild, Democratic | Former U.S. House, Pennsylvania, District 7

Rep. Wild Discusses Looming Government Shutdown and Israel Aid

Published November 13, 2023 | Video Starts at 03:23

And I'm very concerned that Speaker Johnson, who I don't know at all yet, is going to run into the same problem. So I really think that The safest approach is to do the approach where you are working with the Democrats to get something passed. so that the dozen, I guess it's about a dozen extremists in the GOP conference that their votes don't matter. (03:23–04:19)

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“It's an unprecedented approach to do this sort of broad laddered program.”
Rep. Wild Discusses Looming Government Shutdown and Israel Aid | Uploaded November 13, 2023 | 00:22-01:00
“I'm very, very concerned that it's not, it doesn't have much chance of success and we're just days away from a government shutdown.”
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“The last continuing resolution that we got through was done on a bipartisan basis.”
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“We have seen over the last few months that Congress is not exactly operating at its best and things have been delayed, inefficient, not…”
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“If we pass this continuing resolution and it does not attach supplemental funding for Israel, humanitarian aid and Ukraine, we'll never get…”
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“Congress is notorious for not being happy about sticking around on Thanksgiving Day.”
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“With any kind of continuing resolution, that means we're going to have to vote all over again in January and February.”
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“The GOP side of the aisle contains a number of people who are extremists and who have shown absolutely no indication that they want to get…”
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“Kevin McCarthy got ousted because he came up with a continuing resolution that most Democrats, if not all of us, voted for that was very…”
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“We cannot be watching just thousands of innocent lives being lost without using the leverage that the United States government has with…”
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“There are military experts that I have spoken with who have told me that this can be done in a much more targeted fashion, less air power…”
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“The humanitarian aid is getting to them. And that's, you know, a significant part of the supplemental that needs to be passed by Congress.”
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“These pauses did not come quickly enough and have not lasted long enough.”
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