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Ted Cruz: “14 times Republicans have voted to open the government. 14…”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Government Shutdown ENDING! We Explain When & How.

Published | Video Starts at 02:10

So, look, the good news is we finally have a deal and we got the votes that are necessary to reopen the government. So we've had a shutdown, the schumer Shutdown, for 40 days. Yeah. 14 different times. 14 times Republicans have voted to open the government. 14 times Democrats have voted no. have voted to keep the government shut down. Now, remember, the entire reason that we have a shutdown is because under the Senate rules, you need 60 votes to move to proceed to Legislation funding the government. (02:10–02:18)

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Asserts that Republicans have voted 14 times to open the government, while Democrats have voted no 14 times.

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