He wanted a vote. When we were taking this up and voting on it, he wanted a separate amendment vote on that. And it was a challenge because the Democrats were refusing to give [John Kennedy's] amendment vote. and saying, if you get that amendment vote, then we want a bunch of amendment votes. And so everything was paralyzed. And it could have delayed. (28:37)
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Asserts that Democrats refused to allow a vote on John Kennedy's amendment during the shutdown negotiations.
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