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Ted Cruz: “Reconciliation... is the one procedural mechanism the Senate…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 07:37

We will never again vote for ice. Yeah. Then at the end of the day, the only way I see to solve this problem, Reconciliation... is the one procedural mechanism the Senate can use that does not require 60 votes. Yeah. That just Republicans can pass it. And so if the Democrats would agree, we'll fund all of DHS except ice. (07:37–20:14)

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Asserts that reconciliation is a Senate mechanism that bypasses the 60-vote requirement.

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