The Democrats had it in their power to do that. All they had to do was vote yes to fund the government. And they had multiple opportunities. And The Democrats all voted no, or all but all but three, I think, voted no. The reason the Democrats have been able to force this shutdown is in order to move a funding bill in the senate. It takes 60 votes. There are only 53 Republicans. (24:21–24:26)
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