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Ted Cruz: “The senior Democrat on the Appropriations Committee voted…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 11:36

They didn't do appropriations. It's our hope to actually go through the process, to have amendments to negotiate it. And that's what these three bills are doing. And yet The senior Democrat on the Appropriations Committee voted no. Chris Coons, who is widely seen as one of the more moderate Democrats, he voted to keep the government shut down. Alyssa Slotkin from Michigan. Look, Michigan's a purple state. (11:36–11:40)

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Asserts that the senior Democrat on the Appropriations Committee voted against reopening the government.

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