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. Republicans. We are voting to open the government. We're voting over and over and over again. And 13 times the Democrats have voted. Shut it down. Shut it down, shut it down. (24:33–24:36)
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