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Ted Cruz: “There was a big push to get [the continuing resolution] to…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 32:47

Not really. But then we're gonna get to January 30th. And I mentioned in the last podcast it was really important that we had the continuing resolution. There was a big push to get [the continuing resolution] to expire on, like, December 21st. Yeah, that was a terrible idea. Because often if government funding expires right before Christmas. Look, obviously every member of Congress wants to get home to be with their family for Christmas. (32:47–32:51)

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