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Ted Cruz: “They had over 300 votes the first time to pass it.”

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

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Sens. Cruz and Cantwell Hold Press Conference on Stripping Section 373 from the NDAA

Published | Video Starts at 27:03

And so in my view, we should strip it out and the House, it would require the House to pass it again, but that's a fairly easy thing. They had over 300 votes the first time to pass it. So they would easily pass it again and we could put it on the President's desk by the end of the week. I think it begs a larger question. (27:03–27:07)

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Asserts that the House had over 300 votes to pass the bill initially.

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