And it was particularly difficult because the Senate parliamentarian to get anything through the reconciliation process, you have to go through the Senate parliamentarian and there are Kane rules for what is allowed and what is not allowed when you're doing reconciliation. Three times the Senate parliamentarian struck this school choice provision. And normally the way that happens, it's like litigation where you have both sides, the Democrats get to argue. So the Democrats argued to the parliamentarian, strip this out and fought tooth and nail. (21:54–21:58)
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