… and talk and talk and talk, just like Jimmy Stewart did in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, just like I did when I filibustered for 21 hours against Obamacare. And We should keep the Senate in session and make them work and make them fight. The President made that case vigorously. The difficulty is there are several Republicans in the Senate who oppose him on that. And so it ended up not being a huge part of what was discussed. (08:54–08:59)
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Asserts that the Senate should be kept in session to force Democrats to work and fight.
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