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Ted Cruz: “When Chuck Schumer and the Democrats had the majority, do…”

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

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I mentioned we just, we're going to pass three appropriation bills. She played a major hand in drafting those three appropriation bills. And so. So for appropriators, look, When Chuck Schumer and the Democrats had the majority, do you know how many appropriation bills they passed into law? Zero. Like the process was broken. They didn't do appropriations. It's our hope to actually go through the process, to have amendments to negotiate it. And that's what these three bills are doing. (11:15–11:23)

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Asserts that no appropriation bills were passed into law when Democrats had the majority.

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