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Tom Cole: “Democrats are not likely to move bills while they've got the…”

Featuring: Tom Cole, Republican | U.S. House Oklahoma, 4th Congressional District

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Speaker Johnson and House Leadership Hold Press Conference on Day 8 of Government Shutdown

Published | Video Starts at 06:45

So it's not like we're going to have a hard time, I think, finding common ground. But you do have to restore the government for that to happen. Democrats are not likely to move bills while they've got the government shut down. because it suggests that absent that, we would be moving through the process as normal and frankly, in a much better shape than we've been in recent years. (06:45–06:50)

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Asserts that Democrats are unlikely to advance bills during the government shutdown.

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