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Tom Cole: “Democrats in the Senate have now shut down the government…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 08:18

To shut down part of the government to try and leverage that for something else that these people aren't even doing is unconscionable. It was wrong when Republicans did it over Obamacare because they were mad. It's wrong now. Democrats in the Senate have now shut down the government three times in less than four months. And what have they gotten out of it? Not much. Right. Everybody's hoping to see some action there at some point. We'll have to keep a close eye on it. (08:18–08:24)

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Asserts that Senate Democrats have shut down the government three times in four months.

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