I don't think it'll take the American people long to figure that out. Do the polls reflect the fact that Republicans have a trifecta? You control the House, the Senate and the White House. We don't control the Senate in the sense you have to get to 60 votes on any significant piece of appropriations legislation. We have 53. So we acknowledge that they have cards to play. They ought to be playing them in terms of the appropriation. They shouldn't be shutting down the government. (05:37–05:46)
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Asserts that Republicans have 53 votes in the Senate, not enough to control it for significant appropriations legislation.
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