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Tom McClintock: “We send [bills] over to the Senate and nothing happens…”

Featuring: Tom McClintock, Republican | U.S. House California, District 5

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Stephanie Bice Asks McClintock: What Should Congress Be Looking At While Reforming Budget Process?

Published | Video Starts at 02:26

… this committee has still established or received 302 budget instructions marked to those instructions and sent those bills on. We've spent endless hours debating and amending them on the floor. We send [bills] over to the Senate and nothing happens because a minority is able to block that for lack of closure. Again, this is not a cure all the two houses are still going to disagree. You know, there will still be other impediments, but at least that one impediment is removed. (02:26–02:34)

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Asserts that bills sent to the Senate are blocked by a minority due to lack of closure.

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