I think people in my State are shocked that this isn't already law. I think at some level people don't understand why this hasn't been baked into the background system as it is. As you know, this is just simply not a controversial issue anywhere but in this Chamber.
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If we end up passing a full-year budget or a series of continuing resolutions that involve no protections for democracy or health care, that’s a really bad outcome for the country.
My worry is that the photo-op in and of itself essentially legitimizes war crimes.
This budget potentially won’t be worth the paper it’s written on, because the president isn’t implementing the law.
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