On the recordSeptember 30, 2013
If they put a clean resolution on the floor, it would pass and there would be no government shutdown.
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congress.govElijah Cummings: “If they put a clean resolution on the floor, it would pass and there would be no government shutdown.”
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Cummings argues that a simple vote could have prevented the shutdown.
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