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On the recordMarch 10, 2025
"I refuse to burn the village down and to claim to save it," Fetterman said. "I probably won't agree with many facets of that CR, but when the choice is about shutting the government down, I don't want to be involved with that."
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John Fetterman
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Fetterman expressed his reluctance to support a government shutdown despite disagreements with the bill.

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