The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Perdue), and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Scott). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran) would have voted ``yea.''
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Hopefully they’ll come out of there with 10 or more that are willing to vote to open the government.
Notification of Congress in advance of really critical and hypersensitive missions, to me, seems ill-advised anyway.
At the end of the day, when there is a big vote and a close, narrow margin, he pulls it out.
I think there are people who realize this has gone on long enough, there's been enough pain inflicted on the American people, and it's time to end it.
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