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On the recordJanuary 18, 2018
The option that he has now is to say, OK, I don't have the 60 votes, let us sit down and negotiate, let us work in a nonpartisan way to address the crisis facing this country.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

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Senator Sanders calls for negotiations to address the budget crisis.

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