Senator Whitehouse floor remarks on government shutdown

Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse says hours after a government shutdown that it ought not just be a democratic revolt against the current mess because Republican senators were just as often neutered when all power moves to the Majority Leader, having no amendments on real legislation. Whitehouse says House Speaker Paul Ryan sent over a bill the night before that he knew would fail, asking if it is plausible to think that what had happened with any kind of surprise to the speaker of the house, of course not.
Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse says hours after a government shutdown that it ought not just be a democratic revolt against the current mess because Republican senators were just as often neutered when all power moves to the Majority Leader, having no amendments on real legislation. Whitehouse says House Speaker Paul Ryan sent over a bill the night before that he knew would fail, asking if it is plausible to think that what had happened with any kind of surprise to the speaker of the house, of course not.
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