a month would be pretty tough on the type of salary these men and women collect. and there are critical security projects, critical safety projects that probably won t get done this year. i ve got an instrument-lighting landing system in my district, it s likely if we re delayed for a month it won t be put in before winter, which means minimally inconvenience, maximally, bad things could happen. it s like that all across the country. this is not a casual thing the republicans are doing there. congressman defazio, one of the reasons i ve invited you to be a guest on the show so many times, i feel you re a very blunt-speaking, candid member of congress, and in those terms, what do you think about the assertion i made in this introduction that there is political capital to be gained here for making this a fight about union rights. they ve been talking about inconvenience and the jobs lost here. they ve not been saying we re fighting to save these union rights, do you think they ought
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