CNN CNN Newsroom With Poppy Harlow and Jim Sciutto October 8, 2021 14:12:00
First procedural step didn't stop this process. so they essentially just broke a filibuster on capitol hill yesterday, but it was a hard vote. mcconnell and his whip john thune were standing by the table counting votes. it took a long time to make sure that they got all the votes they needed. so i think that was part of the reason that republicans felt like schumer's speech went too far. there had been this 90-minute conference meeting where mcconnell gt an earful from republican colleagues. here's what two of them said about the decision to reverse course on the debt ceiling. >> we had a plan...
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