Sen. Corker (R-TN): Not time to spike football yet; Sen. Heitkamp (D-ND): “Adults have taken over again”

Senator Bob Corker (R-TN) and Senator Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) praised each other on “New Day,” telling Anchor Chris Cuomo that a bipartisan group in the Senate is working on a solution to government gridlock.

Sen. Corker said that the process was “hijacked” by “a number of folks” on the Republican side, who “wasted two months focused on something that was never going to happen.”

He added, “To be candid, this is an embarrassment to me that we have spent all this time on a rabbit trail leading us to where we are.”

“I think when you look at it, 12 or 13 Senators coming together at a table, people like Bob Corker working very hard behind the scenes within his caucus, working basically on the same kind of plan — I think it’s going pretty well,” Sen. Heitkamp said. “And I think that it’s kind of like, you know not to criticize anyone, but the adults have taken over.”

“[Senator Heitkamp] is one of the best people that has come to the United States Senate. She came here to solve problems,” Sen. Corker said. “We’re working together on a housing bill that I think will transform our housing finance system in a way that is going to be great for our nation. And I do want to thank her and all the folks who helped get us to a place where at least we’re talking about a solution. But look there’s a lot of work that’s going to be done over the next two or three days. I don’t think it’s time to spike the football in the end zone yet.”

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