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Greg Stanton: “Speaker Johnson has not had the Republicans here in Congress…”

Featuring: Greg Stanton, Democratic | U.S. House, Arizona, District 4

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Rep. Greg Stanton on government shutdown, health care and airport delays

Published | Video Starts at 04:09

And so they have to in order to unless they get rid of the filibuster, which is what the president is recommending, they have to get the 60 votes. So there are bipartisan conversations going on on our side of the aisle. Speaker Johnson has not had the Republicans here in Congress for seven weeks, literally seven weeks. We haven't had any action on the, on the United States House of Representatives floor. It's really shocking that they have chosen just to stay home as opposed to coming here and doing work even during the shutdown. (04:09–04:16)

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