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Jim McGovern: “If Speaker Mike Johnson had scheduled what had passed the…”

Featuring: Jim McGovern, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, 2nd Congressional District

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Published | Video Starts at 04:57

I do. I really do. I mean, I think, you know, if this were about doing what was right, we would have passed this thing on Friday. You know, If Speaker Mike Johnson had scheduled what had passed the Senate on Friday, it would have passed overwhelmingly with bipartisan support. I mean, it was a compromise bill. Not everything I wanted, not everything, you know, the Republicans wanted. But it was a compromise. It would have passed overwhelmingly, and he chose not to schedule it. (04:57–05:06)

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