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Mike Johnson: “29 of the previous times Chuck Schumer's voted yes.”

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Speaker Johnson and House GOP Leadership Give Remarks on Day 29 of Government Shutdown

Published October 29, 2025 | Video Starts at 02:21

The votes to pay the troops and federal workers and continue SNAP benefits and get air traffic controllers and border patrol agents paid. This is the vote tally. You see the dates … 29 of the previous times Chuck Schumer's voted yes. … is in any way the fault of Republicans, we have a clean, simple bill, and everybody knows it. House and Senate Democrats are openly admitting that this is their shutdown. (02:21–02:29)

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Asserts that Chuck Schumer voted yes on 29 out of 30 Continuing Resolutions since 2017.

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“Polling this week confirms that over 70% of the American people believe the Democratic Party is out of touch.”
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“They've [Japan] invested, agreed to invest $550 billion into America.”
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“Democrats in Congress have the lowest approval rating they have ever had since polling began.”
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“Since 2017, 30 different CRs, 30 times CRs have moved to keep the government open.”
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“It's day 29 of the Democrat shutdown.”
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“More air traffic controllers and TSA agents and park rangers are about to go without a paycheck.”
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“Families and children that rely upon SNAP benefits are going to go hungry here at the end of the week.”
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“Critical workers, including the people who are the stewards of our nuclear defense arsenal, are forced to stay at home.”
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“They've now voted 14 times between the House and Senate to reject the Clean simple funding bill.”
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“Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer have imposed [a shutdown] on the country.”
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“The approval of Republicans in Congress is rising with each passing day.”
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“CNN polling showed yesterday the approval of Republicans in Congress is up 8% since the shutdown began among independents.”
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“We've only got 53 Republican seats. That means we need, by the math, at least seven Democrats to join us to reopen the government.”
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“Democrats literally playing a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde game with the American people.”
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“The largest union of federal workers, the American Federation of Government Employees, came out and publicly urged Democrats to join…”
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“The Democrats need to be publicly prodded by their millions of hard working Americans to just simply do the most basic function of their…”
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“Senate Democrats knew the pain this would cause. They knew about the missed paychecks. They knew the uncertainty of making rent for so many…”
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“On Saturday. This gets very real. SNAP benefits will stop flowing to all those who need it. You're talking about tens of millions of…”
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“Democrat attorneys general are suing the federal government to try to compel SNAP benefits to flow. Despite the government being closed and…”
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“The contingency fund for that was something they batted down when the Democrats decided to vote against the criminal and shut the…”
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“By our count, there's about 23 to four members of the House Republican Conference who have only mildly questioned working in the districts…”
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“99% of all the Republicans in the Senate and the House heartily agree with what we are doing.”
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“Thirteen times during the Biden administration alone, they [Senate Democrats] voted on CRs to keep the government going.”
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“ICE officers, by the way, are under tremendous strain and pressure.”
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“We are the Rule of Law party.”
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“We have a CR that's been sitting over there since September 19th.”
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“This 30th time is the only time Chuck Schumer has voted no.”
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“Chuck Schumer just yesterday said, quote, Republicans are in charge of the White House, the Senate and the House, but they're refusing to do…”
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“Mondame is now running the [Democrat] party.”
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“It takes 60 votes in the Senate to pass it.”
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“This fault is squarely on the shoulders of the Democrats.”
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