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Mike Johnson: “44 [Senate Democrats] have voted 10 times to shut the…”

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Speaker Johnson Joins The Lead with Jake Tapper on CNN

Published October 16, 2025 | Video Starts at 12:31

I wish I could tell you. People ask me that every hour of every day. I have no idea. The ball is in the court of five Senate Democrats. 44 [Senate Democrats] have voted 10 times to shut the government down. We need five common sense Democrats to come their senses and stop inflicting this pain on the American people so we can all get back to the business here of running the government. (12:31–12:34)

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