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Mike Johnson: “99% of House Republicans voted yes to keep the government…”

Featuring: Mike Johnson, Republican | Speaker of the United States House of Representatives | National

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BREAKING NEWS: Speaker Johnson Assails Democrats As Government Shutdown Enters 8th Day

Published | Video Starts at 25:03

Of course we want to pay our troops and our air traffic controllers and our border patrol agents, TSA and everybody else. We did have that … 99% of House Republicans voted yes to keep the government open while we negotiate our differences. … did not want TSA agents to be paid. They did not want air traffic controllers, border patrol agents, and all the rest of the. They live with that vote. (25:03–25:08)

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Asserts that 99% of House Republicans voted to keep the government open.

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