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Mike Johnson: “Chuck Schumer rejected [the House's clean, simple continuing…”

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

Shutdown Presser Day 3

Published October 4, 2025 | Video Starts at 02:11

Ours is 24 pages in length. It says let's just keep the status quo. So this process, this procedure, this regular order can be done. Chuck Schumer rejected [the House's clean, simple continuing resolution]. Senate Democrats rejected that. Now three times they voted against that measure. And this is what they propose in advance in exchange for that. So instead the counter proposal. This is page 57, this is on our website. (02:11–02:18)

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Asserts that Senate Democrats, led by Chuck Schumer, have rejected the House's continuing resolution three times.

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