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Mike Johnson: “Congress hasn't done that for a long time because they wait…”

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

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Speaker Johnson Joins the Moon Griffon Show

Published | Video Starts at 02:25

I have Been working very hard to get Congress back to the way the budgeting and appropriations process is. Supp to work. Under federal law, there's supposed to be 12 separate appropriations bills done every year. Congress hasn't done that for a long time because they wait till the end of the year, right before Christmas, and they cram it all together in a giant omnibus spending bill. And that is not good stewardship because you don't spend money wisely when you do that. So here's where we are. Good news. The House has been forced back into muscle memory and they. (02:25–02:33)

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Asserts that Congress has not followed the appropriations process and instead uses omnibus bills.

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