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Mike Johnson: “The 44 who keep voting to keep the government from opening…”

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

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Shutdown Presser Day 3

Published | Video Starts at 10:00

That's how the process works. The person who has decided to, to put the White House in that situation is Chuck Schumer, who leads the Democrats. The 44 who keep voting to keep the government from opening up, they're voting to shut it down. So what happens in that situation? Whoever is the President, whoever is sitting in the White House and their staffs at the Office of Management and Budget are given an unenviable task. (10:00–10:06)

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