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Mike Johnson: “The reconciliation process is allowed as a partisan exercise…”

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

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Interview with House Speaker Mike Johnson on Trump Agenda and Congressional Challenges

Published | Video Starts at 03:34

They're in full panic mode right now and they have thrown down the gauntlet. They're trying to fight President Trump on every single inch of ground and all of his agenda. And that's why The reconciliation process is allowed as a partisan exercise where you don't necessarily need members of the other party if you can keep all of your own members together. And that's what the challenge is. But I think we'll get it done. All right. So keeping all the old, all the members together is a little bit harder when you only have one or two or none to lose. (03:34–03:44)

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Asserts that the reconciliation process can proceed without the other party if all members of one party are united.

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