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Mike Johnson: “There's a literal fiscal cliff on [the debt limit…”

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

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Speaker Mike Johnson live interview on American Sunrise.

Published | Video Starts at 02:30

We're saying Memorial Day for a number of important reasons. Number one, we also have the debt limit extension included in reconciliation. And there is a coming deadline on that. There's a literal fiscal cliff on [the debt limit extension], probably will land sometime early June, if not late May. So that is one more reason, one more urgency of getting this job done. And the other thing is, the sooner we get the bill passed, the sooner it will be like jet fuel, like a turbo boost to the economy. (02:30–02:38)

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Asserts a fiscal cliff related to the debt limit extension is expected by early June or late May.

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