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Mike Johnson: “They've had nine votes. Now 44 Democrats over there voting…”

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

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Speaker Johnson Joins Squawk Box on CNBC

Published | Video Starts at 00:48

We did have one Democrat who had common sense enough to not shut the government down. We sent the bill over to the Senate and now they have spiked it nine times. Okay? They've had nine votes. Now 44 Democrats over there voting down the bill. and they're in exacting now real pain, for real. I mean, the troops are getting paid, thankfully, because President Trump heroically stepped into the fray here and they found a … (00:48–00:54)

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Asserts that Senate Democrats have voted down the bill nine times.

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