Mike Johnson: “This is a key part of what they put into their counter…”

“I hope that you will ask them about this. I hope that you will ask them if it is indeed not your intention. Why did you say that? Why did you do that? This is a key part of what they put into their counter proposal, which by the way, amounts to $1.5 trillion in new spending. that they want to strap onto a seven week simple 24 page stopgap measure to keep the lights on so we can do our work.” (27:52–28:02)

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