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Mike Johnson: “This is the first time in American history that any party…”

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 11:56

And they and the Democrats asked us, please don't put any partisan priorities on that measure. So we didn't. We did it in good faith. This is the first time in American history that any party has had the audacity to shut the government down over a clean, nonpartisan CR. I cannot emphasize that enough. That's what's different about now than all the times in the past both parties fighting over party priorities. We didn't do that this time. We. (11:56–12:05)

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Asserts that this is the first government shutdown over a clean, nonpartisan Continuing Resolution.

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