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Mike Johnson: “We made the obvious and non partisan decision. Just keep it…”

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

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Speaker Johnson Joins Steve Scalise and August Pfluger on the Right to the Point Podcast

Published | Video Starts at 17:37

And we have just enough votes, we hope to have new appropriations to change those policies that don't make a lot of sense. But right now We made the obvious and non partisan decision. Just keep it open for seven more weeks. and allow us to finish that process. And that's what they voted against. It's the first time in all their lives they've done it. They have no explanation. (17:37–17:43)

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Asserts that a decision was made to keep the government open for seven more weeks.

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