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Mike Johnson: “We need five Senate Democrats. Remember, it's math. We have…”

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

Speaker Johnson and House Leadership Hold Press Conference on Day 9 of Government Shutdown

Published October 9, 2025 | Video Starts at 30:23

The best way to turn the volume down is to turn the lights back on and get the government open for the people. Do the right thing. We need five Senate Democrats. Remember, it's math. We have to have 60 votes in the Senate to do this. Every Republican in the building is voting to open the government. The president wants to open the government. We need a few more Democrats because we only have 53 Republicans in the Senate. (30:23–30:30)

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Asserts that five Senate Democrats are needed to reach 60 votes to pass the bill.

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“He's going to return, bring the hostages home. Two years they've been in captivity.”
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“He's going to bring peace and security back to Israel.”
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“The Senate Democrats have voted six times to keep the government shut down.”
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“The House did its job. We did the responsible thing. We passed a clean continuing resolution.”
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“Every Republican, virtually every Republican voted to keep the government open.”
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“The Democrats in the House all but one voted to close the government.”
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“Stop saying that you're enjoying inflicting pain on the American people for goodness sakes, and pass the clean CR in the shutdown today.”
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“The CR is clean. It doesn't have any Republican priorities on it at all.”
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“The president wants to open the government.”
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