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Mike Johnson: “We passed the bill in the House and we sent it to the…”

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

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Speaker Johnson: This is ABSURD!

Published | Video Starts at 06:22

All but one, Hakeem Jeffries, led the effort in the House. We had this debate on the government shutting down on the House floor. We won. We passed the bill in the House and we sent it to the Senate. That's where the ball is now. The ball is in the Senate's court and the Schumer shutdown is causing real pain and it needs to stop. (06:22–06:25)

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Asserts that the House passed a bill to open the government and sent it to the Senate.

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