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Mike Johnson: “We use the process of reconciliation, the budget…”

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

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Speaker Johnson delivers remarks at the SBA Pro-Life America Gala

Published | Video Starts at 14:51

That's right. And at the same time, we've had our pregnancy care centers who continue to grow and expand their reach across the country. And We use the process of reconciliation, the budget reconciliation process, because...there are not many Democrats left who want to help us with any of this. So we had to do it on our own. And the budget reconciliation process is the one exception to the necessity of a 60 vote threshold in the Senate. (14:51–15:01)

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Asserts that the budget reconciliation process was used due to lack of Democratic support.

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