On April 1, Speaker Johnson and Leader Thune vowed to fund DHS, quote, in the coming days. Must have been an April Fool's joke because instead Speaker Johnson has extended the shutdown for four weeks and counting. So if Speaker Johnson and House Republicans are looking for someone to blame for this shutdown, we need to find them, Amir. Because nothing is stopping them from getting DHS funded this week today. (17:34–17:40)
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Asserts that Speaker Johnson has extended the shutdown for four weeks.
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