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Richard Neal: “The speaker of the House Johnson surrendered to a group of…”

Featuring: Richard Neal, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, 1st Congressional District

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Congressman Richard Neal goes 'On the Record'

Published | Video Starts at 00:26

There had been a broad agreement. If 100 senators agree on something. Yeah, there you go. I think that there's some traction. And I was stunned that The speaker of the House Johnson surrendered to a group of recalcitrants in his own party. based generally upon their own political ambitions, because they're running for other offices, rather than to say, let's do what consensus tells us to do. Is there a who to blame for the shutdown? (00:26–00:32)

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Asserts that Speaker Johnson yielded to a faction within his party.

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