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Ron Johnson: “Chuck Schumer never put one appropriation bill on the floor…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Dems will pay 'political price' for shutdown: Sen. Ron Johnson | Wake Up America

Published | Video Starts at 00:16

Well, good morning. I really don't know what the Democrats are going to do, but let me just describe what we're talking about here. We're halfway through this fiscal year. Chuck Schumer never put one appropriation bill on the floor when he was majority leader. We're voting on the discretionary part of the budget which is about 26%, $1.9 trillion. So this, this continuing resolution be roughly $950 billion large. (00:16–00:21)

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Asserts that Chuck Schumer did not put any appropriation bills on the floor as majority leader.

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