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Ron Johnson: “Democrats won the presidency, the House and the Senate and…”

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

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Senator Ron Johnson Discusses Budget Reconciliation and Medicaid Reform on Tudor Dixon Podcast

Published | Video Starts at 14:14

I get that we had to have increased spending during the pand. There were programs that went into place. Why, why didn't those all just disappear now that we are back? Some of them did. But Democrats won the presidency, the House and the Senate and they used budget reconciliation to pass massive [spending bills]. You know, they did a Covid relief. Then they did the inflation Reduction act which was Orwellian named, you know, laying all these energy tax credits and just all new … (14:14–14:21)

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Asserts that Democrats used budget reconciliation to pass significant spending bills.

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