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Ron Johnson: “The Preventing Government Shutdown act... has some…”

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

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Sen. Johnson: We 'probably will' shut down government if Dems are demanding $1.5T of spending

Published | Video Starts at 05:50

I'm saying let's get rid of that leverage. So you're willing to do it? Absolutely. Again, I've been willing to do this since I passed this bill as committee chairman, The Preventing Government Shutdown act... has some measures... that create additional cliffs. I want to get rid of all that. It's just like, listen, if you can't get your act together, you continue to be dysfunctional. We'll just keep funding at last year's levels. (05:50–05:58)

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Asserts that the Preventing Government Shutdown act includes measures that create additional fiscal cliffs.

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