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Ron Johnson: “This is their [Joe Biden and Chuck Schumer's] spending…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 00:31

Well, first of all, I understand what legitimate beef would they have to actually vote no against this continuing resolution, just continue spending at the previous year's level? So who's in charge the previous year? Well, that was Joe Biden and Chuck Schumer. So This is their [Joe Biden and Chuck Schumer's] spending level. This is how they've appropriated between the accounts. So other than tweaking almost trillion dollar bills, you know, 900 billion, some by a few billion up or down, it's basically their spending scheme. (00:31–00:36)

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Asserts that the current spending levels were set by Joe Biden and Chuck Schumer.

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