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Ron Johnson: “We also want to extend a continuing resolution, fund the…”

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

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Senator Johnson on Averting a Government Shutdown Fight

Published | Video Starts at 01:47

We're not interested in playing chicken like Senator Patty Murray is apparently with tax rates. So we really want to do two things. We want to extend the tax rates for a year and We also want to extend a continuing resolution, fund the government for six months. And as fiscal conservatives, you know, we voted against the Budget Control Act. We think those spending limits are still too generous. (01:47–01:53)

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Asserts the intention to extend a continuing resolution to fund the government for six months.

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