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Ron Johnson: “We can actually lose one of you in a vote.”

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

Sen. Johnson holding his first HSGAC Business Meeting as Chairman.

Published January 22, 2015 | Video Starts at 21:16

Well, I'm just kind of counting up the chairs around here. We have six Democrats on this committee. So my goal. No, we have a minimum. I'm saying we have the minimum. So We can actually lose one of you in a vote. But again, the aspirational goal here is try and work together, try and find the areas of agreement, pass good piece of legislation. (21:16–21:19)

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Asserts that the committee can afford to lose one Democratic vote and still pass measures.

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