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Ron Johnson: “We did not have the votes in the House.”

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

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Senator Johnson on The Kudlow Report

Published | Video Starts at 10:58

The number one component of a solution and truthfully is economic growth. Growth. Let's not harm economic growth by, by having these, these shutdown fights, which I just disagree with. Dan. We did not have the votes in the House. I talked to the appropriators or talk to people in the armed services. We didn't have the votes and we would not win a shutdown fight. Obviously we didn't win it last time. (10:58–11:00)

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Asserts that there were not enough votes in the House to support a certain position or action.

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