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Ron Johnson: “We've gone from $14 trillion to $37 trillion [in national…”

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 06:20

And that's of course, that's what's always happened when you have these cliffs, when you say we'll do a continuing resolution till right before Christmas, what ends up happening is eventually the big spenders, the unit party come together. That's why We've gone from $14 trillion to $37 trillion [in national debt]. in debt. It's clearly out of control. So again, there's really no advantage to this, just will keep funding last year levels. If the big spenders want to get together and spend more, they'll do it. (06:20–06:24)

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