They sent it over to the House, and we in the House have still not voted on that bill. Mike Johnson would not let it come up to the floor for a vote because he knew it had the votes to pass and end the shutdown. But Mike Johnson and Republican leadership, along with the Freedom Caucus, the far right Republicans, decided that they wanted to continue the shutdown because they wanted a grandstand over ice when ice already has $43 billion. (03:29–03:37)
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Asserts that Mike Johnson prevented a vote on a bill that would end the shutdown.
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