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Mike Johnson: “The first thing is we’ve got to make sure this government gets funded and we don’t have another Democratic shutdown.”

On the recordSeptember 1, 2026
The first thing is we’ve got to make sure this government gets funded and we don’t have another Democratic shutdown.
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Mike Johnson
Republican · Louisiana

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Discussing the stopgap funding bill

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