On Day 10 of the federal government shutdown, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., delivered another rebuke of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., asserting the Democrat leader has been in Congress too long to remember what “real pain” is for “real people.”
Speaking at a Friday morning press conference carried live on Newsmax, Johnson said Republicans had acted responsibly by passing what he described as a “clean, simple continuing resolution,” only to have Democrats block it for partisan reasons.
“The Republicans are not playing games here,” Johnson said. “We sent a very clean, simple CR … to make sure that the American people are taken care of. But judging by their behavior right now, the Democrats don’t appear to be in any rush to end this pain.”
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